The National Examinations Council (NECO) has officially released the 2024 results for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE). During a press conference at NECO’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday, the Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Dantani Wushishi, announced the performance of students and revealed critical data on the examination results. Out of 1,376,423 registered candidates, 1,367,736 sat for the exam, with 828,284 students, representing 60.55%, achieving…

Mpox remains uncontrolled across Africa, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The agency reported nearly 3,000 new suspected cases of the disease in the past week, with 374 confirmed infections. The spread has now been documented in all four regions of the continent; Africa CDC confirmed Thursday. In his weekly briefing, Africa CDC Director Jean Kaseya announced that 14 more deaths were reported in…

The Lagos State Government has issued a warning about an imminent structural collapse at the Mopol 20 Barracks in Onigbongbo, Ikeja. This follows preparations by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) to begin the emergency evacuation and demolition of the old Block 3 section of the barracks. Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA’s Permanent Secretary, stated in a press release on Wednesday that the agency’s response team had inspected various parts of…

Succour has come the way of the families of seven police officers who lost their lives while fighting against bandits in Katsina State.This was disclosed during a ceremony held at the Katsina Police Command Headquarters, where Deputy Commissioner of Police Administration, DCP Aminu Usman Gusau, presented cash gifts to the bereaved families on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Aliyu Abubakar Musa Thursday.Each of the families of the fallen…

Tertiary institutions in the country are about to suffer another spell of unwanted break as the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have announced plans to embark on an indefinite strike if their outstanding salaries are not paid within three weeks.The unions gave the Federal Government three weeks to clear up their outstanding and implement the 2009 agreements…

The Federal Government has warned private-sector employers in the country over failure to pay the N70,000 minimum wage.The government stated that defaulters of the newly established minimum wage risk potential imprisonment.John Nyamali, Director of Employment and Wages of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, who represented the Permanent Secretary made the announcement during the 13th Annual General Meeting of the Employers Association for Private Employment Agencies of Nigeria, held in…

There are indications that the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, may be forcibly arrested soon as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) move to detain him in Abuja. The media office of the former governor has raised the alarm, alleging that EFCC operatives were firing shots sporadically during the operation. In a statement made available to PUNCH on Wednesday, the Director of Media for Bello’s…

Ahead of the Edo State governorship election, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, and the chairman of the party, Dr Tony Aziegbemi were the only ones out of the 18 political parties participating in next week’s election that refused to sign the peace accord organized by the Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee, Wednesday.The remaining 17 parties signed the peace accord.Former Head of State, Abubakar, the…

Scion of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Seun has knocked President Bola Tinubu over his decision to remove fuel subsidy. Speaking during a recent Instagram Live session, the outraged singer asked, he said contrary to the President’s claim that the removal of fuel subsidy was a “tough” decision he made for the overall interest of the country, it was a “wicked decision” that undermined the welfare of Nigerians. Kuti also…

The world richest man, Elon Musk, mostly reputed for his electric cars and microblogging site, X (formerly known as Twitter) is at it again. This time he has, through his company, Neuralink invented a device that will enable those who have lost their eyes and optic nerve to see again. The device called Blindsight will also enable those who are blind from birth to see for the very first time.…

Former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has left the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja after voluntarily turning himself in, without being interrogated.The EFCC had preferred 19 charges against the former Kogi governor, alongside his nephew Ali Bello, Dauda Suliman, and Abdulsalam Hudu, for money laundering offences totalling N80,246,470,088.88.After he (Bello) refused to honour several invitations from the EFCC and many attempts to arrest…

Primary school teachers in government-owned schools across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have embarked on an indefinite strike after the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), FCT chapter, issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government, which expired without resolution. According to the union, the strike, effective from September 18, 2024, is due to the failure of the Area Council Chairmen to meet several long-standing demands. Comrade Abdullahi Shafa, NUT FCT Chairman,…