The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the May/June 2016 examination.
According to the examination body, 878,040 or 52.97 per cent of 1,544,758 candidates who wrote the examination obtained credits in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.
Head, National Office of the council, Mr Olutishe Adenipekun, stated this during the release of the results for senior secondary school students in Lagos on Friday, August 5.
Adenipekun said performance of candidates was encouraging compared to the 31.28 per cent and 38.68 per cent recorded in 2014 and 2015 respectively in the same category.
He added that out of those that sat for the examination, 1,014,573 of them representing 65.70 per cent obtained six credits and above.
He attributed the improvement to better commitment on the side of the students, teachers and governments at all levels.
“We should join hands to sustain this positive trend so that our children will reach their desired academic peak and the country better for it,’’ he said.
Adenipekun, however, said that the results of 137,295 candidates were withheld due to examination malpractices.
“The cases are being investigated and reports will be presented to the appropriate committee of the council.
“The committee’s decisions would be communicated to the affected candidates through their schools,’’ he said.
He noted that of the figure that sat for the examination, 825,650 were males, representing 53.5 per cent while 718,585 were females and represented 46.5 per cent.
The head of office added that out of the total number of the candidates that sat for the examination, 1,393,907 candidates had their results fully released, while 158,718 others have a few of their subjects still being processed due to errors mainly traceable to the candidates and schools in the course of registration or writing the examination.
Britain’s third richest man, billionaire landowner the Duke of Westminster died suddenly today aged 64. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor who died of a heart attack, passed away at the Royal Preston Hospital in Lancashire, a spokeswoman said.
The Sunday Times Rich List 2016 disclosed that the Duke was worth £9.35bn, making him the third richest British national. He was also the 68th richest billionaire in the world.
His son Hugh, pictured with his wife Natalia, will now inherit the entire estate, including the family seat in Cheshire, Eaton Hall, at the age of just 25.
Rapper, Olanrewaju Ogunmefun known as Vector has poured out his rage at critics in the industry who are scared to come at him in reality.
The angry rapper stated that how can one be having beef with him, and can’t be man enough to come at him in reality to confront him.
Former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Lagos state in the 2015 election, Mr Jimi Agbaje has promised that he will lead the party back to winning ways if elected chairman of the party at the Portharcourt Convention.
He also said that PDP gave ‘way so that Nigerians can test what other parties have in stock. But it is regrettable that party has failed to provide the change promised.
Every youth in Nigeria will like to see PDP reformed, and the reformation has started.”
Speaking with Journalists shortly after he picked the nomination forms for the chairmanship position of the party in Abuja, Mr Agbaje said as a candidate who does not belong to any of the factions in the party, he stands a better chance to unite all the contending forces in the party.
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According to the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, the dollar subsidy is non-discriminatory and was also approved for Christians as well.
The final three shortlist for the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award are Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann.
Lionel Messi, who won the award last year, did not even place fourth in the long list of 10 candidates.
Ronaldo is favourite to pick the prize, after he led Real Madrid to their 11th Champions League win in the 2015/2016 season, before winning the European Championships with Portugal.
The winner will be announced on August 25, on the day of the draw for the Champions League group stage.