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At least 10 computers with vital information about all schools in Kaduna State have been lost after fire outbreak hit a section of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) building, today, April 4th resulting in huge pandemonium. According to the Zonal Coordinator of WAEC in Kaduna, Fidelis Gaiya, who told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the fire started at about 9:50 a.m. The fire is reported to probably be as a result of an electrical fault. He added that no WAEC staff or any other person died in the inferno. Gaiya also disclosed that the ongoing Senior School Certificate…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today April 4, 2017 arraigned one Sa’ad Ahmed Madaki before Justice Jude Daggard of the Federal High Court Kano on one count charge of obtaining by false pretence. The charge reads that, “You Sa’ad Ahmed Madaki sometimes in 2011 at Kano within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court with intent to defraud did obtained the sum of N200,000,000 (Two Hundred Million Naira Only) from one Auwal Abdulkadir on the pretext that you would produce industrial plastic and sack packaging machinery and equipment for the said Auwal Abdulkadir which pretense you knew to be…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said death toll from the Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, CSM, outbreak across several states has increased to 336. “As at April 3, 2017, a total of 2,997 suspected cases of CSM have been reported in 16 States in Nigeria, of which 146 have been laboratory-confirmed. Unfortunately, 336 deaths have also been recorded,” a spokesperson of the NCDC, Lawal Bakare said in a statement on Tuesday. Mr. Bakare said the NCDC has, in collaboration with other stakeholders, activated an Emergency Operations Centre, EOC, to manage the current outbreak and bring the national response into an…

Singer, Davido, has stressed the importance of doing things the way one knows how to and stay dedicated to one’s craft. The Sony Music Entertainment artiste said that he has already made more money this year than he did last year because he was able to break free of the shackles that held him last year. Speaking at the home of contestants in a popular reality game show, Davido noted that after signing his Sony deal last year, he was asked to ‘westernise’ his sound in a bid to make him appeal to the Americans but the move cost him…

A New Jersey teen, Santos Colon, has pleaded guilty to a plot allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group to kill Pope Francis during his 2015 visit to the US. The US Justice Department on Monday said 15 years old at the time, sought to recruit a sniper to shoot the Pope as he celebrated Mass in Philadelphia on September 27, 2015. Colon also allegedly planned to set off explosives Africa Review reports on Tuesday. But the teen unwittingly recruited an undercover FBI agent for the job, and was arrested quietly 12 days before the event. “Colon engaged someone he…

Nigeria’s central bank said on Tuesday it will offer dollar forwards to be delivered within two months to offset a backlog of matured foreign exchange obligations to manufacturers, airlines, fuel importers and agriculture businesses. “Authorised dealers’ accounts with the central bank will be debited in full for the naira equivalent of the dollar bid amount on a spot basis,” the bank said in a notice to commercial lenders. “The central bank will settle the bids through forward settlements of two months,” added the bank, which did not specify the amount of dollars to be sold. The bank had on Monday…

•As SEC Suspends Guinness’ N40bn Right Issue Pharma-Deko Plc, today informed a Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria that it has filed an application seeking to commit to prison two management staff of Guinness Nigeria Plc, for violating the law as stipulated under the Company And Alied Matter Act, CAMA. The committal to prison proceeding arose in the course of a winding up petition instituted against Guinness Nigeria Plc over a debt of N175, 699, 317.99 million. It would be recalled that Pharma-Deko Plc, in its winding-up petition marked FHC/L/CP/69/2017, had approached the court seeking winding-up of Guinness Nigeria…

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois confirmed he has split from his pregnant girlfriend after a number years together. The Chelsea and Belgium No 1 confirmed the split in a statement – and the announcement could be good at Blues fans hoping he will stay at Stamford Bridge. Courtois and 24-year-old Spaniard Marta Dominguez had been together for a number of years having met when he was on loan at Atletico Madrid and he has been linked with move back to Spain with Real Madrid leading the chase. Courtois and Marta have one child together and another on the way and she…

Former Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie would love to roll back the years in Indonesia by scoring important goals after his move to Madura United. The 35-year-old, who represented the Super Eagles at the 2010 and 2014 World Cup tournaments, has signed a one-year deal with the option of an extension. The ex-WBA and Stoke man last played for Rotherham but left in January. “These are exciting times for Indonesian football and I’m happy to be a part of it,” he told BBC Sport. “Hopefully I can roll back the years by scoring important goals for Madura.” He becomes the third…

Some Abuja-based lawyers on Tuesday decried the high rate of divorce, and blamed the development to unpreparedness before going into the holy matrimony. The lawyers who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria, said many people marry without knowing the `dos and donts’ of the marriage institution. A record of divorce obtained from an FCT High Court by NAN showed that 24 divorce cases were filed from January to March in that court alone. Mr Abdulkarim Shaibu, a lawyer said that a lot of people that go into marriage now do not understand what marriage was all…