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Awka– A 16-year-old suspected cultist was among the 81 criminals paraded by men of Anambra State Police Command on Monday. He had brought a double-barrelled gun to his (secondary) school compound at Igboukwu in Aguaata Local Government Area of the state. The command said the arrests were part of efforts to stem the tide of cultism and other nefarious activities in the state during the ... Read more

Oghenetega Urherebrume The newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of Crawford University, Prof. Reuben Kolo, has said he will employ the world’s best practices in learning and teaching to improve students’ academic performances. Kolo, in an interview with our correspondent, said he would establish programmes that would attract more students ... Read more

By Bashir Bello Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, yesterday said the Federal Government had put in place mechanism to sanction erring violators of safe school reopening guidelines. Nwajiuba disclosed this during a one-day stakeholders meeting with stakeholders from the Northwest zone on the readiness for safe re-opening of ... Read more

Public and private schools in Oyo State, on Monday, resumed, with most of them complying strictly with COVID-19 protocols and government’s guidelines on staggered school hours. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the schools had been closed since March, following the ... Read more

Both public, private schools and tertiary institution resumed academic activities for the 2020/2021 academic session, having been shut down for six months as a result of Coronavirus pandemic. The State Government earlier in the month had directed that all schools in the state should resume for academic works, with strict compliance to the ... Read more

As schools across Oyo State resumed fully on Monday, after about six months of school closure as part of efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, parents of students in both public and private schools have lamented the inconvenience associated with staggered classes especially for parents who are not business owners and do not have ... Read more

From Toba Adedeji, Osogbo Thirty-five students of Osun State University on Monday got first class, as the school graduated 1,946 virtually. The Nation reports that the management of the school sent convocation kits to graduates through courier service. Ninety-five per cent of the graduating students registered to be part of the ceremony. The ... Read more

Agency Reporter Old students of St. Lawrence’s Grammar School, Ilesa have hailed Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola for re-aligning the state’s education policy with the National Policy on Education classification of 6-3-3-4. A statement by Alhaji Adebayo Jimoh and Mr. Lawrence Aluko, national president and general secretary of the ... Read more

HEADTEACHER of Excel College, Ejigbo in Lagos State, Kehinde Oke, has said the collapsed wing of the school building will not affect the National Examination Council (NECO) examinations. She described the incident as unfortunate but thanked God no life was lost. “First, we are grateful to God that no life was lost. Much as it is ... Read more

Christopher Oji As Schools resumed yesterday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Sector Command has urged school owners and administrators to ensure strict compliance with COVID-19 preventive guidelines in their bus system. In a statement by FRSC Sector Public Education Officer, Route Commander Olabisi Sonusi,he said the ... Read more