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The Lift Above Poverty Organization Microfinance Bank (LAPO MfB),was on Thursday given a merit award by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) in recognition of its contributions to tertiary education in the country. Mr Remi Akande, Head, Communications, LAPO MFB, who disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of ... Read more

A JSS1 female student of Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Ado Ekiti, Gift Agenoisa, has sued the Ekiti State government, demanding N15 million damages for breach of fundamental rights. The student headed to court after suspension from school over alleged indiscipline and assault on teachers by her parents. In a suit number HAD/01/ CR/2021 ... Read more

The United Nations Children’s Fund has described as unacceptable the death of three children reportedly killed by unexploded ordnance in Borno State. The children were reportedly playing on Mblu Bridge in Ngala, a town near the Cameroon border, on Friday when they were killed by “unexploded remnants of war.” UNICEF decried the ... Read more

More than 40 days after their abduction, the mother of one of the 80 students of Bethel Baptist College in Kaduna has been diagnosed with a swollen heart, a source told Sunday PUNCH. The parents were also said to be speaking with the bandits who reportedly insisted on collecting the N80m ransom. In an interview with our correspondent on ... Read more

Fire has gutted a private secondary school, Annang Secondary Commercial School, located in Idung Esimuk, Odoro Ikot in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that the fire destroyed documents, buildings and other property estimated a several millions of naira. The proprietor of the school, Rev. Joseph Ada, who ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and heads of tertiary institutions will on August 31 at a policy meeting, peg the minimum cut- off mark for 2021/ 2022 admissions. According to the board, decisions would be reached on the new minimum cut-off marks and other admission issues at the policy meeting which will be chaired by the ... Read more

Accreditation of 23 Degree courses has been granted the Federal College of Education, Pankshin, Plateau State by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Saturday communicated the accreditation of the 23-degree courses to the College’s Provost, Dr Amos Cirfat in a letter. The Provost told the ... Read more

The management of the University of Jos, Plateau, has suspended its ongoing second semester examinations. The university made this announcement on Sunday. It was gathered that the suspension of the examinations became necessary in view of the security situation in Jos, the Plateau State capital, and the curfew imposed by the Governor Simon ... Read more

JOS – Following the security breach that occurred in some parts of Jos metropolis, which led the Plateau State Government to impose a 24-hour curfew in Jos North Local Government Area, management of the of Jos has approved the suspension of the ongoing semester examinations for the 2019/2020 academic session. Deputy ... Read more

Chrisland Schools Limited has awarded the Most Private Secondary School Award by the National Summit Awards. The award was in recognition of the school’s drive for excellence as exhibited in its learners in local and examinations, sports and other co-curricular activities. The National Education Summit is a platform to ... Read more