The National Examinations Council (NECO) said it has established a new examination centre in London, United Kingdom, as part of its global expansion drive to provide credible assessment opportunities for Nigerians in the diaspora. Unveiling the centre during the Education Matters Conference UK 2025, NECO’s Registrar and Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, said the initiative was developed in partnership with Barnfield Education Ltd. Prof. Wushishi in a statement issued by NECO”s Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani said “The initiative aims to provide opportunities for Nigerian students and adult learners in the UK who, for various...
Video Of A Car Accident At Millennium Park In Abuja, Four Occupants Survive With Burns And Injuries
A white sedan carrying four young men lost control while speeding in Abuja’s Maitama district on Saturday afternoon, somersaulting into Millennium Park and bursting into flames. Bystanders pulled the occupants from the wreckage seconds before an explosion, with fire services arriving to extinguish the blaze. All four survived with burns and injuries and were hospitalized.
Occupants feared trapped as two storey building collapses in Lagos, 15 rescued
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has reported a two-storey collapsed in the Oyingbo area of Lagos. According to the Statement report by Director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue service, Margaret Adeseye, said that the agency received a distress call in the wee small hours of Monday. The affected building has been identified as a two-storey building located at 54 Cole Street, near Cemetery Bus Stop in the Oyingbo area of Lagos, had been marked ‘Distressed’ before it collapsed on the occupants. Adeseye, who confirmed the incident, said the Sari-Iganmu Fire Station team was immediately dispatched to the...
Tragedy Averted as Loaded Truck Falls Off Oshodi Bridge, LASTMA Rescues Injured Victim
A major accident was averted in Oshodi, Lagos, after a fully-loaded truck conveying tonner printing materials lost control and plunged off the Oshodi bridge into the terminal area below. The truck, which reportedly suffered a critical mechanical failure while descending the bridge, veered off the carriageway before tumbling down. The incident, which occurred Thursday, could have resulted in multiple casualties but was quickly contained due to the swift and coordinated response of officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). Eyewitnesses confirmed that LASTMA officers arrived at the scene within minutes, leading rescue efforts and managing the heavy traffic...
Venezuela’s Maduro Says The Us Is Fabricating A War And Seeks To Revoke Citizenship Of Opponent
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro said the U.S. government is “fabricating” a war against him as the world’s biggest warship approached the South American country, while moving to revoke the citizenship of an opponent he accuses of egging on an invasion. Maduro said in a national broadcast on Friday night that the administration of President Donald Trump is “fabricating a new eternal war” as the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which can host up to 90 airplanes and attack helicopters, moves closer to Venezuela. On Saturday, the Venezuelan president also referred to the pressure he has felt from the U.S. government as he started...
Tanzania Goes To Vote In Elections Set To Keep The Same Party In Power For 7 Decades
Tanzania’s governing party has been in charge for 64 years, for much of that time without any serious opposition. That looks set to be extended when Tanzanians go to the polls Wednesday in an election widely expected to be won by President Samia Suluhu Hassan, a former vice president who rose automatically to the presidency in 2021 after the death of her predecessor. Although Tanzania is a multiparty democracy, a version of one party — Hassan’s Chama cha Mapinduzi, or Party of the Revolution — has been in power since the country’s independence from Britain in 1961. The country, with...