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The University of Cambridge Local
Examinations Syndicate, UCLES, now
Cambridge Assessment, has provided
further details on the West African
School Certificate, WASC, results
presented by Muhammadu Buhari, the
candidate of the All Progressives
Candidate in the February 14
presidential election.
In a new post on its website, the
university confirmed result grades for
the examination in 1961 were issued in
numbers, not letters, as suggested by
critics of Mr. Buhari who have dismissed
the results he presented as fabricated.
According to Cambridge, “Examination
results were classed in grades from 1 to
9”.
“1, 2,3,4,5 & 6 indicate a Pass with
Credit; 7 & 8 indicate a Pass; 9 indicate a
Failure,” the school said.
Results tendered by Mr. Buhari shows he
had credits in English Language,
Geography, Health Science, Hausa
Language; failed in Mathematics and
Woodwork, and had a pass in Literature
in English.
In its post, Cambridge said for
candidates to qualify for its certificate in
1961, they needed to pass English, and
not necessarily Mathematics.
“To pass the School Certificate,
candidates had to pass examinations in
a variety of groups. It was compulsory to
pass English Language, but not Maths, in
order to gain the Certificate,” the
university said.
The details followed intense controversy
over whether Mr. Buhari, a former Head
of State and retired Army General,
completed his secondary education.
The Nigerian constitution requires any
candidate running for the office of the
President to have at least the Senior
Secondary School Certificate or its
equivalent.
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, and the campaign office of
President Goodluck Jonathan accuse Mr.
Buhari of lacking the requisite
qualification for the office of the
president.
Mr. Buhari, who ran for president in
2003, 2007 and 2011, repeatedly
declared that copies of his academic
records were with the military.
The former head of state also said
original copies of his credentials were
lost when his house was raided when he
was in detention during the
administration of Ibrahim Babangida
who toppled his regime.
The Army at first said it had copies of
Mr. Buhari’s results, but backtracked
later, saying it had only a letter of
recommendation from his principal at
Katsina Provincial College, result grades
without either the statement or
certificate.
In response, Mr. Buhari obtained copies
of his WASC result from his former
secondary school, now Government
College, Katsina.
After the publication of the Statement of
Results, some Nigerians, including
President Jonathan and the PDP,
dismissed the results as forged.
One of the allegations said Hausa
language was not part of the Cambridge
exams in 1961.
Another said Mr. Buhari’s results that
year were recorded in alphabets, not in
letters as Mr. Buhari claimed.
While Cambridge has declined to
categorically confirm Mr. Buhari’s
results, saying only the APC candidate
could request or authorize such
disclosure, the school posted a response
to enquiries on the matter on their
website authenticating some of the
claims in Mr. Buhari’s result.
The University confirmed that according
to the Regulations for 1961, African
Language papers, including those for
Hausa, were set for the West African
School Certificate.
It also put the number of candidates who
sat for the WASC Hausa examination in
1961 at 152.
“Our records show that Hausa was set in
the Northern Region in 1961,”
Cambridge said.
The university also confirmed result
grades in 1961 were issued in numbers,
not letters.


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Abdulkareem407:
And so. Who are u expecting dem 2 endorse b4 after receiving enough Envelops... But can dis Confused Animals Group (C.A.G) mobilise de whole SS/SE 4 Gej... Neva... Dey just endorsed him on their own Pocket.

OHANAEZE... Have dey 4got dat dey have an igbo man who is also contesting 4 President... Igbos are Slaves 2 Yorubas and Hausa's... BLoody Coward's.

MUMU... HEDIOT







Cow like you

Many mumu here didn't even read why the foolish Ohanaeze is supporting Jonathan. so if Jonathan finally wins and fails to implement the outcomes of the just finished national conference, what will be of Ohanaeze. bunch of fools

NIGERIA ARMY RECAPTURE 1 APC, BOKO HARAM CAPTURE ARMY BARRACKS WITH HEAVY WEAPONS AND WE ARE HERE CELEBRATING. WE SHOULD BE CRYING.

bebe2:
i beg i know say promiscuity no good

but all this one u talk here na lubbish.

there is no evidence to support any of these claims.

being a virgin is no guarantee for good skin or gud figure

Sister, abeg where you de sell your own market?

