70 PERCENT OF STUDENTS FAILED NOV/DEC 2014 WASSCE EXAM

Over 70 percent of students who sat for the 2014 November/ December 2014 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) failed to pass the exam once more.

The National Office of the Council Head, Charles Eguridu revealed this woeful result on December 18, 2014, in Lagos state. He revealed that out of the 241,161 candidates who sat for the exams only 72,522 scored five credits with the two key subjects, Mathematics and English Language, giving a pass rate of 29.27 percent.

The 2014 result only shows a .1 percent increase from the previous year’s 29.17 percent pass rate. It was also revealed that the commission withheld 28,817 results due to exam malpractice.

FIFA CLEARS UKOH TO PLAY FOR NIGERIA

World football governing body, FIFA, has cleared former Swiss U-20 international, Steven Archibong Effiong Ukoh, to play for the Super Eagles at senior level.

 The versatile midfielder, Steve Ukoh , born on June 19, 1991 to Nigerian parents in Berne, Switzerland,currently plays for Biel-Bienne FC .

A statement issued in Abuja by Ademola Olajire, Assistant Director, Communications, Nigeria Football Association (NFA) read :

“Ukoh was cleared to switch his nationality from Switzerland to Nigeria. The versatile midfielder, born on 19 June, 1991 to Nigerian parents in Berne, Switzerland, currently plays for Biel-Bienne FC in the European country. His father, Archibong Ukoh and mother Helene, hail from Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom’’

PHOTO: DESCRIBE USING ONLY 1 WORD

What can we call this type of dressing? Can we say a failed wardrobe or fashion meet madness? Let us look at it from another angle; was she trying to show-off her smooth body to will be groom? Or just an evening wear to chill out?....Hunnn.
Photo Credit: internet

NIGERIAN PRISON INMATES' NOW HAVE RIGHT TO VOTE' IN ALL ELECTION!

In the suit filed by Victor Emenuwe, Onome Inaye, Kabiru Abu, Osagie Iyekepolor, Modugu Odion (for and on behalf of inmates of Nigeria Prisons) against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Prisons Service, in an amended Originating Summons, asked the court to determine “whether having regards to the provisions of section 25 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended in 2011, and section 12 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010, the plaintiffs are not entitled to be registered as voters by the first Defendants..

Justice Mohammed Lima of the Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State, yesterday ruled that inmates of all prisons across Nigeria have the right to vote in all elections conducted in the country.

PHOTO OF THE DAY: CAN U IDENTIFY ANY OF THEM ?

...........they are the Generals 

WHY I CHOSE PROF YEMI OSINBAJO AS MY RUNNING MATE...BUHARI

Gen Muhammadu Buhari, APC Presidential candidate flag-bearer in upcoming 2015 election yesterday stated reasons why he chose Prof Yemi Osibajo as his running mate. Below is what he said;

"To assist me in this great task of securing Nigeria’s future, I have chosen a man of unimpeachable integrity, an excellent professional, a man of faith, a devoted family man and a role model to our fellow countrymen and women. He is a professor of law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. An alumnus of the University of Lagos and the London School of Economics, he is a prodigious author who has to his credit several books on civil procedure in Nigerian superior courts. 

The Vice-Presidential candidate is a friend of the less privileged, compassionate and zealous in service. A man of uncommon humility, a loyal, dependable and selfless patriot. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present Professor Yemi Osinbajo, who by the grace of God and the vote of Nigerians will be the next Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Buhari said.

RAPPER 'BOBBY SHMURDA' ARRESTED FOR MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS & DRUG TRADDICKING

Bobby Shmurda , 19, and his whole crew were arrested on Tuesday by NYPD. TMZ reports:

Rapper Bobby Shmurda was arrested Tuesday night during a sting involving multiple shootings and drug trafficking ... TMZ has confirmed.

The indictment is sealed and the specific charges have not been disclosed, but we know it's part of a long-term investigation conducted by the NYPD and a special narcotics prosecutor.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... Shmurda was under surveillance by police and was arrested while he sat in a car outside a NYC recording studio. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday. 

Shumurda was arrested in October for smoking a joint with two friends while double parked on a Brooklyn street ... and in June for possession of a weapon.