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Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, today assented to six bills, including the revised 2020 budget, passed by the state House of Assembly.

Four out of the 50 people arrested in the early hours of July 18, at a night club in Ilorin by the Kwara Technical Committee on COVID-19 have tested positive for the virus.

The Federal Government says the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) organised by the National Examination Council (NECO) for SS3 pupils will commence on October 5. The examination will end on November 18, 2020. Also, National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) examinations will start on September 21. It will end on October 15, 2020. Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, announced the dates at the end of a two-day meeting with Chief Executives of examination bodies. Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education (FMoE), Ben Goong, made the announcement. Furthermore, the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Unity Colleges will hold on October 17, 2020. The Basic Education Certificate Examinations, (BECE) for JSS 3 pupils also conducted by NECO, will start on August 24 and end on September 7, 2020. However, registration for the NECO (SSCE), which is on-going, will end on the 10 of…

A 47-year-old man has been dragged before an Akure Magistrate Court in Ondo State for allegedly beating his pregnant wife to death.