Author: Vincent Osuwo

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the release of results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates 2024. The results were made available to candidates on Monday, August 12, 2024. The examination body announced 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 Nigeria Police has condemned the actions of a female traveler who tore her husband’s international passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Videos making the rounds on social media showed a female traveler, identified as Mrs. Igiebor, tearing her husband’s Nigerian Standard Passport shortly after they arrived at the Lagos Airport on Saturday, August 10, 2024. Reacting to the incident, SP Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, condemned the woman’s actions in a statement on X on Sunday. “I strongly condemn the woman who tore her husband’s passport in a video that has since…

Malik Kareem, a 14-year-old boy, was reportedly beheaded for ritual purposes in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, on Saturday.  The ritual killing, which took place on Saturday evening in the Olorisaoko community in the state’s Akinyele Local Government Area, caused widespread confusion. According to reports, the victim recently completed his final exams for the West Africa Examination Council at Iyana Community Grammar School in Olode, Moniya, Ibadan. According to many individuals who spoke with our journalist on Sunday, the victim and three other age groups approached a Muslim cleric, who is now at large, for a money ritual that…

A dynamite explosion shook the Action People’s Party secretariat along the GRA axis in Port Harcourt, Rivers State’s capital, on Monday morning.  It was reported that the explosion occurred in the early hours of Monday, at 1 a.m. The intruders allegedly tossed dynamite into the secretariat building, breaking windows and doors and destroying other party property. This comes amid reports that the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, seeks to relocate with his supporters to the APP following the alleged hijacking of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state by his predecessor and estranged political godfather, Nyesom Wike. Our correspondent on the…

The Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has lamented over team Nigeria’s dismal performance at the recently concluded 2024 Paris Olympics. Obi, in a statement on X on Sunday, criticised the medal-less finish of Nigeria’s contingents at the competition despite the huge sums of money spent on the team. Despite high ambitions and tremendous preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics, the squad faced formidable challenges that resulted in another medal-less performance. Nigerian athletes had shown promise in the lead-up to the Games, with strong performances in a variety of qualifying events. Historically, Nigeria has failed to…

The death of Ismail Muhammad, a 16-year-old boy who was allegedly shot by troops on the first day of the national hunger protest, has thrown the Samaru community in Kaduna State’s Soba Local Government Area into mourning.  The mood at the community and the deceased teenagers home was filled with melancholy. Muhammad Abubakar, the deceased’s elder brother and an eyewitness, informed reporters that Ismail, a fashion designer and JSS 3 student at the Government Secondary School Samaru in Zaria, was shot within their compound in Samaru, a suburb of the city. Hunger Protest: Soldier shoots dead 16-year-old protester Speaking on…

Numerous state police commands in the north have begun prosecuting arrested demonstrators who too part in the 10-day #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria nationwide protest.  While the protests were mostly peaceful in the South, they became violent in the North, with numerous lives lost and property worth billions of naira destroyed, prompting the implementation of a curfew in no fewer than five states. The protests, which took place from August 1 to 10, were in response to the growing cost of living, which has been fuelled by the withdrawal of gasoline subsidies, 28-year-high inflation, and government economic policies that have pushed the naira to…

No fewer than seven persons from the same family in Runjin Barmo village of Kajiji District in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State have reportedly died as a result of consumption of contaminated food. This was revealed in a statement signed and made available by the Information Officer, State Ministry of Health, Nura Bello, on behalf of the state commissioner for health on Sunday. According to the statement, the village head of the community, Malam Muhammadu Modi, while narrating the incident to the Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Asabe Balarabe, who led a delegation to the area, revealed that the…

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) says it has disbursed the insured deposits of N5 million each to 82.36% of the total customers of the defunct Heritage Bank. It further stated that 17.64 percent of the insured deposits that are still pending payment are from depositors with accounts that have Post-No Debits instructions or do not have a Bank Verification Number. This was revealed in an announcement signed by Bashir Nuhu, Director of Communication and Public Affairs, on Sunday in Abuja. Heritage Bank Plc’s banking license was terminated on June 3, 2024, by the Central Bank of Nigeria owing to…

At least three persons have been reportedly kidnapped along the Nkpologwu-Akpo Road, Nkpologwu, in Aguata Local Government Area of the Anambra State by unidentified gunmen. Although the circumstances of the incident are hazy, it is believed that the gunmen kidnapped the three victims at various sites in the village early Sunday. The kidnapping is alleged to have occurred when gunmen attacked a police roadblock at the Omata intersection on the Nnewi Oba Road, where a police officer was slain two days prior. A community leader, who requested anonymity for fear of being victimised, verified the incident to our correspondent, adding…