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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, has debunked claims circulating on social media that the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates has been cancelled. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Acting Head of Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Moyosola Adesina, the Council described the report as false, misleading, and the work of mischief-makers attempting to discredit WAEC and cause unnecessary panic among candidates and stakeholders. The fake report, dated July 19, alleged that the Federal Ministry of Education and WAEC jointly cancelled the entire examination over widespread malpractice and digital leakage of exam materials. WAEC, however, dismissed the claim, stating that the marking of examination scripts has already been concluded and that results will be released on or before Monday, August 4, 2025. “All information from the Council is shared via our official and verified social media handles, as well as through accredi...

  . Recovered cache of arms and ammunition  The Nigeria Police Force has announced the rescue of two kidnapped victims, the arrest of eight suspects, and the recovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition in a series of intelligence-led operations across Edo, Delta, Katsina, and Adamawa states. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, these operations were conducted under the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, who reaffirmed the Force’s commitment to intelligence-driven policing. In Edo State, police operatives working with local vigilantes stormed a kidnappers’ hideout in Ewatto, leading to the rescue of Godday Irieude and Wisdom Emeka, abducted from their farm on June 26. The kidnappers fled after a gun battle, some sustaining gunshot wounds. In Delta State, a raid on suspected cultists in Mosogar uncovered a fabricated Baretta pistol, locally made guns, live cartridges, phones,...

For the people of Onicha-Ugbo in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, what used to be a simple journey to the market or farm has become a daily ordeal.  Their only major access road, linking them to neighbouring Issele-Uku, is crumbling, turning life in this vibrant farming community into a struggle for movement, livelihood and hope. At a particularly bad spot opposite Gbonoza Primary School, the road is now little more than a gaping hazard. Once a lifeline for farmers, traders and schoolchildren, it is barely passable.  For over two years, residents say, the road has been left to deteriorate, despite early signs of damage that local leaders reportedly ignored. “We just want to go to our farms and send our children to school without fear,” says Ohai Emmanuel Chukwunweike, a resident who worries daily about how long elderly farmers and traders can keep trudging through the worsening path.  “This is our only link between Onicha-Ugbo and Issele-Uku. Without it...

NLNG’s Deputy Managing Director, Olakunle Osobu, speaking at a Panel Session titled “Technology as a Local Content Imperative: From Adoption to Domestication” at the NOG Energy Week 2025 in Abuja on Monday. The Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) has underscored the urgent need to domesticate technology as a cornerstone for strengthening local content in the nation’s oil and gas sector. Speaking at the NOG Energy Week 2025 in Abuja, NLNG’s Deputy Managing Director, Olakunle Osobu, described technology as the lifeblood of modern energy systems, insisting it must be tailored to Nigeria’s unique context to truly empower its people. “Our industry is among the biggest consumers of technology. But we are not just interested in using it, we want to simplify it, adapt it, and ensure it’s communicated in ways Nigerians can fully grasp,” Osobu said during a panel discussion on “Technology as a Local Content Imperative: From Adoption to Domestication.” He argued that no country has ever attained...