Educational

  While the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has made significant strides in improving child welfare across the country, more can still be done to safeguard the future of every Nigerian child, with the convergence of political, religious and cultural resources. ...

  A Junior Secondary School 2 pupil of Simple Faith Schools, Agbara, Lagos State, Emmanuel Amidu, has died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere. The victim’s father, Akinola Amidu, claimed that the 12-year-old was flogged by a teacher when ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his government would ensure wider access to quality education that would further reduce the number of out-of-school children. Buhari said this in his 2022 Children’s Day message contained in a statement by his Special Adviser ...

Paul and ANita Okoye’s twins, Nathan and Nadia have graduated from pre-school. Their mom shared the graduation photos on instagram expressing them to be her ‘proud moments’. Sharing the news, she wrote; ”My babies are off to big school  All ...

Stella Oduah has released a photo of herself in the uniform of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to respond to allegations that she did not complete her service year. A group identified as Concerned Anambra North Peoples Democratic Party ...

Nollywood actress, Iretiola Doyle has expressed gratitude to a colleague, Adesua Etomi, for stopping her daughter Jemiyo’s months of terrible bullying at school. She wrote; ”NOT SO RANDOM STORY Sooo sisi kekere (can I still refer to her like that?) ...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said Senator Stella Oduah (Anambra North) absconded and did not complete the mandatory one-year NYSC programme. The NYSC stated this in a May 24, 2022 letter by its Director-General, marked NYSC/DHQ/PPRU/783/Vol III. The ...

A 27-year-old man identified as John Aipoh is in police net for allegedly killing his 24-year-old lover, Precious Ikpikhumi. Police statement revealed that John killed precious, a final year student of the Institute of Health Technology, University of Benin Teaching ...

Four students of the Kaduna State College of Education (KSCOE), Gidan Waya, have been abducted in Mile 1 area. The spokesman of the Kaduna State Students Union (KADSSU), KSCOE chapter, Benjamin Fie, who disclosed this in a press release yesterday, ...

  DJ Cuppy has been open about her taxing academic journey, since her admission to Oxford University, England. The Gelato singer, on Wednesday, revealed that the race for her master’s degree in the prestigious varsity was coming to an end ...

The Management of the Osun State University has declared that the school has no intention of joining the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This is contained in a statement issued by the University’s Public Relations Officer, ...

A male student of The Polytechnic of Ibadan, Oyo State, has reportedly died while his girlfriend remains unconscious after the two reportedly had a long duration of s3xual intercourse. The deceased, a National Diploma 2 student identified only as Oromidayo, ...

  Students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, on Monday, barricaded the Akure-Ilesa Highway, protesting the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Also, protesting students of the University of Ibadan blocked the university’s entrance ...

The Sokoto State Government has announced the suspension of the resumption of basic and secondary schools in the State by one week. The schools were supposed to resume yesterday and today (Sunday and Monday) for boarding and day students. The ...

    The Christian Association of Nigeria on Sunday said it would explore all avenues to get justice for Deborah Samuel, a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was lynched last week for allegedly blaspheming ...

Parties in the Deeper Life High School saga, where some senior students and teachers allegedly molested and abused a junior student, Don-Davis Archibong, have agreed to an out-of-court settlement. In a peace and reconciliation reception organized by Deeper Life High ...

More than 18.5 million children in Nigeria have no access to education, with girls accounting for more than half the number, the United Nations Children’s Fund has said. This is a staggering surge in cases of out-of-school children in Africa’s ...

  The governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has appointed Professor (Mrs) Adenike Temidayo Oladiji as the eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University. The Council presided over by the Pro-Chancellor, Chairman of Council, Ambassador (Dr.) ...

  The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has given the Nigerian government a 21-day ultimatum to address the union’s demands, else it will embark on industrial action. This is contained in a statement signed by the union’s president ...

    A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some gunmen who robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board that lodged there. The Police spokesman for ...

  The Academic Staff Union of the Polytechnics, ASUP, on Wednesday, declared a two-week warning strike starting from Monday, May 16. The declaration of strike came after the expiration of the one month ultimatum by ASUP to the Federal Government ...

  Four teachers of Chrisland School have been arraigned at the Yaba Magistrate Court, Lagos State over sexual misconduct by five pupils of the school during an international trip. They are Oladotun Sotunde, Elesho Tajudeen, Rhoda Olanipekun and Ajiboye Hammed. ...

Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams has said the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike is disturbing. The traditional leader told the Federal Government that the future of the youths was being toyed with. Adams spoke ...

    The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Abia State chapter, has blamed the loss of accreditation for admission of Abia State University Uturu, on the state Government, saying it is a sad development. Chairman of NMA in the state, Dr. ...

We are tired of ASUU face off. Those were the words of some students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as they staged a protest today shortly after ASUU extended its strike by 3 months. The students demanded an immediate ...