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WASSCE: Stakeholders kick against WAEC over increase in fees, penalties Stakeholders have continued to oppose what they describe as arbitrary increment in the fees for this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) by candidates being organized by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). It was gathered from some ...

    Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that some 2023 presidential aspirants have already started lying to Nigerians and should be ignored at the polls. According to Chief Obasanjo, the claims by many aspirants that their nomination forms were purchased for them by some youths or ...

  Six prominent Nigerians including Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, have been conferred a Doctorate degree by the Nasarawa State University, Keffi. Naija News understands that the individuals received the award at the varsity’s 6th combined convocation ceremony held on Thursday, March 31, 2022. The school management had notified the ...

  The World Bank has suspended SoftTech IT Solutions and Services Ltd, and its Managing Director, Mr Isah Kantigi, for allegedly bribing officials to renew consultancy deals. SoftTech IT Solutions and Services Ltd is a Nigerian information technology solutions company based in Abuja. The company has been suspended for 50 ...

  Tinubu cancels 70th birthday colloquium to honour Kaduna train victims All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, cancelled his 13th Birthday Colloquium to honour the victims of Kaduna train attack. He made the announcement at Eko Hotels in Lagos, the venue of the 13th Bola ...

  The price for a regular ticket at the MKO Abiola Stadium has risen to N2,500 few hours to the FIFA ’22 World Cup Qualifiers. The Super Eagles are playing the Black Stars of Ghana in the second leg of their play-off in Abuja. The regular ticket was pegged at ...

  The Kaduna State Government has said that passengers trapped in the Abuja-Kaduna train have been completely evacuated by Nigerian security agents. The state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna. Naija News earlier reported that bandit terrorists ...

How Tinubu Helped Lagos Assembly Achieve Financial Autonomy – Obasa – As Lagos Assembly Celebrates Tinubu At 70 Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday described the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as a man ...

  Popular American actor, rapper, and film producer, Willard Carroll Smith, has apologised after he slapped Chris Rock for making a bad joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, during the 2022 Academy Awards. The Fresh Prince, as he is fondly called, had taken to the podium to smack Rock ...

  No fewer than eight persons have been reportedly killed during another phase of the supremacy battle between Eiye and Aiye confraternities in Sagamu, Ogun State. The fresh killings occurred on Sunday, a few days after seven persons were killed in different parts of Abeokuta, the state capital. Our correspondent ...