June 1, 2019

NECO acquires 8000 biometric machines

June 1, 2019 10:59 pm

The National Examination Council (NECO) has procured 8000 biometric machines to verify candidates’ identity for the 2019 NECO Senior Secondary Certificate Examination.

Registrar of the Council, Abubakar Gana, who disclosed this in Minna, Niger State, said the biometric machines, which were procured late last year following approval from NECO’s Governing Council and Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) would also check impersonation during the examination.

He spoke during the commissioning of 20 Toyota Hilux vans and biometric machines by the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Education, Sunny Echono.

The machines, he …

US White House Lawyer Emmet Flood quits

June 1, 2019 9:49 pm

President Trump on Saturday announced the departure of top White House attorney Emmet Flood, who represented the administration during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 22-month Russia probe.

Trump tweeted that Flood will step down on June 14.

“Emmet Flood, who came to the White House to help me with the Mueller Report, will be leaving service on June 14th.

“He has done an outstanding job – NO COLLUSION – NO OBSTRUCTION! Case Closed! Emmet is my friend, and I thank him for the GREAT JOB he has done,” Trump wrote.

Flood, …

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 7

June 1, 2019 11:12 am

By Nze Ujunwa MarkAnthony

_{22. INT.JEFF/COLLIN’S RES. DAY.}

_{The Duo is talking in their LIVING ROOM as the FORMER prepares to leave for WORK.}

_COLLINS

_{Tax collector!}

_JEFF

_{Bed warmer!}

_COLLINS

_{You’re not serious, my friend.}

_JEFF

_{Simply because, I called you a name that suits you.}

_COLLINS

_{You’re entitled to your stupid opinion.}

_JEFF

_{Na you get your dirty mouth, any nonsense you like, you use am talk, e no concern me.}

_COLLINS

_{You see, what I’m talking about, this tout job you’ve been}…

OIC behind 2nd Niger Bridge construction?

June 1, 2019 8:40 am

Jubril Al-Sudani, the impostor being paraded as President Muhammadu Buhari by the All Progressives Congress (APC) cabal has showered encomiums on Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for offering support towards infrastructural development in Nigeria.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports, and addresses the impostor as President Muhammadu Buhari:

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its support towards ensuring food security and rural development in the country.

Buhari gave the commendation on Saturday in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, at the opening of the 14th, Summit of the OIC hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Imo retirees lament non-payment of over 80 months pensions

No excuse for me not to perform as Imo governor – Ihedioha

June 1, 2019 12:01 am

Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has said his government would not relent in its resolve to deliver dividends of democracy to the people of the state.

Ihedioha stated this yesterday shortly after his official visit to the Government House, Owerri, where he inspected government facilities including the offices, conference halls and residential buildings, among others.

The Imo governor said that despite the deplorable state of facilitates he inherited from the immediate past governor, Rochas Okorocha, he would not give excuses for not performing as governor.

He also accused …

Police disperse protesting Shiites with teargas in Kaduna

June 1, 2019 12:00 am

There was panic, yesterday, when members of the Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky-led Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shi’ites, stormed the streets of Kaduna to protest the continued incarceration of their leader were dispersed by teargas fired into the air by the Police.

Several members of the group were injured during the protest.

El-Zakzaky and his wife, Hajiya Zeenat, among some other members of the group, are facing charges in a Kaduna State High Court and Magistrate Court, respectively, after being arrested in December 2015, following a clash with the military in Zaria.

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