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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has warned States against rushing to reopen schools. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha, cited how such haste escalated COVID-19 management situation in some other countries. Mustapha advised it would be in the best interest of Nigeria to ... Read more

Students who tested positive for COVID-19 during the ongoing 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination have returned to classes after treatment and discharge. The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made this known on Monday in Abuja at the 62nd Joint National Briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) ... Read more

The Federal Government has called for caution as some state governments announce reopening of schools, saying that COVID-19 remains potent and very dangerous. Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, gave the warning on Monday in Abuja at the 62nd joint ... Read more

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says it has paid over 5.910 million U.S dollars (about N2.28 billion) for tuition and stipends owed stranded scholarship students in the United Kingdom. Mr Charles Odili, NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday that the commission disbursed the sum to ... Read more

Emeka NwajiubaThe Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says the discussion is still ongoing on school resumption. Nwajiuba said this during the Presidential Task Force on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) briefing on Monday in Abuja. While answering a question on possible reopening of schools, the minister said that discussion on ... Read more

Dayo Johnson — Akure THE over 35 staff of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo state sacked a year ago by the state government have cried out that they have not been reabsorbed. Those sacked in 2019 were workers of the institution’s primary and secondary schools. The state government however directed that they should be ... Read more

Temiloluwa O’Peters The Federal Government has said it is working with state governments and some development partners to improve the country’s education system. The plan which is part of the government’s response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will make the educational system more digitally accessible. The Senior ... Read more

The Kogi State Government has announced the reopening of schools at all levels on September 14, 2020, including primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the state. The State’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Wemi Jones, FCIB, made the announcement at a press briefing on Tuesday in Lokoja. According to the ... Read more

Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Benin zone, has rejected the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS), opting for the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), saying it would help curb corruption in the academic system. The Zonal Coordinator, Prof Fred I Esumeh, made the stand of the union known in Benin while ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Union of Universities, ASUU on Tuesday warned the Federal government against re-opening universities to avoid spike in the number of cases of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. This was as it told the federal government not to succumb to pressures from private universities whom it said were ‘out of ... Read more