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A Lagos State polytechnic student, Shalewa Adebowale, has gone missing while on her way home from her cousin’s house in the Igando area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that the 19-year-old nursing student left her parents’ house at Olorulogbo, Anthony village, Lagos, on October 10, 2020, to sit an exam. She reportedly decided ... Read more

Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo The Association of Resident Doctors of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State, says no fewer than 40 medical doctors have left the employment of the hospital in the past one year. A statement by the President of the association, Dr Ayodeji Ogungbemi, on Sunday blamed the ... Read more

Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students trooped out on Monday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital to ask the Federal Government to slash school fees by 70 per cent. The students, who gathered at the Idi Ape area of Ibadan from where they are moving toward the State Secretariat, where the Governor’s ... Read more

The nationwide protest against the Special Anti Robbery Squad tagged End SARS on Monday, assumed a dangerous dimension, as youths took over every section of Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State in protest. Virtually, all the strategic roads in the metropolis were blocked by the youths, comprising students, Okada riders, commercial drivers, ... Read more

A 32-year-old teacher from Great Hearts Western Hills, a school in San Antonio, Texas said she was fired after wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask. The teacher, Lillian White, told NBC News that she began wearing her hand-made mask when schools reopened back in July. “I’ve been wearing these masks, since the pandemic ... Read more

The Lagos State government is considering to close down all schools again. The consideration is for both public and private schools from primary to tertiary levels and for the safety of both the students and school workers. The Head of Public Affairs unit of the state’s miniatry of education, Mr Kayode Abayomi, confirmed this to ... Read more

Authorities of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) have denied reports that it has fixed a date for resumption of academic activities. In a statement in Benin City on Monday, the Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire told parents, guardians and students that the rumour of a resumption date of 24th October should, therefore, be ... Read more

The Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of public and private schools in the state indefinitely. This was announced in a press statement by the state’s Head of Public Affairs, Ministry of Education, Kayode Abayomi, on Monday. The statement was titled, ‘Lagos directs students to stay at home’. It quoted the ... Read more

Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, University of Lagos State chairman, Olusola Sowunmi, has said that the Federal Government will meet with its national executive members today (Tuesday). Sowunmi in an interview with our correspondent said the union had resumed work on Monday after the two-week warning strike elapsed. Recall ... Read more

THE Federal Government on Monday flagged off the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme in Zamfara State, targeting the enrolment of 148,000 children that are currently out of school in the state. Honourable Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, who launched the programme on behalf of the Federal ... Read more