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Tourists' expectations when visiting a particular place are related to several features of the chosen destination: culture, architecture, gastronomy, infrastructure, landscape, events, shopping, etc. These features attract people to the destination and contribute to the overall experience of the trip. France is the most visited country in the world for international tourists, according ... Read more

Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan Bearing last minute change, Computer Based Test (CBT) will begin for the applicants for teaching and non-teaching jobs in Oyo state. The examination which may likely spread for about a week is scheduled to begin before the 15th of August. The Chairman, Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mr. Akinade Alamu ... Read more

Ogun u-turns, makes COVID-19 test free for all returning SS3 boarding students By Adesina Wahab Joseph Erunke STUDENTS in Senior Secondary School class 3, yesterday, resumed in Lagos State to begin preparations for the 2020 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, billed to start on August 17, 2020. When Vanguard ... Read more

By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN-EDO State chapter of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) has dragged the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to the court of public opinion, urging him to present his primary School Leaving Certificate if he actually went to school. Chairman of PDP Campaign ... Read more

By Mike Odiegwu, Port-Harcourt President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the payment of fees and stipends of stranded scholarship students of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) studying abroad. A statement signed by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, said Buhari conveyed the directive to the Minister of Niger Delta ... Read more

Nigerian students stranded in Saudi Arabia have cried out over an alleged move by the officials of the Nigerian embassy to frustrate their evacuation to Nigeria. The students alleged that the embassy officials are opposed to the free flight provided for them by the Asian country to bring them back to Nigeria. Some of the students, who ... Read more

Damian Duruiheoma, Owerri The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital has ordered the Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, to restore the professorial rank of one of its lecturers, Professor Vincent Ele Asor. Asor had dragged the university to the NICN in Suit No: ... Read more

Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti The Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, has said the institution will rise to the COVID-19 challenge through deployment of more technology to deliver its functions and mandates. Soremekun called on the authorities of universities in Nigeria to take advantage of technology to deliver ... Read more

The National Universities Commission (NUC) said it is collecting data from universities to assess their readiness for resumption of academic activities. The commission also said efforts are ongoing to resolve the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) that threatens to further delay the resumption of academic activities ... Read more

Toba Adedeji, Osogbo Ahead of school reopening and in line with the directive of the Federal Government on the partial re-opening of schools, the Osun State Government commenced fumigation of 188 registered public and private schools in the State. The fumigation exercises which will be conducted by the Ministry of Environment and Sanitation is said to engage 15 fumigation teams led by ... Read more