The West African Examination Council has withheld the results of over two hundred and fifteen thousand candidates who sat for the 2020 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. The number represents thirteen point nine-eight percent of the total number of over one million, five hundred and thirty-eight thousand, four hundred and forty-five candidates who sat for the examination. Also,…
Lagos State Government is offering financial support to owners of businesses that were burnt or looted during the violence that greeted the EndSARS protests. Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU made the announcement when he paid a visit to Lekki axis of the state to sympathise with victims of the Circle Mall looting. Governor SANWO-OLU said his officials are working…
Information coming out of Oyigbo Local Government Area in Rivers State indicate that the location is like a war scene. Several buildings on the main road from the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway have been burned down or looted, while charred remains of vehicles and motorcycles are on the streets. Residents of Oyigbo who could not runaway during the…
Former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, BABATUNDE FOWLER, has appeared before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC invited FOWLER for interrogation over an alleged one hundred billion Naira tax evasion by a tax collecting company, Alpha Beta Consulting. The allegation was made in a petition to the EFCC in 2018 by a former…
An insurance expert says the widespread violence and destruction that greeted the EndSARS protests will help to encourage more people to take up insurance policies. ADETOLA ADEGBAYI said insurance for businesses would be heavier because of the looting of several shopping outlets across Nigeria. ADEGBAYI, who shared her views on a television programme monitored in Lagos, said…
The ruling All Progressives Congress in Lagos State and the main opposition People’s Democratic Party have disagreed over the handling of the EndSARS protests and the violent aftermath. While the PDP believes that the state government failed, and called for Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU to step aside; the APC said the PDP’s call is an invitation to lawlessness.…