KADUNA BUSINESSMAN DRAGS EX FIANCEE’S FATHER TO COURT, DEMANDS DOWRY REFUND. (PHOTO).

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Kaduna businessman drags ex fiancee’s father to court, demands dowry refund A businessman, Nasiru Dayyabu, on Wednesday, dragged the father of his ex-fiance, Mallam Sani Direba, to Shari’a Court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna over N260,000 dowry. The complainant had joined Direba in the suit against two brothers demanding a refund of N250, 000 dowry and N10,000 introduction money he paid to marry his daughter. Represented by his counsel, Mr Sani Sunusi, the complainant told the court that he sent his people from Karaye, Kano State to Kaduna in 2025, to seek for the defendant’s daughter’s hand in marriage. “We paid the dowry and the introduction money (kudin gausuwa) and were waiting for them to set a date for the wedding,” he said. “Unfortunately, the lady’s father called to inform us that they have cancelled the marriage.” The counsel said the complainant had asked for the refund of his money since Sept. 2025 but all the efforts he made proved abortive. He claimed that his client ...

NECO RELEASE 2023 SSCE EXTERNAL RESULTS. (PHOTO).


 


NECO Releases 2023 SSCE EXTERNAL Results

February 26, 2024.


The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) External results.

The examination body also said that it blacklisted two supervisors in Oyo and Lagos states and one examination centre in Borno state for being involved in examination malpractices in the 2023 SSCE external.


NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Professor Dantani Wushishi disclosed this while briefing journalists in Minna during the release of the 2023 SSCE external results.


According to him, the two supervisors were blacklisted for poor supervision, inability to control the candidates, and aiding and abetting while the centre in Borno was blacklisted for aiding and abetting for sharing WhatsApp messages with candidates.


Wushishi said that 8,518 candidates were booked for various forms of malpractices, adding that the examination malpractices cases included two centers in Kaduna and Ogun states involved in whole center cases.


Announcing the results said that 74,950 candidates registered for the examinations out of which 74,342 sat for the examination.


He said: “The number of candidates that sat for the English Language is 73,123 out of which 55,272 representing *75.59 percent got Credit and above.*


“The number of candidates that sat for Mathematics is 73,119 out of which 67,815 representing *92.75 percent got Credit and above.*


“The number of candidates that got five Credits and above including English and Mathematics is 50,066 representing 67.35 percent. Also, 63,539 candidates representing 84.11 percent get five Credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.”


The Registrar also launched the automated annual posting calendar to address the problems associated with posting the Council’s staff for out-of-station assignments.


He said that the e-posting calendar would address the lopsidedness and favoritism that trail staff posting for various assignments.

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