A video showing pupils of Okwue Primary School, Owa-Nta, Delta State, scooping water from their classroom has surfaced on social media. In the video, the pupils were seen using containers to remove water from the classroom while their teacher, who spoke in the local language, appealed for help. Observation by our correspondent in the video [&h...
A French court has sentenced a father to serve six months in jail after he threatened to “cut off the head” of a woman teacher at his son’s school last week. The man’s comments came after an 18-year-old radical Islamist of Chechen origin in 2020 beheaded history and geography teacher Samuel Paty, after he showed […]
•Woman set ablaze (for illustration purposes only) The Kogi State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Jacob Irewa of Oworo Estate, Felele, Lokoja, for allegedly pouring petrol on his wife, Berida Irawo, and setting her on fire following a reported domestic dispute. The incident reportedly happened on Friday afternoon at their residence over...
•Terrorists A teacher has been confirmed dead and dozens of students abducted from Government Day Secondary School, Lassa, in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, a border community with Adamawa State. The Special Adviser to Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Media and Strategy, Mr Solomon Kwamagar, a resident of Lassa, con...
•Terrorists The Oyo State Police Command said it has launched an intensive manhunt and rescue operation following a coordinated attack by armed hoodlums on schools and surrounding communities in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued today by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, the attack occu...
•A hospitalised student At least 30 students and one teacher have been reportedly hospitalised following a gas leakage at Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. According to witnesses, the incident occurred shortly after the school assembly today, when a gaseous substance spread across the premises, leaving many studen...
Odey Emmanuel, a former student of Government Science Technical College in Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of a teacher. According to the judgement which was handed by a High Court sitting in Jos the Plateau State capital, Emmanuel was convicted of […]
A Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court sitting at Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 34-year-old school teacher to 12 years imprisonment for raping an 11-year- old, JSS 1 student. The defendant, Pascal Ofomata, was charged with rape and inflicting physical harm punishable under section 3(1), 4 (1) respectively of the Violence against Perso...
•Kenya’s President William Ruto A Kenyan police officer appeared in court today in connection with the death of a teacher in custody, a case that has ignited public outrage and renewed scrutiny of police brutality in the country. Albert Ojwang, 31, died in police custody last weekend after he was arrested over social media posts […]
The Senior Staff Union in Colleges of Education, Nigeria (SSUCOEN) has decried how government pays less attention to teacher education, which, according to it, is the bedrock of every country’s development. The union said no nation could progress without education, lamenting that less attention was being paid to teacher education across the co...
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