Educational

Following the shutdown of schools amid coronavirus crisis, Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has revealed that her son has resumed schooled from home via technology. Sharing pictures of her son, Andre receiving lectures, Tonto Dikeh wrote: “Good bless technology.. KINGS ZOOM ...

Students from at least 26 universities are filing lawsuits against their schools demanding partial refunds on tuition and campus fees, saying they’re not getting the caliber of education they were promised. The suits say students should pay lower rates for ...

The University of Lagos on Sunday has asked workers not to resume until it put in place a phased timetable for resumption. A statement signed by the institution’s registrar, Mr. Oladejo Azeez, noted that only workers on essential duties were ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has given reasons why online teaching cannot commence in Nigeria as directed by the Minister for Education, Adamu Adamu, amidst the Coronavirus lockdown in the country. Adamu had on April 3 directed all universities, ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released the names of 195 candidates who were allegedly caught cheating during the just concluded 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. JAMB also said it had delisted nine Computer Based Test, CBT, ...

The West African Examination Council has warned that its timetable for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination that will be released after the coronavirus pandemic break may not leave room for long preparations for candidates. The council said ...

The Lagos state government has denied reports making the round especially on social media concerning minimum age for admission into junior secondary schools in the state. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Office of the Commissioner for ...

Spring graduation ceremonies in Japan have been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but students at one school were able to attend remotely by controlling avatar robots while logged on at home. The robots, dubbed “Newme” by developer ANA Holdings, ...

The Lagos State Government will from the next academic session enforce the entry age of 12 years for pupils seeking admission into junior secondary school (JSS1) to check the registration of under-aged kids. Also, a fine of N50,000 for first ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has disclaimed admission cut-off marks circulating in social media, asking higher institution admission seekers to disregard them. The board said it was yet to release the cut-off marks for 2020 admissions, saying the ...

Eminem’s daughter Hallie is all grown up and he’s proudly revealed that she’s just graduated from university. Hallie, who the rapper shares with ex-wife Kimberly Scott, is now 23-years-old and has finished her studies at Michigan State University alongside her ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has handed over 180 candidates in the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) to the police for prosecution over alleged involvement in examination malpractices. It said 70 per cent of the candidates ...

As Britain desperately tries to contain the coronavirus outbreak, all schools across the whole of the United Kingdom will be closed after Friday. This was revealed by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson while speaking with MPs on Wednesday afternoon. Williamson stated ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results of about 312,000 candidates who sat for the UTME on March 14, the first day of the examination. According to the board, the results were released ...

Angelina Jolie has revealed two of her young daughters have been hospitalised for surgery this year. She wrote about their battles with their health in an essay for International Women’s Day, where she said the two girls “fought to survive ...

A teenage girl who grew up in poverty and had no space to do her homework has been offered a place at Oxford. Thamima shared a cramped council house with her parents and three siblings which was so overcrowded she ...

  4-year-old Abdulahi Umar, is unique and talented. Despite being armless, the young Nigerian schoolboy writes with his toes, as he remains determined to get educated. Abdulahi Umar was born without hands, and according to reports, he resisted attempts by ...

As the virus continues to spread around the world, the UK Government has now taken it upon it self to educate people and how the virus can be contacted and most importantly how to avoid it. Announcing measured to help ...

Gombe State Government on Tuesday said it has enrolled 214, 000 children into public schools in the state between September 2019 and January 2020, with 70,000 of them being the Almajiri kids. Gov. Inuwa Yahaya, made the disclosure at a ...

An Ilorin, Kwara state based private tertiary institution, Al-hikmah University management has warned its new students not to attend any ‘unholy gathering’ during their stay in the institution. Management specifically, cautioned “any student from attending a fresher’s night being put ...

  There are three kinds of women an African man wouldn’t want to marry. 1: A woman who acts like a man/boss. A man while growing up was used to taking instructions from his dad/mom, uncles, elders, and when he ...

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has dismissed 19 of its workers for forging their certificates. Their dismissal was approved by the Governing Board of NECO after vetting the report of a Staff Certificate Verification Committee setup by the council at ...

  No responsible woman will spend 3hours watching ZEE WORLD.   David ibiyeomie said this in the 6th service on sunday 23th February 2020,in quote ”No responsible woman will spend 3hours watching ZEE WORLD ”   He said women should spend their time on ...

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the release of all the five Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) staffs kidnapped along the Obajana-Kabba road, over a week ago. Also, all the five personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil ...

Nigerian high-life singer, Adekunle Gold has given his opinion on parenting. The 33-year-old who is expecting his first child from wife, Simi condemned the bias that comes with parenting the male child. He wrote; “Boys will be boys” is a ...