Only 24.94% passed as WAEC releases results
WEST African Examination Council, WAEC, last Thursday, released results of the May/June 2010 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASCE, with only 337,071 candidates, representing 24.94 per cent, obtaining credits in English Language, Mathematics and at least three other subjects which are the requirements for admission into tertiary institutions.
We didn’t endorse Uduaghan —PDP chieftain
AGAINST recent media reports, the National Co-ordinator, Southern Mandate, and a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogor ward, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, Prince Alex Oyoro, has said that the party in the ward did not endorse the state Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, as its governorship candidate in the forthcoming governorship election.
Fun to be a Nigerian
NOW and again, I come across old friends who ask how I cope with being committed to the Nigerian project for so long even as things degenerate from one generation to another.
N100bn Bond: We ‘re offered N1bn bribe, says Ogun lawmakers
THE Ogun State House of Assembly, yesterday alleged attempts by the Executive to bribe it with N1 billion to facilitate the passage of its request for approval of a N100 billion Bond.
Jumbo pay: Falana drags Senate, Reps to court
Constitutional lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, yesterday approached a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, asking it to declare the allowances provided for members of the National Assembly in the Appropriation Act, 2010, illegal, unconstitutional and a quintessential abuse of the provisions of the 1999 constitution
2011: Anyim denies vice presidential ambition
FORMER Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, has dismissed reports he was planning to run with either Alhaji Atiku Abubakar or any other person as vice presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections
Owie faults INEC on use of NYSC members in 2011 polls
FORMER Senate Chief whip, Senator Rowland Owie, has faulted the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to use serving members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, for the 2011 general elections.
First Lady ends visit to Rivers, commends Amaechi
THE two-day state visit of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, to Rivers State nearly ended on a sour note, yesterday, when she publicly scolded the state Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi for wanting to acquire more land in Okrika, her home town, for the expansion of a school project.
Shema didn’t cancel pro-Jonathan rally – Katsina govt
The Katsina State Government has denied a role in the circumstances that led to the cancellation of pro-Jonathan rally last weekend in the state capital.
Mr. President: Time To Say Yes Or No!
IT is impossible for President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan to claim ignorance of the comedy that is being staged presumably on his behalf. Almost daily, one group or the other begs him to run for the 2011 elections.
Anambra Assembly workers demand 35% pay rise
Workers in Anambra State House of Assembly, under the aegis of Anambra State Parliamentary Association, have demanded payment of the 35% duty allowance paid to their counterparts in other states of the federation
