***Enrolment Pushes Up By 40% The National Examinations Council, NECO has released the results of the 2016 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Qualifying Examination, conducted on Saturday, 19th March, 2016. There are four perfect scores from three schools. A total of 46,698 students, comprising 4,892 (junior category) and 22,443 (senior category), sat for the qualifying exam in 235…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has warmly welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari to Ogoniland, where he would today flag-off the implementation of the UNEP Report on the cleaning of the land. Rivers APC Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, in a statement issued early Thursday morning in the state capital Port Harcourt,…
Secretary of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ojo Maduekwe, has maintained that there is no faction in the party. Maduekwe made this clarification on Wednesday following claims by two members of PDP in the House of Representatives that they decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, because there…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has blamed the Boko Haram terrorists group for the scarcity of tomato in the country at the moment. Mohammed made this disclosure while speaking on Channels TV. The Minister said activities of the group has forced farmers from leaving their farmlands for fear of being killed. He…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has returned to the country after he was reported to have gone to Cote d’Ivoire on self exile. It was reported some days ago by ThisDay that the former Nigerian leader ran to the West African country to evade arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for fraud allegedly…
On Wednesday, June 1, 2016, two members of the House of Representatives switched camp from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The two federal lawmakers disclosed that dumping the opposition party for the ruling party due to division in the PDP. The affected congressmen are Tony Nwoye from Anambra State…
Members of staff at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national headquarters in Abuja had a meeting with the Board of Trustees of the opposition party. During the gathering, which took place on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, had in attendance Chairman of the BoT, Walid Jibrin; its Secretary, Ojo Maduekwe; and members of the BoT like…
The trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for allegedly failing to declare all his assets has been suspended indefinitely. Saraki was supposed to be at the Tribunal on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, but the main witness for the prosecution, Michael Wektas, was not at the court for cross…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused Governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, of planning to sponsor protests to disrupt the much-publicised flag off of the UNEP clean-up of Ogoni land on Thursday, June 2, 2016, by President Muhammadu Buhari. The party made this known in a statement signed by its…
Minister of Environment, Mrs Amina Mohammed, has maintained that shortage of fund will not in any way affect the clean-up exercise of Ogoni land, which is expected to be flagged off by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. Mohammed disclosed this on Tuesday that apart from the $1bn commitment by the Federal Government for the programme,…