Friday, 8 March 2013

NECO RESULTS: KANO, LAGOS STATES TOPS MALPRACTICE LIST!!

The National Examination Council (NECO) yesterday released the November/December 2012 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) with Kano and Lagos statestopping the list of exams malpractice.
The exams body recorded 21, 274 cases of exams malpractice acrossthe country with Kano having the highest incidences of malpractice with 649 candidates, representing 13.96 percent out of 4,646 while Lagos state came second with 238 cases out of 6, 508 candidates.
The registrar of the council, Professor Promise Okpala told newsmen in Minna that the FCT hadthe lowest incidence with only five cases out 1,322 candidates that sat for the exams.
He said the body has recorded an improvement over last year�s result with 25, 630 out of 75, 623candidates that sat for the exams passing at credit level in English Language, representing 33. 89 percent compared to 10.0 percent in2011.
He added that 41, 228 also passed at credit level out of 75, 245 candidates that sat for Mathematics, representing 54.79 percent whichindicated an improvement over 2011 result that recorded 44.7 percent.
Okpala said 83, 755 candidates registered for the examination andthat out of which only 75, 623 candidates sat for the examination.
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NABTEB RESULTS NOV/DEC 2012/2013 STILLYET TO BE RELEASED!!!

Candidates who participated for the November/December 2012/2013 NABTEB examination exercise havevented their anger of the board over the delay in release of the much awaited examination results.
Students who participated have beendismayed more over the fact that their counterparts who sat for the WAEC and NECO examination has all seen their respects, while they are left behind.
No details have been gathered yet by the NEG NABTEB team, as to why the results are still yet to be out, but we promise to bring you feedbacks soon.
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NABTEB/HOUSE OF SENATE BATTLES OVER COST OF SCRATCH CARDS!!!

THE Senate Committee on Education, on Monday, queried the National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB) for spending a total sum of N410 million as cost of printing scratch cards for the May/June and November/December 2012 examinations.
The Registrar/Chief Executive of NABTEB, Dr Olatunji Aworanti, had,whileaddressing the committee, which was on a tour of federal education institutions in Edo State, said the amount was embedded in the examination charges for the over 300,000 students who wrote the examinations conducted by NABTEB in 2012.
Dr Aworanti, while giving clarifications on a question raised by a member ofthe committee, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, explained that since the board was not empowered to operate its printing facility, it had to go into partnership with a private printing firm to provide scratch cards.
The registrar, however, solicited the support of the committee in theprovision of infrastructural facilities, adding that the recent reduction in thepersonnel cost of the board from N80 million to N67million was affecting payment of salary for the 648 members of staff of the board.
Chairman of the Senate Committee,Senator Uche Chukwumerije, while speaking on the challenges facing NABTEB, said the committee would provide the necessary support to NABTEB, adding that Nigeria�s development partly depended on theprovision of technical education.
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NECO, SSCE JUNE/JULY REGISTRATION BEGINS, 2013/2014- EXAMINATIONTIME TABLE!!

This is to inform the general publicand all concerned persons that the registration is now open for 2013/2014 National Examinations Council(NECO) Senior Secondary Certificate Examination(SSCE) (Internal).
This is the examination taken by candidates in their last stage of Secondary Education. The SSCE is in two categories. One is for candidates in the third and final year of their secondary education and it is called SSCE internal whilethe Second is SSCE External and is for candidates not in the School system.
The SSCE internal has forty subjects, the minimum number of subjects a candidate can sit for is eight while the maximum is nine. All Senior Secondary schools in theFederation present Candidates for the SSCE Internal.

For more details and application visit http://www.mynecoexams.com/ssce/
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UNILAG POSTGRADUATE(SPGS) 1ST SEMESTER EXAMS BEGINS 8TH APRIL, 2012/2013!!!

