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Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Account, on Friday, drilled the management of the Ladoke Akintola University Ogbomosho and the Technical University Ibadan over what they call missing links in the deployment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). The committee, which is on oversight function to Oyo State, ... Read more

The Akwa Ibom State government has directed Primary, Secondary and Tertiary institutions in the State to commence the process of school resumption on the 21st of September, 2020 while the full resumption date would be on the 28th of the same month. It added that only pupils in primary six or in exit class will resume, to enable them ... Read more

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos We are in the last face of relaxation from the lockdown, and in this concluding stage, we are faced with the greatest challenge of reopening of schools, because we don’t want our children to die, says the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong. The Governor said the State has remained the epic center because two Local Government Areas, namely Jos North and ... Read more

Wale Oyewale The authorities of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, on Saturday, announced the sack of Mr Ajadi Omothosho, a lecturer in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning for alleged misconduct. The institution made this known in a letter titled, ‘The Polytechnic, Ibadan terminates appointment of Chief Lecturer,’ signed by the ... Read more

As Lagos recorded a decline in cases of COVID-19, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday, ordered that pre-primary schools in the state are to remain closed, just as other private and public primary schools are to reopen in phases, commencing from Monday, September 21. For places of worship, mosques will resume their five times daily ... Read more

By Wole Mosadomi — Minna More startling revelations have come out of the ongoing screening of all categories of civil servants in Niger State as 80% of staff of the state Ministry of Education have been uncovered to be in the service for several years with forged certificates. ... Read more

IMSUBy Chinonso Alozie Students of Imo state University, IMSU, Saturday got a seven days ultimatum to present to the public a sex-for-grade video involving one of their lecturers, Professor Victor Njoku of Chemistry department, as failure to do so those behind the viral naked video of Njoku, would face the music. This warning was delivered ... Read more

Kofoworola Belo-Osagie The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) has called on community leaders to help identify vulnerable children who may not resume next week because of one challenge or the other. The Board is also seeking their support to raise awareness about its blended learning programmes on radio and television as ... Read more

The Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti ( ABUAD ) has partnered with Akin Fadeyi foundation to launch a mobile application called ‘Flagit App’ to contain rape and cyberbully. According to a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES by ABUAD’s Dean of Students Affairs, Babatunde Wahab, the app will help to track sexual based violence, ... Read more

Some officials of the professional bodies at the ceremony.By Elizabeth Osayande Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, CIPM, of Nigeria, Mrs. Titilayo Akisanya, has lauded the recent collaboration between the institute and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, ACCA, Nigeria. CIPM, a body of human resources, ... Read more