WAEC Releases 2024 Results, Records 53.64% Pass The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2024 Second Series of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates. The examination body announced this on Sunday in a statement signed by the Acting Head of its Public Affairs Department, Moyosola Adesina. According to the statement, 68,342 candidates registered for the examination, representing a 20 per cent decrease compared to 2023. Of this number, 65,023 candidates sat the examination across 5,067 centres nationwide. Among them, 157 candidates had special needs, including 25 visually challenged candidates, 13…
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Real Reason I Dism£mbered Her Body, Islamic Cleric Denies Killing Kwara Student Abdulrahman Bello, an Islamic teacher arrested by the Kwara State Police Command in connection with the death of Yetunde, a final-year student at the Kwara State College of Education, has denied any wrongdoing. In a new surfaced video, Bello described Yetunde as his asthmatic girlfriend and claimed she had gone out for an event at 1 p.m. but returned around 3 p.m. the same day. According to him, she later complained of hunger, prompting him to step out to buy food. However, upon his return, he found her…
Police Raid ESN Camps, ‘Kill Many Suspects, Recover 8 AK-47s, 14 Pump-Action Guns, Others’ The Nigeria Police Force has neutralised seven suspected members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the armed wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in two separate operations in Imo State. The operations, carried out on February 8 and 9, 2025, reportedly led to the recovery of a cache of weapons, including eight AK-47 rifles, 14 pump-action guns, and assorted ammunition. According to a statement released on Sunday by Police Force spokesperson ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the first operation targeted an IPOB/ESN camp in Ezioha Mbaitolu,…
BREAKING: Mass Defections Hit PDP, LP Former lawmaker representing Kaduna South Senatorial District and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Danjuma Laar and 20 other politicians in the district have decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani received Senator Laar who represented the district from 2015 to 2023 alongside other defectors from the PDP and the Labour Party (LP) to APC during the ruling party’s stakeholders’ meeting in Kafanchan. The defectors, who joined the APC included serving and former federal legislators, as well as lawmakers from Kaduna State House of Assembly,…
Ritua|ist Kills Social Media Girlfriend The police command in Kwara has confirmed the killing of a final year student of Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Lawal Yetunde, by her boyfriend, whom she met on social media. This is contained in a statement issued by the command spokesperson, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, on Saturday in Ilorin. She said the suspect had been arrested through the deceased’s tracked phone number to the suspect’s house at Offa Garaji area, Ilorin. “The suspect was arrested but initially denied knowing her whereabouts. “However, during a search of his house by the police, he confessed that…
BREAKING: WATCH: Notorious Bandit Holds Brig Gen Hostage In Forest Infamous bandit leader, Babaro has kidnapped Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga and is reportedly holding him hostage in Bununu Forest, located in Faskari Local Government Area (LGA), near the border with Ƙankara LGA, Katsina State. This was contained in a post by security analyst, Bakatsine on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday. According to him, the revelation came from members of the Kandarawa community in Bakori LGA, who were also kidnapped by Babaro’s gang on January 14, 2025. After paying a ransom of 30 million Naira, they were released and disclosed that…
3rd Party Insurance: Policemen Assault, Extort N350,000 From Motorist In Abuja A motorist (name withheld) has narrated how officers of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, police command assaulted him and subsequently extorted N350,000 from him at gunpoint. He said that he was stopped around Arab Road by officers from the Kubwa Phase 4 Police station, enforcing 3rd party insurance. He was subsequently taken to the station despite presenting the required particulars, which they did not bother to check. The motorist added that he was treated like criminals at the station and forced to transfer money to a POS operator…
Gambaryan Exposes Top Secret, Says CBN Lied About $26bn Leaving Nigeria Through Binance Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Tigran Gambaryan, has refuted claims made by the Central Bank of Nigeria regarding the alleged outflow of $26 billion from the country through the crypto exchange platform. Gambaryan, who was arrested in February 2024 on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, spent eight months at the Kuje Correctional Center in Abuja. The charges were dropped and left Nigeria in October 2024, following concerns about his deteriorating health and diplomatic considerations. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, Gambaryan…
EXPOSED: How Nigerian Lawmakers Demanded $150m Bribe During Dispute; Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance Holdings Limited, has accused three federal lawmakers of demanding $150 million bribe during the conflict between Nigeria and the cryptocurrency firm. Gambaryan alleged that the legislators demanded that the kickback be paid into their personal digital wallets. The executive was detained by the Nigerian government from February 2024 to October 2024 over the activities of Binance in the country. Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance regional manager for Africa, were arrested in Nigeria in February 2024. The federal government had accused the cryptocurrency firm…
BREAKING: Afenifere Leader Ayo Adebanjo Is Dead Chief Samuel Ayodele Adebanjo, a renowned nationalist and elder statesman, has passed away at the age of 96. He died peacefully on Friday morning, February 14, 2025, at his residence in Lekki, Lagos State, according to a statement from his family. “He died peacefully this morning, Friday, February 14, 2025, at his Lekki, Lagos Nigeria home at the age of 96,” the statement read. “We will forever cherish his commitment to truth, equity, and justice. His unwavering belief in and fight for a truly independent and progressive Nigeria continued until his last breath.”…