The University of Lagos(UNILAG),Akoka, Lagos State, wishes to inform the general public that, In line with the 2012/2013 Academic Calendar, the First Semester Examinations for postgraduate programmes will commence on April 8, 2013 and end on April 22, 2013 .
Below is the examination schedule:
S/N. Date. Activities
1. March 8, 2013
Editing of Course Forms (Add & Delete) Ends
2. March 18, 2013
Registration closes for 2012/2013 Session
3. March 28, 2013
Registration Portal Closes for the 2012/2013 Session
4. April 8, 2013
Commencement of 1 st Semester Examinations for 2012/2013 Session
5. April 22, 2013
1 st Semester Examinations for 2012/2013 Session Ends
We wish all participating students, success during the University of Lagos, examination exercise.
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UNILAG 1ST SEMESTER GST EXAMS POSTPONED TO 25TH MARCH, 2012/2013!!

The University Of Lagos(UNILAG),wishes to inform the general public, that the 2012/2013 GST examinations for all Faculties except Faculty of Education have been rescheduled to hold from March 25 to 28, 2013. The GST examinations for Faculty of Education will hold on Saturday, March 30, 2013 .
The venue and time for the GST examinations will be announced as soon as arrangements are concluded to ensure a hitch free exercise.
Management regrets any inconvenience that may arise as a result of this and wishes all students, brilliant success in the forthcoming examination.
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Ghanian Footballer Bathed With acid!!

YAW BEEKO, a 29-year-old footballer from Asante-Akyem area in the Ashanti Regionm Ghana, has been bathed with acid by an aggressive husband, Kwame Amoah, who accused Beeko of allegedly flirting with his wife.

Amoah, a miner, committed the act at 12:30pm on November 11, 2012 at Manso Kwabenaso in the Amansie West District, shortly after the complainant's arrival in the community to join his teammates.
Amoah was remanded in prison custody when heappeared before a circuit court in Bekwai presided over by Daniel Kwaku Obeng on Monday.
Kwasi Amoah, also 29, was caged to re-appearon March 20, 2013 after pleading not guilty to the charge of assault and causing harm.
The miner lost his cool that afternoon and subsequently launched the deadly attack on the footballer, who had joined his teammates in hismanager's residence where the accused was a tenant.
Beeko, who lost an eye due to the incident, is still on admission at the St. Martin's Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum where he was rushed tofor treatment.
The prosecutor, Detective Sergeant Stephen Ofori, informed the court that Yaw Beeko became a victim of the unfortunate incident while he was washing his apparel shortly after his arrival in the community.
According to him, the complainant, on November 11, 2012, lodged into the residence ofhis team manager to await a football match between his team and another at Manso-Kwabenaso.
Upon arrival, prosecution stated, Beeko decidedto wash his clothes as they were dirty due to the dusty road leading to the community.
Sergeant Ofori narrated that the accused person, who was a tenant in the house, emerged and confronted the complainant, accusing him of flirting with his (Amoah's) wife.
Amoah, who was armed with concentrated acid in a Tampico container, immediately poured the fluid on the complainant's face and body withoutverifying if the rumour was true or not.
Prosecution added that the aggressive man, apparently not satisfied with his action, chased Amoah, who was running from danger.
Sergeant Ofori said it took the intervention of people around to save the victim.
The case was later reported to the police, whilethe victim was taken to the St. Martin's Hospital at Agroyesum.
The suspect was later arrested and charged with the offence after police investigations
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YAW BEEKO, a 29-year-old footballer from Asante-Akyem area in the Ashanti Regionm Ghana, has been bathed with acid by an aggressive husband, Kwame Amoah, who accused Beeko of allegedly flirting with his wife.

