Month: August 2024

How To Check Your 2024/2025 WAEC Results

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The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the 2024 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for the May/June examination. The examination body announced this on Monday, “The West African Examinations Council is pleased to inform candidates who sat for WASSCE school candidates 2024 that the result has officially been released today, Monday, 12th August 2024.” Where Can The 2024/2025 WAEC Result Be Checked? The 2024/2025 WAEC result can be checked via SMS or in the WAEC Result Checker platform, where the exam results are being uploaded. The requirements…

NiDCOM Boss urges Govs to support State Diaspora Focal Point Officers

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa,Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has called on State Governors to empower and support their state Diaspora Focal Point Officers (SDFPOs) in the discharge of their duties. She also tasked the SDPFOs to actively participate and integrate into the Commission’s initiatives designed to foster national development. Dabiri-Erewa gave the advice during a meeting with the Diaspora Focal Point Officers in Abuja ,saying they have critical role to play in leveraging the potential and resources of Nigerians living abroad for the country’s growth. She stressed the importance of…

14-year-old boy beheaded for money ritual in Ibadan

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Tragedy struck as a 14-year-old boy, identified as Malik Kareem, was reportedly beheaded for ritual in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.   The incident occurred at the Olorisaoko community in the Akinyele Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, August 10, 2024.   It was gathered that the victim recently wrote his final subject for the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) at Iyana Community Grammar School, Olode, Moniya, Ibadan.   Sources who spoke to The PUNCH said the victim, alongside his three other age groups, contacted a Muslim cleric,…

Breaking:WAEC releases 2024 WASSCE results

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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE), 2024. The results were made available to candidates on Monday, August 12, 2024. The examination body disclosed this in a Monday post on X. The message read, “The West African Examinations Council is pleased to inform candidates who sat WASSCE for school candidates, 2024 that the result has officially been released today, Monday, August 12, 2024.” The school examination was taken by 1,814,344 candidates in 22,229 secondary schools…

Yoruba’s spirit of resistance By Lasisi Olagunju

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The king in pre-colonial Oyo had power over everything. He determined who lived and who died. At a point in time, there was this street drummer in Oyo metropolis who moved from one point of the town to the other plying his trade. And, he was a master of his art, great skill, vigorous activity. He would praise those he considered praiseworthy; he would deprecate the deplorable. The people enjoyed what he did as long as he did not make them the object of his pillory. One day, the drummer…

For Sanwo-Olu’s Lagos tenants and landlords By Lasisi Olagunju

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Some 200 years ago, someone could whimsically deport someone from a part of this country to another. It happened to Madam Efunroye Tinubu in 1856. She was given 24 hours to leave Lagos for her hometown, Abeokuta. This is 2024. You can’t have tasty mutton-mushroom sauce without all the necessary elements. Any cook worth his or her name knows the culinary fact of the juice of one sweetening the whole. What makes Lagos Lagos is the rainbow colours of its population and the allure of its complexity. That is what…

Nigeria ‘ll soon become Global player in Tech Innovation, Entrepreneurship – DG NITDA says

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Federal Government of Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to positioning the country as a global leader in technology innovation and entrepreneurship.   This assertion was made by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) during the closing ceremony of the iHATCH startup incubation programme’s third cohort in Abuja. The programme, a joint initiative of NITDA and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), aimed to cultivate a thriving tech ecosystem in Nigeria   DG accordingly said the partnership was a major step forward in Nigeria’s endeavors to…

Baynakum Family Counseling Centre Graduates Course 14 in Abuja

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Baynakum Family Counseling Centre Yesterday, Sunday August 11, 2024, celebrated the graduation of Course 14 at their training hub in Gwarinpa, Abuja. This cohort completed their rigorous and impactful training in just 3 weeks! In his remarks,the Founder/CEO, Baynakum family counseling centre Ustaz Dr. Abdulfatah Adeyemi, congratulated the graduates, saying, “You are now equipped to make a positive impact in society. Remember, counseling is key to creating a functional society.” Adeyemi, emphasized the importance of marriage counseling and family life coaching in today’s world of uncertainty, worries, vices, divorce, and…

Enough Of Misleading Information To Corps Members – NYSC warns Nigerians …. Vows to deal with perpetrators

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The NYSC Management has raised great concerns over the spate of misleading information being rolled out to Corps Members by some mischievous personalities, warned perpetrators of the unpatriotic act to put a caution and desist or face the consequences. The Scheme in a release signed by Eddy Megwa,its Director of Information and Public Relations ,vowed to employ all means in unmasking and dealing accordingly with the perpetrators.   The statement read;   “To set things right, Corps Members and stakeholders should be informed that a circular purportedly signed by the…

‘Say No To Drug Abuse’ campaign, Everybody’s Business – Akpabio’s Aide

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The Senior Legislative Aide to the Senate President on Stakeholders’ Engagement and Mobilization, Hon. Femi Odere has urged Nigerians from all walks of life to see drug abuse by youths as what he described “an existential problem.”   Odere said this at a “Drug Outreach” program organized by the White Rock Addiction Foundation, a US-based Foundation with an organizational presence in Nigeria. The Outreach was held at the Mpape Primary School in Area 1 of the FCT on July 29th.   The SLA to the Senate President said drugs and…