•Governor Alex Otti of Abia State Abia State Government said it had received over 17,000 applications for the 2,500 teaching vacancies in the state. This is because the state government has accused the state leadership of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, of propagating falsehood to blackmail the government, reports Vanguard. Meanwhile, th...
•US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump has ordered raids on schools, churches and hospitals to enforce arrest of illegal immigrants in the United States. The onslaught which is coming in the wake of close to 100 presidential orders has raised concerns in Nigeria and other countries, reports AFP. Trump granted the US immigration auth...
•The arrested school teacher, Stella Nwadigo (right) Yesterday, Wednesday, January 8, 2025, a viral video of a teacher maltreating a 3-year-old pupil, Abayomi Micheal, sparked online conversations about the safety of pupils in public and private schools in Nigeria. In the video, the teacher, identified as Stella Nwadigo, a staff member of Chri...
•A classroom Teachers in Katsina State have decried poor attendance of pupils as schools resume today across the 34 LGAs of the state. Although, current economic hardship might be termed as one of the major factors responsible for this, parents and caregivers, are encouraged to take education very seriously to groom better leaders of tomorrow,...
Nigerian students under the aegis of The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), have urged the federal government to follow up on the loans disbursement by the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to tertiary institutions on behalf of students and ascertain the money is channelled toward the right cause. NANS’ senate president, Bab...
•Tinubu The immediate past national president of the Fatima College Ikire Old Boys Association (FACOBA), Pastor Henry Otoibhi has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to consider the return of schools back to the missionaries, its rightful owners just like he did during his tenure as the governor of Lagos State. He said: “It is possible, [&hellip...
The National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, has threatened to embark on mass protests to disrupt academic activities in tertiary institutions in the southwest without a proper student union in place. Addressing newsmen in Osogbo today, the Coordinator, NANS Southwest (Zone D), Owolewa Taiwo, disclosed that banning student union activit...
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has warned school owners and stakeholders to stop enrolling candidates for its exams by proxy. In a statement signed by the Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, the Council emphasised that such fraudulent practices often lead to identity theft and the issuance of fake results...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development has called on the federal government to introduce compulsory, hands-on agricultural studies at the secondary school level. The committee’s chairman, Senator Saliu Mustapha, made the call at a public lecture organised by the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural...
•Education Minister, Tahir Mamman Ahead of the planned nationwide protest, the Minister of Education Tahir Mamman has directed vice-chancellors of universities to take proactive steps to ensure the security and safety of the university community, including staff and students. A statement today by the acting Executive Secretary of the National ...
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