Nigeria Breaking News For Today July 18, 2017

This is a roundup of all the breaking news in Nigeria for Tuesday, July 18, 2017.

Breaking: Boko Haram releases video of 10 women abducted 30 days ago

The Boko Haram terrorist group has released a video showing 10 distressed women, who were abducted in a raid by the terrorist group on a military/police convoy in Borno State some weeks ago.

Police had earlier claims by Boko Haram that some police officers had been killed or abducted by the terror group.

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WAEC releases 2017 WASSCE results with 59.22% pass rate

Mr. Olu Adenipekun, Head of National Office of the West African Examination Council, WAEC, has announced the release of the May/June WASSCE results in Lagos as he also announced the cheering news of a seven percent improvement in the number of candidates that passed the examination with five credits.

Last year, 52.9 percent of the candidates recorded the feat. The number jumped to 59.22 percent this year, out of the 1,559,662 candidates that sat for the examination.

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