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Government and tertiary institutions in Abia State have been directed to reopen for academic activities with effect from Monday, October 26, 2020. Okezie Ikpeazu, the Governor of Abia State made the approval in a release made available to newsmen, by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, on Monday. The Governor also directed heads of all tertiary institutions to ensure total compliance ... Read more

By Patrick Dele Cole THERE is very little sex education in Nigeria, at least when I was growing up. Most Nigerians learn about sex from peer groups or lecherous adults who exploit the ignorance of the young. The main teacher of sex education in Nigeria are the prostitutes so strategically located near every boys boarding school or ... Read more

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has said that it is supporting and providing a public health guidance for safe reopening of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps across the country. Mrs Elsie Ilori, the Head of Department, Surveillance and Epidemiology Department, NCDC, said this on Monday in Abuja at the joint ... Read more

ZAMFARA State has promoted over 6,000 teachers to boost teaching and learning, Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Alhaji Abubakar Maradun has said. Maradun told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau yesterday that the teachers had spent over 10 years without a promotion. The chairman said the teachers ... Read more

A teacher from Concordia College, Yola Adamwa State Anani Oluwabunmi, , Adamawa State, , over the weekend, emerged the winner of the 2020 Maltina Teacher of the Year. Anani was declared the winner at the grand finale held on Friday, October 16, 2020, at Eko Hotel Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. As winner, Anani received a total cash ... Read more

The sorry state of public primary schools in Satellite Town in Lagos State lay credence to the fact that, like every other sector, the education sector is “bleeding”, depressed and begging for attention. Located at the ever busy Buba Marwa Road, Satellite Town, Lagos the school houses four nursery and primary schools. The level ... Read more

Architecture programmes in Polytechnics, and other technical institutions will henceforth go through an accreditation process jointly managed by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON). This followed a memorandum of understanding signed by the Executive Secretary of NBTE, Dr. ... Read more

The Lagos State Polytechnic has said a 19-year-old girl, Shalewa Adebowale, is not one of its students. The Director of Information and Public Relations, LASPOTECH, Olanrewaju Kuye, stated this in a statement on Monday. Shalewa left her parents’ house on Olorunlogbon Street, Anthony Village, Lagos, on October 10, 2020, to sit an ... Read more

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Ali Pantami, has urged universities to emphasise more on skills acquisition than paper qualification, adding that such will make graduates self-reliant. Pantami said this at the inauguration of ICT Incubation Park at the Gombe State University built by the National Information Technology ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State chapter, has asked the students of the institution to ignore the directive of the state government to resume academic activities on Monday. The state government had last week ordered schools at all levels in the state to ... Read more