FG, teachers battle students’ under-performance
With consistent mass failure in public examinations, the Federal Government and teachers across the country are battling to remedy the situation before it gets out of control.
Ibadan Poly students protest death of colleague, as Eruwa campus shut
IBADAN—The Management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, has ordered the immediate closure of its Eruwa Campus following a violent protest by students over the death one of their colleagues.
SEC to tighten regulation of collective investment schemes
Managers of mutual funds and other collective investment schemes in the capital market will soon be required to attain certain professional qualification and adopt the International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS, for their funds, according to a proposal put forward by the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC.
Prejudice, ignorance, profiling and the Fulbe nomad
THE last time I wrote about the FulBe nomad was on December 16, 2004. The piece was titled “A RESOLVE FOR THE PASTORALIST”; and I had done it for my old column in DAILY TRUST, to coincide with the meeting of the West African body, Pastoralist Resolve (PARE), which held in Kaduna.
Ojo LGA seeks to improve primary school infrastructure
Over-crowded classrooms. Leaking roofs. Schools with broken fences. Schools with no fences. Pictures whose unveiling could be the nightmare of any education district in Nigeria. But for Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos state, these pictures, coupled with over a thousand words were used as tools at the recently held education summit on Public Private Partnership; Tools to secure a better learning environment for the primary school students of the area.
Indians undermining paper mills in Nigeria – CIPPON
BULK importation of papers by Indian businesses is undermining Paper Mills in Nigeria, says Chartered Institute of Professional Printers of Nigeria (CIPPON).