In an unprecedented move,
the Nigerian government
has announced the
reduction of the fuel price of
petrol from N97 per litre to
N87 per litre.
The Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Diezani Alison-
Madueke, said at an ongoing
press conference at the
presidential villa, Abuja, that
the new price regime would
take effect immediately.
Mrs. Alison-Madueke said
the N10 reduction in fuel
price was necessitated by
the reduction in crude oil
prices in the international
market.
The new measure is a
reversal of government’s
policy on the matter.
The Minister of Finance,
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, had
insisted on December 17
that Nigeria would not
reduce the pump price of
fuel despite falling oil prices
at the international market,
until the revenue crisis
occasioned by the dwindling
oil rates is over.
Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said at
the time that the decision to
review fuel price either
upwards or downwards
would only be taken after
the current crisis in global
oil prices had been settled.
But five days ago, on
December 13, the
presidential candidate of the
All Progressives Congress,
APC, Muhammadu Buhari,
called on the government to
implement immediate price
reduction on fuel products
to reflect the downscaling in
global oil prices.
Speaking through his
campaign organization, the
All Progressives Congress
Presidential Campaign
Council, Mr. Buhari asked the
government to “stop stealing from
Nigerians and allow them enjoy the
relief that has come to consumers of
petroleum products globally”.
The APC candidate had said, “The price
of diesel which has been deregulated
since 2009 still sells at the pump price of
N150 and N170 per litre, the same pump
price when the international benchmark
per barrel of crude was over $100. Now
that the international benchmark has
dropped to $47.5 (USD) per barrel as at
Monday, we ask: where is the
deregulation and the relief which it
ought to bring to local consumers of
diesel?
“For the Nigerian consumers,
unfortunately the collapse of crude oil
price since October 2014 has not
translated into any change in diesel,
kerosene and PMS prices across the
country.
“We challenge the federal government to
reconcile the information on the website
of the Petroleum Products Pricing and
Regulatory Agency, indicating the
maximum open market price of diesel
per litre in December 2014 as being at
N111.6 and the fact that the price has
come down to less than $50 (USD) as at
Monday.
“We want to posit that that the
maximum indicative benchmark open
consumers of diesel should pay is at a
margin below N100 per litre. Therefore,
Nigerians are being short-changed by
about N50 to N70 on every litre of diesel
sold by government.
“The implication of this is that with
average consumption of about 12 to 15
million litres, Nigerians are currently
extorted of amounts between N600
Million to N1 Billion daily due to
corruption-induced poor regulatory
oversight of the Ministry of Petroleum
Resources. No wonder some few industry
players are smiling to the banks and
buying private jets while small scale
industrialists who buy diesel on daily
basis for power generation and
transportation find it difficult to break-
even with their businesses.
“Similarly on Kerosene, information
available on the website of the PPPRA
puts the Open Market Price at N114.71
per litre although the market price is
anything above N150 per litre when the
global price for a barrel of crude oil was
$65 (USD). Now that international price
of crude is at $47.5 (USD) per barrel,
why are Nigerians still buying kerosene
per litre at the same price? Why are
Nigerians not benefitting from the global
shortfall in the prices of crude by having
a cut in the pump prices of petroleum
products?
“We are aware that there are examples
in other African countries where
governments have cut the pump prices of
petroleum products to reflect the changes
in the global oil market. Countries like
South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania and
Kenya have announced cuts in pump
prices of petroleum products, why can’t
the Nigerian government do same?
“Given the failure of government to do
the right thing by announcing a cut in
the pump prices of these products, we
are compelled to draw the conclusion
that the federal government is short-
changing Nigerians ostensibly to fund
the campaign of the PDP presidential
candidate.
“The APC Presidential Campaign
challenges the federal government to
make explanations on why Nigerians
cannot benefit pricing reliefs on
petroleum products as occasioned by the
fall in the global price of crude oil.
Anything should of this is a fraud and
Nigerians should take note.
“As for PMS (petrol) the only product the
government agrees as regulated at N97
per litre, the irony is that it does not
even cost much as in the United States, a
country that was importing oil from
Nigeria until recently.
“Moreover, even the current budget is
still heavy on subsidy with an allocation
of N458.68 billion, a scheme that has
become a conduit pipe over the years for
which the children of ruling party
leaders have been beneficiaries.”