Amoah, a miner, committed the act at 12:30pm on November 11, 2012 at Manso Kwabenaso in the Amansie West District, shortly after the complainant's arrival in the community to join his teammates.
Amoah was remanded in prison custody when heappeared before a circuit court in Bekwai presided over by Daniel Kwaku Obeng on Monday.
Kwasi Amoah, also 29, was caged to re-appearon March 20, 2013 after pleading not guilty to the charge of assault and causing harm.
The miner lost his cool that afternoon and subsequently launched the deadly attack on the footballer, who had joined his teammates in hismanager's residence where the accused was a tenant.
Beeko, who lost an eye due to the incident, is still on admission at the St. Martin's Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum where he was rushed tofor treatment.
The prosecutor, Detective Sergeant Stephen Ofori, informed the court that Yaw Beeko became a victim of the unfortunate incident while he was washing his apparel shortly after his arrival in the community.
According to him, the complainant, on November 11, 2012, lodged into the residence ofhis team manager to await a football match between his team and another at Manso-Kwabenaso.
Upon arrival, prosecution stated, Beeko decidedto wash his clothes as they were dirty due to the dusty road leading to the community.
Sergeant Ofori narrated that the accused person, who was a tenant in the house, emerged and confronted the complainant, accusing him of flirting with his (Amoah's) wife.
Amoah, who was armed with concentrated acid in a Tampico container, immediately poured the fluid on the complainant's face and body withoutverifying if the rumour was true or not.
Prosecution added that the aggressive man, apparently not satisfied with his action, chased Amoah, who was running from danger.
Sergeant Ofori said it took the intervention of people around to save the victim.
The case was later reported to the police, whilethe victim was taken to the St. Martin's Hospital at Agroyesum.
The suspect was later arrested and charged with the offence after police investigations
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Kanu Loses N1.4 Billion In Hotel Business; Manager Arrested For Fraud

Kanu Loses N1.4 Billion In Hotel Business; His Managing Director, MD Arrested For Fraud
�� Kanu Loses Billions Of Naira In Hotel Business; Hardley Suites� Manager Arrested For Fraud
Former Nigerian footballer Nwankwo Kanu has lost N1.4 billion in his hotel business and the Managing Director of the hotel, Mr. Ayoola Gam Ikon, 49, has been arrested and charged to courtfor the alleged fraud.
Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Unit arrested Ikon, the managing director of Hardley Suites Limited situated at Waziri Ibrahim Crescent, off Elsie Femi Pearse Street, Victoria Island, Lagos southwest Nigeria, for allegedly stealing the N1.4 billion belonging tothe hotel and suites owned by Kanu.
Also arrested along with him over the alleged fraud is a hotel staff, Oke Samuel.
They were arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate�s court on a 19-count charge of felonyto wit, obtaining money under false pretence.
The police alleged in charge suit No. K/8/2013 that Ikon was arrested following a complaint by the management of Hardley Suites Limited, Nwankwo Kanu and Ogbonna Kanu, that Ikon between 2005 and 2012 allegedly defrauded them of the sum of about N1.4 billion on the pretence ofusing the money to expand the existing facilities of the hotel by constructing and furnishing of additional blocks of 30 suites and conference facilities, but he allegedly failed to use the moneyfor the purpose and allegedly converted the money to his personal use.
He was also alleged to have forged a special resolution purportedly made by the board of directors of Hardley Suites Limited to obtain loans of N187 million, N50 million and N493 million from Skye Bank Plc without authorization.
The offences, the accused allegedly committed, according to the prosecutor A.M. Animashaun, contravenes sections 8 (a) 1 (a) of the advanced fee fraud and other fraud related offences Act 2006 as applicable in Lagos State.
The accused pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
The prosecutor presented before the court an application for the remand of the accused personsin prison custody pending advice from the office of the directorate of public prosecution, DPP, because the lower court lacks the jurisdiction to try the matter.
But the Chief Magistrate, Mrs. O.O. Oshin overruled him with legal facts after quoting copiously from several sections of the criminal justice administration laws of Lagos State to buttress her claim that the court has the jurisdiction to hear and admit the accused to bail.
She admitted the first defendant to bail in the sum of N1 million with two sureties in like sum.
One of the sureties must be the defendant himself, the other should be a civil servant on level 16.
She also admitted the second defendant to bail in the sum of N500,000, with two sureties in like sum. One of the sureties must be a level 16 civil servant while the other must be working with a reputable company.
She adjourned the matter till 4 April, 2013 for mention.
The defendants were, however, moved to Ikoyi Prison, Lagos pending when they would fulfil the bail conditions.  
Source: PMnews
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Power Outages At Lagos InternationalAirport Caused By Faulty Backup Generators- Engineers

