Tag: 2020
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Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: Ejike, Ibrahim clinch bronze medals in powerlifting
Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike and Olaitan Ibrahim on Saturday won bronze medals in powerlifting events at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. In the finals of the events held at the Tokyo International Forum, Ejike who was battling for her fourth Paralympic gold in the women’s 61kg had to settle for bronze. Ejike, a three-time Paralympic and…
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NECO releases 2020 SSCE results
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for External Candidates. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of council in Abuja on Thursday. The council Registrar, Prof. Godswill Obioma, during the announcement of results, said 41,459…
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IGR: Lagos tops other states with N418.99bn in 2020
Lagos State topped other states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2020, realising a total of N418.99 billion in the year. This is indicated in the National Bureau of Statistics’ Published Internally Generated Revenue for State level for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020. It showed…
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2020 WASCE: WAEC withholds 5,548 results over exam malpractices
Results of 5,548 candidates who participated at the 2020 Second Series of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates have been withheld over various cases of malpractice. Mr Patrick Areghan, Head of National Office (HNO), West African Examinations Council (WAEC), organisers of the examination, disclosed this while announcing the release of…
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JUST IN: WAEC releases 2020 WASSCE results for private candidates
The West African Examinations Council has released the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates (second series). Announcing the release of the results on Monday, the council said 39.82 per cent made credits in five subjects, including Mathematics and English. The Head of the National Office, Patrick Areghan, also announced the opening…
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2020: An Alternative View – Issa Aremu
By Issa Aremu Perhaps no year in our generation has been so smeared like 2020! We are witnesses to a “Year abuse” as it were. Witness some smear newspaper headlines: “Year of Coronavirus”, “Year of Face-masks” , “2020: What a Year!” , “Year of Deaths”, “Year of Kidnappers”, “Year of Bandits” ad Infinitum. Obviously 2020…
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Dissent and the Failing State Debate – Chidi Amuta
By Chidi Amuta Nigeria enters the new year draped in curious contradiction. A protracted sixtieth anniversary celebration has recently been interrupted by an untidy debate about the nation’s very survival as a viable state. The question is simple: Is the Nigerian state failing? Among most enlightened Nigerians, there is now an inconvenient consensus that the…
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Despite challenges, count your blessings in 2020, Makinde tells Nigerians
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday recounted some of his successes in 2020 despite the myriad of challenges facing the nation, urging residents to maintain a positive outlook for the new year. Makinde, in a 2021 New Year address, issued in Ibadan by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, said despite various…
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The Guest, Coro, Didn’t Come To Play – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene It’s true that Coronavirus is not among the top five most deadly diseases in Africa today. But it’s also correct that at this time, we know far less about the COVID-19 pandemic than we know about malaria, diarrhoeal diseases, Ischaemic heart diseases, meningitis, tuberculosis, or HIV/AIDS. Yet, we’re fooling around with COVID-19 and…
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TNG Year in Review: 40 shocking VIP deaths of 2020 [Photos]
Year 2020 will go down in history has one of the most terrific years in human history worldwide. Aside the novel coronavirus pandemic which is now in its second wave worldwide, countries have had to deal with various challenges resulting in the death of citizens. Today (Thursday, December 31) being the last day of the…