UK Schools To Hold Exhibition In Abuja, Lagos
This month, a number of British award-winning schools will host UK Boarding Schools Week in Abuja and Lagos. The exhibition, organised by Mark Brooks Education in collaboration with the UK’s Department for Business and Trade, will take place at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja and The Wheatbaker Hotel in Ikoyi, Lagos, from Thursday, January 16, to Sunday, January 19. According to a...
Anambra Govt. Investigative Committee Reveals How Ejikeme Mmesoma Manipulated Her Result With Her Phone
Anambra State Government committee of inquiry set up to look into the controversy surrounding the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result of Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma, has indicted her of forging her result unaided. The Committee revealed in an eight-page report that Mmesoma admitted she forged her results, using her mobile phone without any plausible motivation or help from someone else. The panel...
Abia State University ASUU Declares Lecture-Free Day As Strike Looms
The Academic Staff Union of Universities Abia State University Uturu, branch has declared lecture-free day. This was in obedience to the directive from ASUU’s National Secretariat to mobilise her members, and sensitise the public on the looming strike action. During the Congress, it was resolved that ASUU-ABSU resolved to embark on any action to drive home its demands. ASUU embarked on an...
Kaduna Polytechnic To Conduct All Lectures Online
The management of Kaduna Polytechnic has announced that it will be moving all classroom lectures online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Rector of the Kaduna Polytechnic, Professor Idris Bugaje, disclosed this to reporters on Thursday in Kaduna. He explained that the measure has become necessary due to the challenges posed to physical learning by the COVID-19 crisis. As part of the...
Nigerian Singer, Rema Begs Lecturers ASUU To Call Off Strike
Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema has lamented over the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU strike. ASUU embarked on a one-month warning strike on February 14th and extended it by another two months, over the al...
Indigenous Firm Partners With WordPress On Digital Training For Kids
EarlyBrite, a learning platform, has announced it had partnered with WordPress to offer free training to 1,000 kids between ages five and 16 on digital skills. Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Victor Tubotamuno, in a statement issued in Lagos, sa...
Beneficiaries Of Orji Kalu Foundation’s Scholarship Jet Out To South America To Study Medicine (Photos, Video)
At least five beneficiaries of Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation's scholarship scheme on Sunday departed Nigeria for Venezuela in South America where they will study medicine and surgery. They beneficiaries were selected on merit following their outstanding performances in WAEC. They include, Favour Chimeremeze Chukwu, Tukur Ana's Ahmad, Ikenna Marvellous Kanu-Ubah, Chika Onwuka Mark and Prince Kingseed Chiziterem. They had along with their...
NANS Stage Protest Over Obaseki’s 300% Fee Hike In Edo Varsity
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Friday staged a peaceful protest, demanding the reversal of over 300 per cent increment in school fees at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma. Recall that the state government increased AAU fees to between 741,000 and N638,00 as against 185,000 and N216,000 being paid previously. The protesting student also demanded the sack...
TETfund Says 137 Scholarship Students Sponsored Abroad Refused To Return To Nigeria
The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has said that over 137 students sponsored abroad by the fund absconded. He stated this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged mismanagement of N2.3tn tertiary education tax by TETFund on Tuesday. Echono said the scholars, who were sponsored by TETFund for “higher...
Abia Govt Plans Relocation Of Pupils Of Shut Down Private Schools To Public Schools
Abia Government has disclosed its plans to relocate pupils of the shut-down private schools in the State to nearby government schools. Abia State Commissioner for Information and Culture Okey Kanu disclosed after the State Executive Council meeting at the Government House in Umuahia on Tuesday. “The Ministry of Education is working assiduously to ensure that the pupils of the private schools...