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1.3 million Nigerians currently writing NECO exam ― Registrar

1.3 million Nigerians currently writing NECO exam ― Registrar

By Umar Yusuf No fewer than 1.3 candidates are currently writing the National Examination Council, NECO, in 18,000 centres across the country, the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Examination Body, Professor Ibrahim Wushishi has disclosed. The examination Council which is an alternate body for senior secondary school students seeking mandatory qualification into universities […]

Gunmen mistake exam papers for money, raid Kaduna school

Gunmen mistake exam papers for money, raid Kaduna school

By Ibrahim Wuyo – Kaduna Gunmen in Kaduna at the weekend, robbed at gun point, a NECO supervisor of neatly packaged exams question papers thinking it was money. À source at the GDSS Unguwan Sarki Kaduna, located within Kaduna metropolis,told journalists that the supervisor had gone to a commercial bank where she collected the packaged […]

Reps query NECO for failing to remit N636.7m to FG in 2019

Reps query NECO for failing to remit N636.7m to FG in 2019

By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja House of Representatives Committee on Finance, yesterday queried the National Examinations Council (NECO) for failing to remit the sum N636, 778, 000 in 2019. The Committee which grilled the Acting Registrar of NECO, Ebikibina Ogborodi, and other top Executives on Wednesday expressed displeasure with the action.  Ogborodi while answering questions […]

Senate queries NECO over award of N6.5bn contracts without due process

Senate queries NECO over award of N6.5bn contracts without due process

By Henry Umoru THE Senate has queried  the nation’s secondary examination body, the National Examination Council, NECO, over alleged award of contracts to the tune of N6.5 billion without due process . According to the Senate, the contracts awarded by NECO are the printing of security and non- security documents. This was raised by the […]

NECO releases 2020 SSCE results for external candidates

NECO releases 2020 SSCE results for external candidates

By Wole Mosadomi & Joseph Erunke The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released the results of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates. Announcing the results at the council headquarters in Minna, Niger State, yesterday, the Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Godswill Obioma, disclosed that a total of 41,459 candidates registered for the examination, out […]

Bauchi govt to pay JAMB, NECO, other fees for students

Bauchi govt to pay JAMB, NECO, other fees for students

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed has approved the payment of UTME registration fees for 3,810 students who got grades ‘A’ and ‘B’ in the recently concluded SSCE Aptitude Test in the State. According to a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday, the Commissioner, Ministry of Education, Dr. Aliyu Tilde, […]

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