YOLA — The Registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO), Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, has said no fewer than 1.3 million candidates are currently writing the council’s internal examination nationwide. Prof. Wushishi said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, said he was in the state to monitor the conduct of NECO’s ongoing Senior Secondary School Examination nationwide. Among the schools visited during the monitoring were...

MAIDUGURI — Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has supervised the enrollment of 5,361 orphans of school-aged children in Monguno whose parents were killed by Boko Haram. The children were between the ages of seven and thirteen, and each was given free uniforms, writing materials, and free meals at schools. The orphans were registered in the presence of their guardians who gave their biographic details, including places of displacement and indigenous LGAs. The 5,361...