Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Waidi Shuaibu, arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, yesterday, amid heightened tensions and a looming protest by the parents of 78 school children who were kidnapped in May. The high-stakes visit comes as the parents shelved a planned journey to the nation’s capital, where they had threatene...
•Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State The Benue Education Quality Assurance and Examinations Board (BEQAEB) has sealed Orenda and Opal Schools over alleged victimisation of learners and violation of government’s textbook policy. This follows a reported attack on the board’s officials by the proprietor, reports Daily Trust. Executive Secretary...
•Grieving parents The parents of 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members kidnapped in Imo State while travelling from Oyo State to their orientation camps have said their abductors gave them 24 hours to pay N1 billion ransom for their release. The affected parents disclosed this when they visited the Olubadan of Ibadanland, ...
•Some of the parents during the protest yesterday Parents and community members of Mussa and Lassa in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State yesterday threatened to storm the Presidential Villa in Abuja within six days if their abducted children are not rescued from Boko Haram captivity. The distressed families, whose children have no...
Aggrieved parents today prevented members of the King’s College Old Boys Association from entering the school premises in Lagos amid growing controversy over the federal government’s decision to concession the institution to the association. The parents, who gathered at the main gate of the college, formed a human barricade and refused to allo...
•Minister of Education, Prof. Tunji Alausa The federal government has reassured parents, guardians and pupils that all Federal Unity Colleges nationwide will resume academic activities on Monday, September 14, 2026, with necessary arrangements in place for a safe and smooth start to the new academic session. The Federal Ministry of Education s...
•Atiba University main gate Parents of students of Atiba University, Oyo State, have called on the federal government to intervene in the crisis surrounding the institutions Law programme, asking authorities to facilitate the transfer of affected students to accredited institutions and prevent their years of academic efforts from being lost. T...
Parents with children in private schools are facing difficulties as some schools have increased their fees, making it harder for families to afford their children’s education. The increase in school fees has affected tuition and other payments such as transportation, uniforms, textbooks, and other levies, reports Vanguard. Some parents said th...
The controversy over the concession of King’s College, Lagos, to the King’s College Old Boys’ Association, KCOBA, by the federal government may be far from over, as parents and other stakeholders are mobilising for a mass protest against the move. Speaking with our correspondent, the Chairman of the Parent-Teacher Association, PTA, Mr Peter Ol...
•Mothers of the kidnapped school children Eighty-seven days after terrorists abducted pupils from Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, their families said the pain of their absence remains as raw as it was on the morning they were taken. The abduction, which occurred on Friday, May 15, [...
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