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In spite of the dwindling revenue accruing to academic and other institutions occasioned by the COVID-19 and the attendant lockdown on economic activities globally, the Lagos State University (LASU) has again blazed the trail to promote no fewer than a total of 127 deserving members of its workforce. This development, according to a ... Read more

The Federal Government(FG) has warned schools to adhere strictly to measures put in place to curb the further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily Times Nigeria gathered that the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, gave this warning during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on Monday in Abuja. It came on the day several schools resumed in many states across the country. Ehanire ... Read more

Joseph Erunke, Abuja As Nigeria prepares to mark the 2020 World Teachers’ Day, the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has reeled out demands for the federal government to meet. This was as the FG said arrangements were on to reward the best teachers in each of the 774 local government councils in the country during the celebration of ... Read more

Abuja– The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, is set to prosecute some staff of the National Examination Council, NECO, for allegedly possessing fake certificates. The move to prosecute the affected staff followed a request by the Registrar of NECO, Professor Godswill Obioma, during a visit to the ... Read more

The House of Representatives on resumption from its two-month annual recess is expected to commence debate on the general principles of a bill which seeks to establish Tertiary Hospital Development Tax Fund in Nigeria. The private member bill, sponsored by Hon. Ogunlola Olubunmi, which scaled through First Reading before the annual recess, ... Read more

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Tuesday, ordered a 25-year-old student, Akeem Yakubu, to cut grass in the Gwagwalada Divisional Police station for two days for stealing two cell phones worth N8,700. The police charged Yakubu with theft. He pleaded guilty to the charge and told the court that he sold the phones for ... Read more

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says about 22, 000 indigent women and young girls have been enrolled in adult Education Programme in Ebonyi State under the EU — UN spotlight initiative Programme. Senior Programme Specialist and OIC UNESCO regional office Abuja, Sow Mamadou disclosed this during an official unveiling of Educational (IEC) ... Read more

Oyo State government has warned head-teachers of primary schools in the state against non-compliance with COVID-19 safety guidelines. This was just as it queried some schools that refused to comply with extant guidelines for resumption in the state. Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, gave the warning on Monday during a statewide ... Read more

Aloysius Attah, Onitsha Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), members at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State branch have distanced themselves with the announcement for the resumption academic activities the institution. ASUU Chairman, COOU, Prof Okey Aniebo who addressed journalists after a congress ... Read more

Friday Olokor, Abuja The National Universities Commission has released new directives to Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian universities for the safe reopening of schools. This followed a significant decline in the number of recorded cases of COVID-19 in the country. The NUC directive was contained in a memo addressed to the Vice-Chancellors, ... Read more