and such thread won't make front page. PDP MODS

A former governor of Abia
State, Orji Kalu, has again
exited the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, and
has quietly returned Peoples
Progressives Alliance, PPA,
which he founded as he left
office in 2007.
Mr. Kalu re-joined the PPA
which he dumped, earlier,
in a bid to contest for the
Abia North Senatorial seat,
which he lost in 2011.
Mr. Kalu first left the PDP to
found PPA in 2006, using the
platform to contest the 2007
presidential election.
He later served as chairman
of party’s Board of Trustee,
before making a
controversial return to PDP
in 2013.
Although he has yet to
publicly announce his
second exit from the PDP,
the former governor is listed
as a PPA senatorial
candidate in the official list
for February 14 election
published by the
Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC,
on Tuesday.
The publication shows Mr.
Kalu submitted secondary
school leaving certificate,
WASSCE, which is the
minimum academic
requirement for elections in
Nigeria, as his academic
qualification to INEC.
On March 2, 2013, Abia State
University, Aturu, had withdrawn the
degree certificate earlier awarded to Mr.
Kalu while he was the Visitor to the
institution.
The school said at the time the former
governor had breached its regulations.
The embarrassing episode was at the
peak of a long drawn standoff between
him and his successor, Theodore Orji,
whom he had helped to win the state
governorship election in 2007.
In 2013, Mr. Kalu announced a return to
the PDP after he was accused of
corruption while serving a governor.
The former governor could barely settle
in the ruling party over his relations
with Mr. Orji.
Recently, he accused Mr. Orji of
handpicking and imposing all PDP
candidates for various elective positions
in the 2015 elections.

For me, its Maheeda




but serious, Frank Edward

can't wait for February 14. time to send Jonathan back to the zoo. God bless Imolites.

#Change
#TEAMGMB
#TEAMRESCUEMISSION

in the ABIA STATE, the traditional rulers are puppets to the ruling govt. and the ruling incompetent govt in the state is PDP. So am not suprised to see this news coming up.

such thread won't make front page, all this PDP MOD's there is God o

such thread won't make front page, all this PDP MOD's there is God o

We Will Assemble
Competent Team To Manage
Nigeria – Buhari
— Jan 6, 2015 | 1 Comment
The Presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), retired Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday said his
administration would assemble competent
team to efficiently manage the country.
Buhari said this in Port Harcourt at the
inauguration of the party’s presidential
campaign.
He said that the team would tackle the
numerous problems confronting the
nation.
“The fundamental issue facing this
country is insecurity and the problem of
the economy, which was being made
worse by corruption.
“I assure you that we are going to finally
assemble a competent team of Nigerians
to efficiently manage this country.
“ The damage that has been done to this
country is great. The level of
unemployment, the level of insecurity is
intolerable.
“The damage has been done. It will take
time, it will take patience, it will take
support from you to make sure that we
succeed when we get there.’’
Buhari commended Gov. Rotimi Amaechi
for accepting to be the Director-General of
the party’s presidential campaign team.
Buhari urged the people to ensure that
eligible voters collected their Permanent
Voter Cards (PVC) to cast their ballots on
election day.
The National Chairman of APC, Chief
John Oyegun, urged Nigerians to vote for
the party to change the fortunes of the
country.
‘’If you want electricity, if you want
corruption wiped out, if you want
indiscipline and insecurity wiped out, then
vote for Gen. Buhari and APC in the
elections,’’ he said.
Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker,
House of Representatives, commended
Amaechi for choosing two members of the
House, Dakuku Peterside and Asita Okorie
Asita as governorship and deputy
governorship candidates of the party in
the state.
“I thank Gov. Amaechi for choosing my
colleagues in the House as governorship
and deputy governorship candidates. This
is a national assembly project in Rivers
State,’’ he said.
Earlier, Amaechi urged the people to
collect their PVC and vote for APC
candidates.
He said that the time had come for the
people to demonstrate their love for the
party by voting for all its candidates at all
levels. (NAN)


