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Nigerian Student shines in International Human Rights essay contest

Nigerian Student shines in International Human Rights essay contest

  The world has been shown the brilliance of Nigerian students yet again, as Oluwatoni Adesanya, a secondary school student of Greensprings School, Lagos has won the second prize in this year’s Kemper Human Rights Education Foundation (KHREF)’s essay competition.   This international competition received about 100 essays from 17 countries. But Miss Oluwatoni’s essay […]

Executive Trainers, stakeholders advocate crisis leadership in tertiary education

Executive Trainers, stakeholders advocate crisis leadership in tertiary education

Driven by the need to effectively manage crisis in tertiary institutions, a leading institute for higher education in the country, Executive Trainers Limited, has advocated for crisis leadership among stakeholders. This was the crux of a virtual discourse organised by the institute and held recently. With the theme: “Crisis Leadership in Higher Education”, the International […]

Minimum wage, others: Teachers give Bayelsa govt 14-day strike notice

Minimum wage, others: Teachers give Bayelsa govt 14-day strike notice

…We’re working to meet their demands —Govt By Emem Idio BARRING any last minute intervention by the Bayelsa State and local government areas in the state, primary school teachers under the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, have resolved that they would be left with no other option than to embark on an industrial action at […]

Yabatech loses staff to COVID-19, shuts hostels

Yabatech loses staff to COVID-19, shuts hostels

The Director of Academic Planning of the Yaba College of Technology, Yabatech, Mr M.A.O Omoighe, has died folloiwng complications from the Coronavirus disease, a statement by the Academic Board of the institution confirmed on Tuesday.

Minimum Wage: NUT issues Bayelsa govt 14 days ultimatum over arrears

Minimum Wage: NUT issues Bayelsa govt 14 days ultimatum over arrears

Threatens industrial action over N30,000 minimum wage, salary arrears, others We’re working to meet their demands — Govt By Emem Idio – Yenagoa Barring any last-minute intervention by the Bayelsa State Government and Local Governments Councils in the State, primary school teachers under the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has resolved that they would be […]

2021 Int’l World Education Day: We demand 20% budgetary allocation on education — ActionAid

2021 Int’l World Education Day: We demand 20% budgetary allocation on education — ActionAid

Calls for strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols in schools By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate 2021 International World Education Day, with the theme, ‘Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation’, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Tuesday, demanded upward review of budgetary allocation on education in Nigeria from […]

NECO announces new date for 2020 SSCE

NECO announces new date for 2020 SSCE

By Joseph Erunke THE National Examinations Council, NECO, has announced a new date for commencement of its 2020 Senior Schools Certificate Examinations, SSCE (external). The examinations body, in a statement, Tuesday morning by its Head, Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, announced Monday, February 8, 2021 as the commencement date. The board said the […]

Tertiary Institutions to resume in Kaduna

Tertiary Institutions to resume in Kaduna

Assessment on COVID-19 for secondary, primary schools ongoing By Ibrahim HassanWuyo All tertiary institutions in Kaduna state will resume after closure for some months as the Kaduna State Government has approved Monday, January 25, 2021, as the resumption date. The Ministry of Education, in the statement signed by its Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Phoebe Sukai Yayi […]

COVID-19: UNILAG set for non-physical post-UTME test

COVID-19: UNILAG set for non-physical post-UTME test

…Collapses 2020/21 and 2021/22 sessions Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, yesterday, urged Nigerians to assist indigent candidates to get computer tabs, as the university gets set for the non-physical post-UTME test. Ogundipe said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. According to him, in the face of the resurgence […]

UNIBEN hails pioneer members of COVID-19 Surveillance Club

UNIBEN hails pioneer members of COVID-19 Surveillance Club

The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has congratulated all the staff members and students who made the first batch of volunteers in the newly-formed UNIBEN COVID-19 Surveillance Club. The Public Relations Officer of the university, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Benin. “There will be an orientation […]

COVID-19: Ganduje dumps option of closing schools

COVID-19: Ganduje dumps option of closing schools

By Bashir Bello – Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has on Friday dumped the option of closing down schools as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ganduje said the closure of schools amid COVID-19 prevalence, in the second wave phase, could cause another tragedy of taking the society back again, while the […]

Edo govt to trains teachers on COVID-19 ahead of schools resumption

Edo govt to trains teachers on COVID-19 ahead of schools resumption

By Gabriel Enogholase – Benin Edo State Government has concluded plans to train teachers across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state on coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention protocol ahead of school resumption in the state. Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Health, Dr. Osawonyi Irowa, disclosed this to journalists in Benin yesterday during a press […]

NASU, SSANU to embark on indefinite strike Feb 5

NASU, SSANU to embark on indefinite strike Feb 5

Gives FG 2-weeks ultimatum to address issues By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Non-teaching staff in the Universities, Friday announced that they will be proceeding on what they described as a total and comprehensive nationwide strike on 5th February 2021 following the inability of the Federal Government to address their concerns. The non-teaching staff under the umbrella of […]

COVID-19: Ondo First Lady calls on education stakeholders to prioritise hygiene

COVID-19: Ondo First Lady calls on education stakeholders to prioritise hygiene

As pupils, students return to classroom By Gabriel Ewepu The First Lady of Ondo State, Betty Anyanwu–Akeredolu, has called on education stakeholders in the State to prioritise personal hygiene in line with COVID-19 preventive measures. Anyanwu–Akeredolu gave the advice as schools in the State resumed on Monday, January 2021 for academic activities, and also warned […]

COVID-19: Mixed reactions trail schools re-opening

COVID-19: Mixed reactions trail schools re-opening

Some of the girls are pregnant — Educator By Victoria Ojeme One of the sectors hampered since the COVID-19 pandemic started in December 2019 is education and to a large extent, children have been affected especially as they have been forced to stay at home for more than nine months. In the process, lots of […]