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Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has ordered the immediate closure of all schools in Ogun State from now till October 26, DAILY POST reports. The Governor disclosed this on Tuesday evening at a press conference he addressed at Okemosan, Abeokuta. Abiodun also ordered the ban of the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada in Ogun State tomorrow, October ... Read more

The Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, in Ilorin, Engr (Dr) Jimoh Mohammed, on Tuesday debunked allegations arising from the ongoing visitation panel exercise against the management of the institution circulated by some online news media. Dr Mohamed said he would not want to pre-empt the outcome of the report of the visitation panel ... Read more

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has revealed that the state government has enrolled nothing less than 75,650 out of school children into schools. The governor also disclosed that the state established 1,513 learning centres to cater to the children. He stated this on Tuesday at the launching of the Better Education Service ... Read more

THE Minister of State for Education, Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba on Tuesday rejected the request by the Federal Government College, Sokoto to name an elegant lecture theatre after him, explaining that it was against his principles to accept such honour while in office. Nwajiuba was said to have stunned the cheering crowd of staff, students and ... Read more

THE face-off between management of Federal Polytechnic, Bida, and Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has deepened as the management has suspended the chairman of ASUP and two others. It was learnt the leaders were suspended for making enquiries into why there were no drugs in the school clinic. But ASUP has described the suspension ... Read more

The Federal Government says it will set up a five-man committee to holistically study the complaints on the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS) by the unions. The committee will examine the complaints with a view to harmonising its activities and operations. Sen. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment made ... Read more

The management of the Kwara state Polytechnic, said on Wednesday, that there is no civil unrest, rioting or breach of peace in any of the two campuses of the institution in Ilorin. Deputy Registrar, Information and Publication of the institution, Ajibola S. Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin on Wednesday. He said the ... Read more

Stakeholders have appealed to the Lagos State government to, as a matter of urgency, recruit vocational instructors into special education schools across the state. Making this appeal in Lagos recently, the stakeholders, especially parents, said equipment worth over N10million were being left to rot away at most of the inclusive schools in ... Read more

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has suspended the ongoing Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (SSCE) until further notice. This follows the escalation of the End SARS protests across the country. Although NECO managed to conduct its Economics paper on Tuesday and Physics practical on Wednesday, some states considered volatile as a ... Read more

Kano State Government has said it will expend the sum of N107 million to sponsor not fewer than 50 students to study in Niger Republic under it exchange programme. The State’s Commissioner of Education, Muhammad Sanusi Kiru made this known during the distribution of instructional materials to primary and Junior Secondary schools in the ... Read more