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Neyoluv
Neco Release SSCE Result
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NECO releases 2020 October/November resultsThe National Examination Council ( NECO) on Wednesday released the results of its 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate ( SSCE) examination it conducted throughout the country between October and November .
NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO , Prof . Godswill Obioma announced the results on Wednesday in Abuja .
Obioma said that 1 , 102 , 041 candidates passed at credit and above level .

The result, according to Obioma , showed that 894 , 101 candidates out of the 1 , 209, 992 that sat for the examination scored credit and above in English and Mathematics .
Obioma said 33 , 470 cases of malpractices were recorded during the examination, adding that 12 schools were also involved including 24 supervisors.
He disclosed that schools involved in the malpractices have been derecognised for two years , while 24 supervisors were blacklisted “ for various offences ranging from poor supervision, aiding and abetting , connivance with non candidates to write answer on chalkboard and so on ” .
“ The Council has a long standing tradition for zero tolerance for malpractices . Thus , it can be noticed that the malpractices incidence in 2020 dropped compared to the figure of 2019 , ” Obioma said .
He stated that special arrangements have been made for candidates who missed some of the examinations due to unrest during # EndSARS protest . Such candidates will have the opportunity to write the tests on February 1 , 2021 during the SSCE external examination.

Obioma named some of the states affected as Oyo , Osun , Ekiti , Lagos , Edo, Ondo and some centres in Rivers, Abia , Enugu and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) .
A total of 1 , 221 , 447 candidates registered for the examination out of which 665 , 830 were male and 555 , 617 female .
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AramideWrites0
A Poem For Every Animals, Titled "Animal's Anthem"
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We too deserve the fleeting joys of human
Call our female woman and not animal 
Treated with tyrant hands by man
Yet the beast of burden are mightier than male
  "Call us human and not animal
   Call us human and not beasts 
   Call us human and not puma
   Call us human and not beasts"

Yes, we are worthier than the pitiless man
Worthier to rule the whole nation
The home of our domestics built on junks and farms
Relieve us of thy waging tortures
   "Call us the rulers of forests and not carnivores 
    Call us the governors of localities and not omnivores 
    Call us the soulmate of green plants and not herbivores
    Call us human for we are nature's lovers"

The man is nothing but a mischievous fool
For on the lord's day they feed on our spine
We too are the gift of existence just like you
But thou are too weak to read the burden on our mind
   "Call us the peaceful peace and not priceless pieces
   "Call us the grantor of diverse wishes
   "Call us the dwellers of the sea and not fishes
   "Call us not birds but he that flaps colorful wings"

Our homes are in your heart and not in your stew
Fry us with love and not with oils and huile
Our memories should be spiced with your grace and not with curries
Our rooms shouldn't be built on your soups but on your memories
And our bodies are not palatable morsels but surprising dignities 
   "Call us horrible names but not meats
    Call us human and not a dish fit for the mouth
    Call us human and not meats
    Call us human and not a dish fit for the mouth"

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CheChe
Mother, Cry No More
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I left home that early morning,
With a patriotic heart I joined in the mourning.
Fighting for freedom straight into the night,
I bonded with strangers, for courage overcame our fright.
Yes, I left home that morning with plan for a change,
Caring not what the day holds for our causes wasn't strange.
All my heart yearns for was a better Nigeria,
For I knew that was not too much to ask in this era.
But, behold the day breaths death,
As though Chukwu-Obioma has done His best.
For we knew not the plan they had for us,
Oui, towards the wee hour of dawn, when freedom draws nearer...
I was pierced with bullets for fighting for my right!
Oh! Tell my mother I was unarmed.
Ring to my father that his tears are not needed on my grave.
I died defending a just cause and my spirit lives on in the hearts of my brothers.
For all the fallen heroes are with me here.
Mother, I promised you grandchildren and a better life
But, sorrow not, for I did not die a coward.
Alongside many others, I gave my life for the future yet unborn.
Yes, I believed in a new era.
Nigerians! Just Remember,
I was an unarmed protestant
Who died a warrior; fighting for your freedom
For what use is my pen
If it can't ink down such a moment as this, when genocide was on the rise.
To all the fallen leaders of tomorrow, to all my brothers and sisters, I say...you are always in our hearts. We shall keep the fight going, and when victory is won, your names shall ring deep in the history book
OF OUR FALLEN HEROES.
A writer pens her heart, for a better future!

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