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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says arrangements have been concluded to conduct its 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) with the Computer Based Test (CBT). This was made known in a statement issued by the WAEC Acting Head, Pubic Affairs, Moyosola Adesina, on Monday, November 13, 2023. Adesina noted that the innovation will begin with the 2024 …

Gunmen on Sunday night abducted the Director of Servicom at the University of Calabar, Prof. Patrick Egaga. Egaga, who is a professor at the Department of Special Education at the university, was abducted at the institution’s staff quarters. The gunmen were said to have whisked the lecturer away through the river that overlooked the staff quarters. The spokesperson for the …

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in the Kogi State Specialist Hospital (KSSH), Lokoja, on Friday drew the attention of the state government to the expiration of the 21 days ultimatum on its demands. The association had on August 9 suspended its two-day strike ordered by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). It also gave the government a 21-day …

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has pleaded with Nigerians to persevere with President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the current economic situation. Ooni made the appeal during the visitation to his family compound as the grand finale of the Olojo Annual Festival at the Oketase area of Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Monday, October 2, 2023. The monarch stated that …

Police operatives in Bauchi on Thursday killed three suspected kidnappers and arrested 12 others in the Burra Community of Ningi local government area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Bauchi, said the operatives rescued 10 kidnapped victims and recovered weapons, cash, and animals in the …

Police operatives in Katsina have arrested 15 suspects for alleged kidnapping, fraud, and other crimes in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Abubakar Sadiq, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Katsina, said four among the suspects were members of a notorious kidnap-for-ransom syndicate arrested in April. The operatives also arrested a 30-year-old suspected kidnapper …

Jude Bellingham scored a late winner to help Real Madrid beat Getafe 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday. The English midfieldee settled the encounter with a stoppage-time winner at the Santiago Bernabeu. Former Real striker Borja Mayoral had given the visitors a shock lead on 11 minutes before Joselu equalised early in the second half and Bellingham sealed it. Read …

  https://www.trendynewsreporters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/VID-20230803-WA0038.mp4 Recall that, late last week, Aston University Birmingham, England, held its convocation ceremony, where an exceptional young Nigerian girl, Uyiosa Venessa Ozigbo, was amongst the best with a first class degree in Business and International Studies. Miss Ozigbo’s accomplishment according to an impeccable source, was long expected, as she was among a select few, who were chosen by …

The Pastor in charge of a Dunamis Church located at Mission Ward North Bank in Makurdi, Benue State, has been reportedly killed after the church building collapsed on Tuesday morning. Three other people are said to have died in the incident when the building caved in as they were said to be observing prayers inside the church, while three other …

Many commuters were left stranded on Monday, following a protest by commercial bus drivers over alleged extortion by the Task Force and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). A few regions in the state were impacted, including Agege, Iyana Ipaja, and Egbeda. In a post on X, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated that the …