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The Akwa Ibom State choral group has
broken the world record for the largest
number of Christmas carol singers in the
world.
The Guinness World Records has officially
certified it and now has it on its website .
The unity choir, a 25,272 man-choral group,
broke the record at a concert in the Uyo
Township Stadium on Saturday, December
13, 2014 with Guinness World Records
representatives in attendance. The choir beat
the record set by a group known as CENTI in
Bogota, Columbia, which had 15,674 carol
singers the previous year (December 15,
2013).
Guinness World Records adjudicator, Liz
Smith, who did the announcement in
Guinness World Record Headquarters,
London, United Kingdom congratulated the
choir and said “It is now time to reveal the
report of the official attempt to break the
Guinness World Record of the largest group
of carol singers. Our team of highly trained
record specialists have reached a decision.
The record to beat was 15,674. I can now
confirm that your attempt to break the record
has been successful. Congratulations on
receiving a new Guinness World Records
Title. The title of the largest group of carol
singers has been achieved by Godswill
Akpabio Unity Choir. You are officially
amazing.”
An elated Governor Godswill Akpabio broke
the news to the people of the state saying,
“This month, we broke the Guinness Book of
World Records, for the largest number of
carol singers ever in the world. This
momentous feat was achieved when Akwa
Ibom people drawn from all the nooks and
crannies of the state came together in the
spirit of love and brotherhood. I believe that
if we imbibe the virtue of love and stand
together in brotherhood in the New Year, we
would keep setting records and the walls of
division, which have been erected by some
selfish politicians, would tumble down.”


www.informationng.com/2015/01/akwa-ibom-unity-choir-enters-guinness-book-of-world-records.html

olrotimi:
Some persons have thrown caution to the wind, lying against the Holy Spirit with impunity. Well, I wouldn't be surprised this came from a Catholic-So-Called-man-of-god, Holy Mary is more reverenced by them.

anu ohia

where is GRAVITY? That finish TIMAYA guy

tit:
you no know better thing.
i no call you fool ooo.

ewu

exxell:
Rochas Okorocha will top this list. I hate that scammer. This man you see is not giving any free education oo. I have a cousin in IMSU and they are paying through there noses rightnow. I have always suspected that this an aboki swapped at Childbirth. He is owing the workers of IMO MUST WORK for over four months. Very heartless man. Forget all these his fake smiles and warmth.

which imsu are you talking about? are you sure your cousin is a student? or a non-academic student? or is he extorting from his/her uninformed parents and cousin. an a Imo star, i can tell you that IMSU is in free education. pls can you tell me how many months ROCHAS is owing workers. mr know all.

Sincere9gerian:
So the govt should sit idle and do nothing just because election is at hand and you want your paymaster to win? Do you even wish your country well or you just want your tribesman as president?

But Oga am not from the north, am not a Muslim and am not being subjective. The fact is that your clueless one GEJ did nothing for Nigeria. For your information, am from the south east and I don't vote sentiment.

why now? why on the eve of 2015? our gullible politicians deceiving gullible citizens. what is the state of Enugu/Aba/portharcourt carriage way? all these happen when a clueless fisherman heads the affairs of our country. GMB2015

I don't know the criteria for making front page, but I posted this topic 4 hours before the other poster that made front page. MOD's what happened

donmalcolm21:
Rochas should know that the ibos are not beggars, he should shove his Greek gift up his arse. When you stay long with almajiri you start having stockholm syndrome.

bro, this is not a matter of Greek gift. Rochas is the man of the people. Am a living witness.