•Yahaya Bello The American International School of Abuja has paid $760,910.84 to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from the $845,852 school fees allegedly deposited by former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello in respect of five of his children in the school, it was gathered last night. Bello is being prosecuted by the commissi...
•Jim Ovia President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, CFR, as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). This was announced in a State House Press Release by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief […]
•Embattled former Gov Yahaya Bello The American International School of Abuja (AISA) has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to provide “authentic banking details” for the refund of fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bello, immediate-past governor of Kogi State. The children are in grade level 2 to 8 at the school, [&he...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the Direct Entry registration will not be closing today contrary to earlier indications. The Board in a post on its X handle today evening acknowledged that its offices were closed for Direct Entry registration throughout the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME...
A four-year-old boy, Miguel Ovoke, a pupil of BrickHall Schools in Abuja, has died under controversial circumstances. The pupil died during the school’s feeding hours, but was rushed from his school located in Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura in Abuja yesterday, to Excel Specialist Hospital, in the nation’s capital, reports The PUNCH. The death certi...
•JAMB candidates The National Parent- Teacher Association of Nigeria (NPTAN) has expressed support for the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman’s recent pronouncement to peg the tertiary education admission age limit in Nigeria to 18 years instead of the current 16 years. The national president of NPTAN, Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, express...
•Pharmacy The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signifying a collaborative effort towards resolving the issues about the training of Pharmaceutical Technologists in Polytechnics and other institutions in Nigeria. The signing ceremony, which ...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has warned that it has improved its technology check for those engaging in all forms of examination malpractices, saying a father was arrested writing the exams for his son during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking in Kaduna today, the JAM...
Another student of the Lead British International School has reported an incident of bullying. Although the identity of the student is yet to be made public, it was learnt that the student has engaged the services of a lawyer as regards the matter, reports The PUNCH. The media space yesterday was thrown into a frenzy […]
•Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Shri G. Balasubramanian The Indian High Commission in Nigeria has vowed to sanction the workers at the Indian Language School, Ilupeju, Lagos who refused our correspondent access to the school facility for inquiries. Following online reports that the school was not admitting or welcoming Nigerians on its p...