WAEC releases 2024 WASSCE results
The West African Examinations Council has released the results for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates, 2024. The results were made available to candidates on Monday. The examination body disclosed this in a post on X….
WAEC withholds 215,267 results
The West African Examinations Council has withheld the results of 215,267 candidates from the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. This figure represents 11.92 per cent of the 1,805,216 candidates who took the examination. The 2024 WASSCE commenced on…
Two Chinese expatriates kidnapped in Ogun
Two Chinese expatriates, identified as Chen Wenguang and Liang Ding, have been abducted in the Kémta/Abule-Owu area along Onigbedu Road in Ogun State. PUNCH Online learned on Monday that the two were abducted around 1:45pm on Sunday when they left…
Explosion rocks APP secretariat in Rivers
A dynamite explosion rocked the secretariat of the Action People’s Party along the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Monday morning. It was gathered that the incident occurred in the wee hours of Monday precisely around 1am….
Hunger protest: Police begin trial of 1,135 detained demonstrators
Several state Police Commands in the northern part of the country have begun the prosecution of arrested protesters during the 10-day #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria nationwide protest. While the protests were relatively peaceful in the South, it turned violent in the North with…
NIS probes woman for destroying husband’s passport at Lagos airport
The Nigeria Immigration Service has launched a probe into an incident involving the destruction of a Nigerian passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday by the NIS Public Relations Officer,…
Woman arraigned for ticket forgery, $2,500 fraud
A 41-year-old woman, Adenike Salami, was arraigned on Friday before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos State on charges of forging an airline ticket and fraudulently obtaining $2,500. Salami, who appeared before Magistrate Waliu Salami, is facing three counts of…
Four soldiers killed, military vans burnt in Sokoto ambush
Bandits have killed four soldiers and set two military operational vehicles ablaze in the Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto State. It was learnt that the bandits laid an ambush for the troops in a border town of Sokoto, killing…
Ladoja receives ceremonial beaded crown today
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, will today present the ceremonial beaded crown to the former governor of Oyo State and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja. The event, scheduled for the Olubadan Palace at Oke…
Seven family members die of food poisoning in Sokoto
No fewer than seven persons from the same family in the Runjin Barmo village of Kajiji District in the Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto have reportedly died as a result of consumption of contaminated cassava delicacy. This is contained…