Best student in WASSCE 2019 dies of leukaemia …father pens tribute

A 17 year-old female student, Chisom Chukwuneke from Graceland College in Enugu who emerged the best in the 2019 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, WASSCE at her school, has died of leukaemia; a blood cancer disease. Felix Chukwuneke, a Nigerian professor identified as the father of the deceased, took to Facebook to narrate how Chisom’s sickness started as leg pain. He said this had prompted him to fly her to South Africa for medical care. He wrote: “It was just like a dream but the realities are crystal now.…

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EFCC wants Interpol to help arrest Maina

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it would apply to the International Police Organisation (Interpol) for the arrest of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. Justice Okon Abang had revoked the bail granted to Maina, who is being prosecuted by the EFCC for N2 billion fraud. Aside Maina, the commission also called for the extradition of alleged treasury looters and cybercrime suspects hibernating in Ghana, Senegal and other countries. The acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mohammad Abba, made the appeal on Tuesday when…

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