The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, WASSCE, results. The Council stated that it was able to surmount challenges of insecurity, and cash policy among others, via technological innovation that saw over 91 percent of candidates’ results released 44 days after the examination ended. WAEC’s Head…
…Confirms Wike, Keyamo, Alake, Wike, Tunji-Ojo, Pate, Fagbemi, Betta Edu, others as Ministers …Confirms 45 out of 48 Nominees …As South-West has 9 Nominees, South East 5, North-East 8, North-West 10, North-Central 8 THE Senate has failed to confirm the nomination of the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State and the ministerial nominee from Kaduna…
Former Big Brother Naija Housemate Natacha Akide, aka Tacha, has named Alex, Mercy and CeeC among her top five finalists on the show. The Pepper Dem housemate (season 4) who is currently not participating disclosed that the lineup (housemates) is not a boring cast and some have been ‘serving’ drama from day 1 of the…
Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate, Princess has been evicted from the reality show. She becomes the first housemate to be evicted from the reality show. The eviction was decided by former housemates, Bisola Aiyeola; Dohrathy Bachor; Mike Edward who formed Biggie’s jury panel on eviction. According to the show’s host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, Princess was…
BBNaija All Stars housemate and former Level Up star, Ilebaye, has received a double strike on the show following multiple infringements of Big Brother’s rules. Big Brother announced the punishment on Sunday, August 6, 2023, after playing several clips of Ilebaye clearly breaking the rules for the housemates and viewers to see. After the usual…
The Nigeria’s women basketball team, D’Tigress, has won the AfroBasket Women championship AfroBasket Women is the women’s basketball continental championship of Africa, played biennially under the auspices of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the African zone thereof. Holding at the BK Arena in Rwanda, Nigeria defeated perennial rivals, Senegal to lift the…
The Nigerian Senate has rejected a request by President Bola Tinubu that Nigeria intervene militarily in the Niger Republic. Lagosreporters reports that the Nigerien military overthrew the democratically elected government in the country last week, and Tinubu had written to the Senate requesting that they pass a resolution to allow Nigeria to intervene to restore…
The French foreign ministry has reacted to report of the military junta in Niger Republic cutting ties with it and other countries. France stated that the junta’s decision to scrap bilateral military pacts is invalid as only a “legitimate” leadership can do that. AFP reported that France’s foreign ministry said “the legal framework of France’s…
Mercy Abire, a Nigerian long jumper, is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in the United States. This admission puts Abire at risk of a huge 20-year prison sentence, a significant development in a case that exposes an intricate web of fraudulent activities involving Nigerian athletes. In a statement, the…
Hinata Miyazawa scored her fifth goal of the Women’s World Cup on Saturday to seal a 3-1 win over Norway and put Japan into the quarter-finals against Sweden or holders the United States. In a last-16 clash in Wellington between two former champions, an Ingrid Syrstad Engen own goal gave Japan an early lead in…