Power Outages At Lagos International Airport Caused By Faulty Backup Generators- Engineers
Power cuts have caused series of near-tragic landings at the Lagos airport, in southwest Nigeria, over the past few days, passengers aboard the lucky planes have said. And the two electricity generators serving the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, have broken down, thus compounding the situation.
On Monday night, as an Emirates Flight EK781 was about to land, a sudden power cut struck, forcing the pilot to divert the plane to Lome, capital of Togo, a neighbouring West .
The Emirates plane, an Airbus A340-500, had arrived from Dubai, United Arab Emirates and hadalready received clearance for landing from the traffic controllers when the near accident happened at about 7.44 pm, reports said.
The plane, it was learnt, returned to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, several hours later and made a safe landing at about 11p.m.
A few minutes after, passengers said, there was another power outage at Nigeria�s gateway. The incident was almost a repeat of what happened to aKenyan Airways flight on Saturday night.
The Kenyan Airways had come from Nairobi, Kenya, and had arrived the Lagos airport at about9p.m. in complete darkness.
�The blackout was total,� said a passenger onboard the plane.
�The experience I had on Saturday was very difficult. The runway light at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos was switched off. Thearrival hall was dark and the immigration officials were using torchlight to work. I even wanted to talk with the pilot but it was too dark and I couldn�t see her.�
The passenger, a frequent traveller, pledged anonymity but called on Nigerian authorities to come clean with the truth.
When contacted, the spokesperson of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Datti, said that rain storms were to blame.
He also admitted that since the generator house was blown off last year, it had not been fixed andthe water penetrated the panels.
As a result, he said, the panels were soaked and could not transmit power to the E-wing of the terminal building.
He said: �The heavy rain storm that occurred in Lagos yesterday, March 4, disrupted power supplyto the Murtala Muhammed Airport for about six minutes due to a power surge from the two main PHCN power supply sources to the airport.�
The airport is connected to two main power sources from Ejigbo and Egbin power stations.
Datti said the storm initially knocked off the powersupply from Ejigbo which led to a three-minute outage at the airport before FAAN engineers switched over to the alternate power supply source from Egbin. �That supply line was later affected by the storm, leading to another three minute power outage,� he said.
�Our engineers then switched over to the airport�s standby generators, some panels of which were unfortunately soaked with water, due tothe heavy flooding that resulted from the heavy rainfall.
�This resulted in a blackout at the �E� wing of theairport, including the avio bridges. It was for thisreason that arriving passengers on an international flight were processed through an alternative route at the terminal and in the process, were exposed momentarily to the rain,� he said.
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PHOTOS: Monalisa Chinda And Lanre Nzeribe, Her Secret Lover Finally Stepped Out

Monalisa Chinda And Lanre Nzeribe, Her Secret Lover Finally Stepped Out (Photos)
After months of hide and seek game, Nollywood actress Monalisa Chinda has finally revealed the face of the man in her life.
The singer mother of one is now dating owner of popular Deuces night club in Victoria Island Lagos,Mr Lanre Nzeribe

According to sources, Lanre Nzeribe, a married father of many children is a ladies� man who loves virtually everything under the skirt.
The millionaire socialite has been linked with uncountable ladies in the past.
The lovers were spotted in Lagos last week at Uche Jombo�s movie premiere
Here is what Monalisa Chinda said in regards to her new lover :
�I�m happy and fulfilled that I�m in love again andi�m glad it�s for real this time.�
Wishing Monalisa Chinda success in her new relationship.
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Monalisa Chinda And Lanre Nzeribe, Her Secret Lover Finally Stepped Out (Photos)
After months of hide and seek game, Nollywood actress Monalisa Chinda has finally revealed the face of the man in her life.
The singer mother of one is now dating owner of popular Deuces night club in Victoria Island Lagos,Mr Lanre Nzeribe

