NECO releases 2024 results
The National Examinations Council has released the results of the June/July 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, with 60.55 per cent of candidates recording five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics. NECO’s Registrar, Professor Dantani Wushishi, who announced this known yesterday in Minna Niger state, said of the 1,376,423 candidates, 828,284 of them had five credits and above, including English and Mathematics. Wushishi also said that NECO blacklisted 21 supervisors in 12 states and de-recognized one school in Ekiti state for mass cheating in two core subjects and one science subject. Read more stories here: https://classic94.fm/livestock-reforms-jega-submits-report/
Livestock Reforms: Jega submits report
President Bola Tinubu today received a 152 pages report from the Presidential committee on implementation of livestock reforms, detailing several actionable targeted indicators within 10years time-frame that would reform the livestock sector in Nigeria. The Co-Chairman of the Livestock Committee, Professor Attahiru Jega alongside other members briefing State House Correspondents today after submitting the report […]
IGP Orders Redeployment of CPs Rivers, Delta, FCT
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioners of Police of Rivers State Command, Delta State Command and the Federal Capital territory. According to a statement by the Force Public Relation Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the order covers the redeployment of the CP Rivers State Command, CP Olatunji […]
Shettima To Lead Nigeria’s Delegation to the 79th UNGA
President Bola Tinubu has directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly session in New York this year. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bola Onanuga, President Tinubu, who returned to the country last Sunday after his […]
VP Shettima Assures Airline Operators Of Better Working Environment
Following the signing of the Cape Town Convention (CTC) Practice Directions, Vice President Kashim Shettima has again assured stakeholders in the country’s aviation sector of the federal government’s commitment to creating a more conducive and better operating environment for airlines. He lauded last Thursday’s signing of the CTC Practice Directions, describing it as a major […]
The Presidency assents Bill for Weapon Control
President Bola Tinubu has assented to the Bill establishing the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons. National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, made this known yesterday in Abuja at a Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Preventing the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Nigeria and the West Africa. Ribadu, who was represented by the Director of External Affairs, Office of the National Security Adviser, Ibrahim Babani, said the president’s assent to the bill shows the government’s commitment to curbing the proliferation of illegal arms.
President Tinubu Establishes Relief Fund for Flood Victims
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured the establishment of a disaster relief fund to assist Nigerian citizens impacted by floods and other disasters. President Tinubu who announced this at the Borno Government House when he visited Maiduguri, Borno State, on Monday to sympathise with the government and people over the recent flooding from Alau Dam said the […]
CBN Releases New Directive for POS Transactions
Central Bank of Nigeria has released a new directive to Payment Service Providers, requiring them to comply with enhanced routing guidelines for Point of Sale (POS) transactions. A circular by Oladimeji Taiwo on behalf of the CBN’s Payments System Management Department, which says the move is aimed at strengthening the monitoring of electronic transactions across […]
President Bola Tinubu has met with King Charles III privately
President Bola Tinubu has met with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London, the United Kingdom. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement yesterday, described the meeting as private, highlighting the enduring and cherished relationship between Nigeria and the United Kingdom. According to the statement, both leaders discussed global and regional matters of shared priority, focusing on the urgent challenge of climate change, while President Tinubu reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to addressing climate change in a manner that aligns with the country’s energy security objectives.
Aviation Workers plan protest for September 18
Aviation workers’ unions plan to stage a peaceful protest next Wednesday, September 18. This is in response to Federal Government’s refusal to reverse its 50 per cent deduction from the internally generated revenues of agencies in the aviation sector. General Secretary of the National Union of Air Transport Employees, Ocheme Aba, and the Deputy General Secretary of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Frances Akinjole, announced this yesterday in a statement.
