Nigeria, June 1 -- The family of the registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Godswill Obioma, has said the examination body's boss died Monday afternoon after a brief illness.

This was contained in a message shared with the examinations council management by the son of the late professor of Education Measurement and Evaluation, Godswill Obioma the 2nd.

This was also confirmed by Mr Obioma's personal assistant, Obinna Otumdi.

Mr Otumdi spoke exclusively in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday morning.

The personal assistant, however, said he was not in the best position to speak on the death of his late boss.

He said; "I am sure the family will address the public soon. My boss was ill, briefly, before nat...