According to sources, Lanre Nzeribe, a married father of many children is a ladies� man who loves virtually everything under the skirt.
The millionaire socialite has been linked with uncountable ladies in the past.
The lovers were spotted in Lagos last week at Uche Jombo�s movie premiere
Here is what Monalisa Chinda said in regards to her new lover :
�I�m happy and fulfilled that I�m in love again andi�m glad it�s for real this time.�
Wishing Monalisa Chinda success in her new relationship.
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Lil Twist WRECKS Justin's Fisker Then Flees

If Justin Bieber continues to trust Lil Twist with his ultra-expensive cars, then he deserves what he gets, because TMZ has learned Twist had yet another mishap, and this one involves a hit and run.We've learned Lil Twist was driving Justin's chromed-out Fisker Karma Tuesday, just after 6PM, when he crashed into cement poles protecting a wall at a San Fernando Valley liquor store ... damaging the poles and badly damaging the front-end of the car.Sources tell us ... either Twist or one of his passengers told an eyewitness, "Do you know whose car this is? It's Justin Bieber's car."  We're told a few minutes later, a BMW roared up to the parking lot and the driver told Twist and the passengers, "Get all the pieces from the car [that fell] and put it in the car [the BMW]."  After putting the Fisker parts in the BMW, the 3 men took off in the BMW, leaving the Fisker behind.Sources say one of the 2 passengers was Chris Brown.  His reps have not confirmed or denied.FYI -- it's a crime to leave the scene of an accident that causes injury or property damage without exchanging info with the victim -- in this case the liquor store owner.  We're told this was NOT done.You'll recall ... Twist also caused thousands of dollars worth of damage when he bottomed out Justin's Ferrari in the Four Seasons Hotel parking lot.  And Twist was speeding in Justin's Ferrari January 1st when he was stopped by the CHP.  A photog died while taking pics of the scene.Justin -- don't be an idiot.  Cut him off.UPDATE:  8:17 PM PT... Chris Brown's people just got back to us and said he wasn't in the car and wasn't even in town the day of the crash.
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ustin Bieber "getting better" after collapsing at London gig

anadian teen pop star Justin Bieber tweeted that he was "getting better" after collapsing on stage from shortness of breath during a performance in London and being rushed to the hospital on Thursday.

Bieber's spokeswoman, Melissa Victor, told Reuters that the singer had fainted on stage at his concert at London's O2 arena and had been taken backstage where he took a 20 minute break and was given oxygen by doctors.

Bieber, 19, returned to the stage after the break and his representatives said he was OK. Victor said the "Boyfriend" singer ignored doctors orders and returned to the O2 Arena stage to finish the performance.

The singer tweeted to his 35 million Twitter followers following the incident, "thanks for everyone pulling me thru tonight. best fans in the world. figuring out what happened. thanks for the love."

His manager, Scooter Braun, told audiences at the arena after the singer's collapse that Bieber was "very light of breath, the whole show he has been complaining," in amateur videos posted on the Internet.

Bieber had not been suffering from any health issues prior to the show, the spokeswoman added.

Fans quickly began circulating the hashtag "#justintakeabreak" on Twitter after news of his collapse spread on the social network.

This is not the first time Bieber has collapsed on stage during a performance. He previously suffered a concussion during a concert in Paris last June after falling into a glass wall.

Bieber's London leg of his sold out "Believe" world tour hasn't been without its problems.

On Tuesday, the first of his four nights at London's O2 Arena, Bieber angered fans by turning up on stage nearly two hours late, blaming technical issues for his delayed performance.

Media outlets also reported that the singer, who celebrated his 19th birthday in London last week, tried to take 14-year-old Jaden Smith, son of actor Will Smith, to a club, where he was turned away, along with Bieber and his entourage.

Bieber took to Twitter and Instagram to vehemently deny the reports that he tried to take underage Smith to a club, saying instead that he was forced to leave the venue when the club's security guards club behaved aggressively towards his fans who were lined up outside.
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