According to Punch, only 742,455 of the candidates got at least five credits, including Mathematics and English Language out of the 1,041,536 candidates who sat for the 2018 NECO examinations.

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The acting Registrar of the Council, Abubakar Gana, in a statement signed by him said the 2018 edition of the exams recorded less examination malpractice cases compared to that of 2017.

The statement says a total number of 20,181 candidates were involved in examination malpractices.