Schools Will Reopen Soon, But No Date Yet – Minister For Education
Minister for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has disclosed that there are plans to soon reopen schools nationwide, however, it won't happen in two weeks as being speculated in some quarters. The Minister of Education, Nwajiuba, made the clarification on Thursday during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, following rumours making the round the Federal Government would reopen...
Bauchi Govt Splashes N25m Cash, Scholarships On Winners Of Quranic Recitation Competition
The Bauchi State Government has gifted 10 winners, participants and judges of the 36th National Quranic Recitation Competition which was held in the state the sum of N25 million. The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who announced the donation in his speech at the closing ceremony of the one-week long competition at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, on Saturday, also...
Colleges Of Education Lecturers Declare Nationwide Strike
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union has directed its members nationwide to “immediately” withdraw their services. The lecturers accused the Federal Government of failing to provide outstanding N441 billion resulting from the received NEEDS Assessment of the Federal Colleges of Education. The President of COEASU, Nuhu Ogirima, made this known during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. He said, “We...
Gov. Yahaya Bello Releases N497m For Payment Of WAEC Fees For Kogi Students
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has approved the disbursement of N497 million for the payment of the 2023 WAEC examination fees for students enrolled in the state’s public schools in the state. This is according to a statement from Governor Bello’s Chief Press Secretary Onogwu Muhammed. “As part of efforts aimed at further improving the state’s educational system, Governor Yahaya...
Court Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Wednesday ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. ABN TV reports that ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demands for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues. Several meetings between ASUU and the Federal Government...
COVID-19: We’re Tired Of Staying At Home – Students Cry Out
Students in Delta State have called on the Federal Government to consider the re-opening of schools amidst concerns of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. The students said they are tired of staying at home, saying some of them have become burdens to parents. Addressing newsmen in Asaba on Thursday, the president of the National Association of Delta State Students (NADESSTU), Godwin Saturday,...
Bauchi State Govt Set To Separate Girls From Boys In Secondary To Fight Immorality
Bauchi State Commissioner for Education, Mr Aliyu Tilde, on Friday said the state government has concluded plans to separate male and female students in secondary schools in the state. Tilde stated this while addressing newsmen after the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting in Bauchi, noting that it would only be executed whenever and wherever it was possible. He explained that the...
Hon. Amobi Ogah Awards University Scholarship To Outstanding WAEC Candidate From Umunneochi
Member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah, has awarded a full scholarship to Miss Okechukwu Mmesoma Josephine, a brilliant student from Isuochi in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, for her exceptional performance in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC). According to a statement signed by Dr. Promise C....
We’re Worried Nigerian Graduates Not Employable — FG
The Federal Government, weekend, expressed concern over the unemployability of Nigerian graduates in the labour market. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, said this while delivering the 12th convocation lecture of the Achievers University, Owo, in Ondo State. Delivering his speech, titled: ‘Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Panacea for Unemployment’, Pantami said “the worrisome situation is the problem...
Lagos College Death: Sylvester Oromoni’s Family Hires Femi Falana Against Dowen School
The family of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), the late 12-year-old Dowen College student, has hired the firm of a foremost human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, to prosecute its case against the institution over the death of their son. Our correspondent obtained the letter written by Falana to the office of Lagos State’s Chief Coroner, requesting an inquest into the...
