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WAEC to begin CBT for WASSCE WAEC to begin CBT for WASSCE The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it has plans to introduce the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode in the administration of its examinations. Mr Patrick Areghan, WAEC’s Head of National Office (HNO), gave a hint in an interview with NAN on Saturday. Areghan said introducing the CBT mode of administrating some of the council’s examinations had been part of his vision for the body. ”We have already started something in terms of CBT examination. We have…

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Former Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) All-Stars housemate, White Money has explained how HIS OWN team betrayed him and how that affected his votes and ruined his chances of winning the show. The former reality winner, while speaking on Hero Daniel’s podcast, blamed his team for his eviction from the reality show. He said: “I feel (battle) everywhere. Even during my stay in this house I was facing both internal and external battles. And I felt it. It was true. It was happening. I came out to a lot of things happening…

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Suspect arrested for injecting Mohbad NOT a registered nurse Suspect arrested for injecting Mohbad NOT a registered nurse The Lagos State National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives has revealed that the suspect arrested for injecting the late singer, Mohbad is not a registered nurse. Recall that Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba had in one of his viral interviews stated that his son Mohbad died after receiving an injection from an auxiliary nurse on September 12. The association made the revelation in a statement issued on its official X on Saturday,…

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Army uncovers gun factory in Kaduna Army uncovers gun factory in Kaduna Troops of Operation Safe Haven have arrested a gun manufacturing syndicate in Kaduna State and recovered a total of 26 weapons from them. The media officer for the Special Military Taskforce, Captain Oya James, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Jos on Friday. James added that the discovery followed a week-long intelligence operation that finally led to the capture of a wanted gunrunner Napoleon John who had been on the wanted list of the Special Military…

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Delta pastor kills girl Delta pastor kills girl A middle-aged man said to be a pastor, has been allegedly caught while butchering a young girl in Agbarha-Otor community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State in the early hours of Friday. City Round gathered that the remains of the victim were discovered in the pastor’s house in the agrarian community. One of our sources claimed that the pastor snuffed the life out of the young girl with a machete. It was gathered that the cleric, whose church is located…

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FG raises junior lecturers’ salaries FG raises junior lecturers’ salaries The Federal Government, through the National Salaries, Wages and Income Commission, has approved the payment of a new percentage increment in salaries for academics and non-academic staff members of all its tertiary institutions across the country, Saturday Punch reports. This is as the percentage increment for junior staff members of tertiary institutions was raised from 23.5 per cent, which was reviewed last year, to 25 per cent. Punch correspondent gathered that the arrears of the increment from January 2023 would…

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Peter and Omolola Okoye Peter Okoye and wife, Lola celebrate son at 15   Peter Okoye and wife ,Lola Omotayo Okoye are celebrating their son, Cameron as he turns 15 today. The proud parents took to their respective Instagram pages to celebrate their son on his special day. Peter wrote; ”Happy 15th birthday to my handsome boy @cameronokoye10 May this year be filled with laughter, adventure, and success. I’m so proud of the young man you’re becoming! Only a few parents are privileged to be blessed with a gifted son…

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Olympic volleyball champion dies Olympic volleyball champion dies suddenly aged 43   Olympic gold medal winner Walewska Oliveira has died suddenly at the age of 43. The Brazilian won gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and picked up a bronze at the Sydney Games in 2000, whilst also representing her country at the Athens Games in 2004. She passed away in Sao Paulo, with her cause of death not yet confirmed. The Brazilian Vollyball Confederation (CBV) said: “With sadness and immense regret, the CBV received the news of the…

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Missing intestine Missing intestine: Doctor who operated on boy not a surgeon – Lagos Assembly     Dr. Abayomi Baiyewu, the doctor who performed surgery twice on late Adebola Akin-Bright, has been revealed not to be a qualified surgeon. This was revealed by Noheem Adams, the chairman of the Lagos Assembly ad-hoc committee with the mandate to investigate the circumstances that led to the disappearance of Adebola Akin-Bright’s small intestine. This is also as the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, during plenary on Thursday, directed the Clerk, Olalekan Onafeko,…

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Mohbad Mohbad passed NECO at one sitting, I don’t know why he joined Naira Marley — Ex-principal   Abidemi Faboye, the proprietor and principal of Abifab College, Ikorodu, Lagos, the secondary school Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, attended in an interview with Punch talks about the memories he has of the late singer. Excerpt below…. How would you describe Mohbad? I knew him when he enrolled in my school in 2013. His elder sister, Blessing, also graduated from the school in 2013. He was brought from a public school, and he…

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