•Atiku Former Vice President and Founder of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Atiku Abubakar, has reiterated his conviction that education is the most transformative force for personal and national development. He stated this while addressing AUN graduating class of 2025. “My father was jailed for resisting my enrollment in school,” he...
•Myanmar Police Junta forces bombed a school in central Myanmar, killing more than a dozen children, the country’s exiled civilian administration told Radio Free Asia today. A jet fired at Sagaing region’s Oe Htein Kwin village in Tabayin township, which is under rebel control. “As far as we know now, 17 young students have died […]...
The management of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, yesterday, expressed outrage over claims by a parent, Mrs Fijabi Omotayo, that her son, Oladipupo Siwajuola, went missing on the school’s campus. In a statement signed by the university’s Director of Communication and Public Relations, Dr Joshua Suleiman, the institution condemned...
•The incisions Two parents have accused a private school in the Arepo area of Ogun State of carrying out unauthorised incisions on their children’s bodies. The parents told our correspondent on Tuesday that the incision resulted in health complications in their children, reports The PUNCH. One of the affected parents, Abosede, the mother of a ...
•Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State Secondary School principals and teachers in Anambra State have been authorised to confiscate mobile phones brought to school by students. This is to curb distractions and enhance academic performance, reports NAN. Prof. Nkechi Ikediugwu, Chairman, Post Primary Schools Service Commission, Anambra State...
•Fire outbreak Tragedy struck in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, as a fire outbreak at an Islamiya school claimed the lives of at least 17 Almajiri students. Eyewitnesses say the fire started late last night and raged for about three hours, leaving 17 students dead and 16 others injured, reports Channels TV. […]...
An eyewitness account of the explosion that rocked the Islamic school in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday, has said the bomb was brought to school by one of the students. The blast at the Sani Uthman Islamiyya School, Kuchibuyi Village, Bwari area council had claimed two lives and injured two persons, reports Channels TV. [&hellip...
The FCT Police Command said, last night, that preliminary investigations have revealed that three men from Katsina visited the owner of the Islamic school in Kuchibuyi village, Bwari area Council, Mallam Adamu Ashimu, where an IED exploded. The Police said the explosion killed two of the men, reports Vanguard. The Command said: “The three visi...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun The Ogun State Government has shut down Obada Grammar School, Obada, Idi-Emi over the death of Monday Arijo, an SS2 student of the school. This followed the arrest and suspension of the teacher allegedly responsible for the death of the student last Friday, as a result of corporal punishment, reports Channels TV. [&helli...
•Police operatives The Nigerian Police Force has launched a School Protection Squad to protect schools, students, pupils, and teachers in the Ekiti state from kidnapping and other security threats. Speaking during the opening of the Strategic Stakeholders Forum on School Security and training of the Schools Protection Squad in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti...

