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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that from next year it would require candidates to submit their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to register for its Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).   The Council also announced this year’s WASSCE for school candidates would begin Monday.   Mr. Patrick Aregha, the Head of National Office, […]

The Naval Outpost Onitsha, has declared that its personnel killed six suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra in a gun duel on Monday over the sit-at-home order issued by the group.   The Naval Outpost made the declaration in a statement refuting media reports that suspected IPOB members killed two of its personnel […]

The embattled National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus has said that he will not resign his position.   This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Ike Abonyi.   Secondus declared that the minority calling for his resignation tell the […]

The Sit-at-home order issued for today, Monday by the Indigenous People of Biafra, which is fighting for self-determination for southeastern Nigeria, has disrupted business and economic activities across the five states in the region.   IPOB gave the sit-at-home order to protest the detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, its leader who is currently incarcerated by […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra has denied suspending its Sit-at-home scheduled for Monday, August 9, 2021.   IPOB dissociated itself from an alleged statement from the younger brother to its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, that the order had been suspended.   But a statement issued late on Sunday by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary Emma […]

The Nigeria Senate has released the conditions necessary for the creation of 20 new states in the country, as proposed by its committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution.   The list of states and the conditions required for their creation was contained in a statement issued by Senator Ajibola Basiru,  the Senate Spokesperson […]

  General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Nigeria’s only military leader who assumed the title of a President, has explained that he annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential election, adjudged by Nigerians as the country’s freest and fairest poll, to prevent a coup d’etat.   “If it materialised, there would’ve been a coup d’etat — which could […]

Three bandits were killed by Police in Imo State when they attacked a police station with explosives in  Orsu Local Government Area, the State Command said on Friday.    The Police however lost an Inspector in the attack, Abutu Yaro, the Commissioner of Police, said as he confirmed the attack to journalists in Owerri, the […]

The United States has requested for pre-trial detention of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, claiming Kyari was a big flight risk; according to papers filed at the district court of California. The court papers filed April 29, 2021 were signed by Acting US Attorney, Tracy Wilkinson and two other officials. It read: “Plaintiff, […]