Day: December 14, 2017

NECO releases 2017 Nov/Dec exam results

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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released 2017 November/December External Senior School Certificate Examination results. Prospective candidates are expected to purchase NECO result checking scratch card before proceeding to check their results online, Cards are available in all NECO offices. How To Check Result… 1)Go to NECO result checking portal http://www.mynecoexams.com/results/default.aspx 2)Select your examination type i.e. Nov/Dec 3)Select your year of examination i.e. 2017 4)Enter the result checking scratch card PIN number in the required column 5)Enter your examination number Finally, click on Check My Result button to access your…

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U.S. lawmaker commits suicide over sex scandal

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A state lawmaker in Kentucky, U.S., Rep. Dan Johnson, has committed suicide after report emerged that he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17. Reports say the 57-year-old lawmaker, a preacher and a Republican, shot himself on a bridge in Mt. Washington, southeast of Louisville. His body turned up on a riverbank near the bridge and the weapon reportedly was found at the scene. Rep. Johnson took to Facebook on Wednesday to post about the accusations levelled against him, claiming they were “false” and “only GOD knows the truth.”…

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Helicopter crashes in Cote d’Ivoire, injures 4

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A civilian helicopter crashed on Thursday in Port Bouet, near Felix Houphouet-Boigny International Airport in Abidjan, the Economic Capital of Cote d’Ivoire, according to local media. Fire fighters at the site said four people were injured after the two-seat SE 3132 belonging to a private company “Ivory Helicopter’’ crashed on store houses for unknown reasons. The accident occurred around 10 a.m., according to witnesses, saying rescuers quickly moved to the site. Abodou Paul Gnangorant, the Commander of the fire brigade, said two stores of the neighbourhoods were destroyed. It was the second…

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Another solar system like Earth’s found

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A solar system with as many planets as our own has been discovered with the help of NASA’s Kepler space telescope and artificial intelligence, the US space agency said Thursday. “Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star,” NASA said in a statement. However, none of the planets is expected to be hospitable to life. The eight-planet system — the largest known outside of ours — orbits a star called Kepler 90 some 2,545 light-years away. “The Kepler-90 star system is like a…

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Buhari returns home from France

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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after participating at the “One Planet” summit in Paris, France. He departed on Monday. The president’s aircraft landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, at about 4:35 p.m. where he was received by senior government officials including his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abba Kyari and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Musa Bello. While in Paris, President Buhari appealed to the international community to support Nigeria’s commitment to reduce the negative effects of climate change. Buhari told participants that…

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San Francisco tech companies lose champion with death of mayor Ed Lee

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San Francisco technology companies including Twitter, Salesforce.com, Uber and Airbnb lost an important ally on Tuesday with the sudden death of Mayor Ed Lee. Lee courted the industry with tax breaks and helped fend off a backlash against the tech sector and the soaring rents and rising inequality it has brought to the city. Lee, 65, a former tenants’ rights lawyer and San Francisco’s first Chinese American mayor, died with more than two years left in his term. The cause was a heart attack, local media said. The mayor’s office…

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Nigeria remains investors’ choice – IMF

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Nigeria remains investors’ choice, saying, it was pleasantly surprised to receive numerous indication of interest by investors eager to invest in Nigeria. Senior Financial Sector Expert, Debt and Capital Market Instruments Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Miriam Tamene, stated this during a visit of IMF Team to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Abuja recently. However, she urged monetary and regulatory authorities in Nigeria to introduce policies that would bring down the inflation rate in the country…

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2019: I can’t be President Buhari’s running mate – Senator Tinubu

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A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Tinubu, has said there is no truth in the speculation that he may emerge as President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate for the 2019 presidential election. Tinubu described as a “classic case of utterly and irredeemably-fake news,” the report in a national daily that he was being mooted as Buhari’s running mate in 2019 to boost the APC’s chances in the South-West. According to a statement by his Media Officer, Tunde Rahman, the APC chieftain said it was speculated in the said…

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Dangote refinery to create 4,000 jobs, crash prices

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Dangote Refinery currently under construction would save Nigeria $12 billion annual import substitution, create 4,000 direct jobs and crash prices of petroleum products. Mr Babajide Soyode, the Technical Consultant to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said the project would add value to the economy as it would also create 145,000 indirect jobs. He said that the refinery would lower the prices of petroleum products in Nigeria and save some costs on importation. “ The refinery will have the capacity to refine 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day while the petrochemical plant…

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