Education

By Abubakar Ahmed Gusau, Dec. 15, 2020 Zamfara Government on Tuesday announced the immediate closure of 10 secondary schools believed to be vulnerable to bandits’ attacks. The state Commissioner for Education, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the disclosure when he addressed journalists at his office on measures being taken by the …

  By Abbas Bamalli Kano, Dec. 15, 2020 Kano State Government on Tuesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state with immediate effect, Mr Sanusi Kiru, Commissioner for Education announced. Kiru, who gave the directive in a statement issued in Kano, urged parents to take their …

By Harrison Arubu United Nations, Dec. 14, 2020 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack by suspected bandits at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State on Dec. 11. Guterres’ reaction came in a statement by UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Monday in New York. He called …

Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has disclosed that the deplorable state of education in Anambra State, back in the years, was part of what pushed him into contesting to become the governor of …

By Emmanuel Acha Enugu, Dec. 8, 2020 Godfrey Okoye University, a Catholic owned institution in Enugu State on Tuesday admitted and invested 11 academics in the professorial chair of the institution, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Investing the new professors, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Christian …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged the graduating students of Grundtvig International Secondary School, Oba, Anambra State, to always be appreciative of the basic education they had received and be ready to give back to society when …

As Nigeria moves towards greater role for maritime in the national economy, Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has declared the Agency’s unwavering commitment to capacity-building through its knowledge and research based initiatives. Dr. Jamoh made this known during the official launch of …

By Deborah Coker Benin, Nov. 28, 2020 SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company Plc (SEPLAT) on Saturday in Benin inaugurated a science, arts and mathematics programme for teachers to improve the standard of education in the Country, particularly in its host states. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the educational …

The Bishop of Amichi Diocese, Anglican Communion, Bishop Ephraim Okechukwu Ikeakor, has described the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, as one who has always showed true leadership even when not occupying any political office and urged other political leaders to emulate …

By Babatunde Ogunrinde Lagos Nov. 24, 2020 Nestlé Nigeria Plc. says through its Community Scholarship Scheme (CSS), it has begun work toward addressing the challenges of low enrollment in many developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa due to inadequate infrastructure. The company said in a statement on Tuesday that lack …

Nigeria’s leading deep-water energy company, The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has donated a state-of-the-art Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Centre to the Enugu State University of Science and Technology as part of the NNPC/SNEPCo ICT support programme launched in 2007 under the sponsorship of the Nigeria National …

The School Principal and Manager of Christ The King College (CKC) Onitsha, Rev. Fr. Celestine Arinze Okafor, has praised the Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, for laying the foundation of what he described as, …

A Google search of ASUU, the acronym of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, comes with the suggestions ‘ASUU strike’, ‘ASUU strike update’ and ‘ASUU strike update today.’ The above are not surprising because most Nigerians have come to associate ASUU with ‘strikes’. ASUU is a union of teachers in …

William Attah, Gombe The Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Bauchi zone, Professor Lawan G Abubakar has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene and bring to an end the strike action by the union. Professor Abubakar who stated this during a press conference shortly after …

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s led administration on Thursday, began the construction of a teaching hospital and a college of medical sciences to enable Borno State University eventually start the award of degrees in medicine and surgery as well as other medical programmes. At Zulum’s request, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has condoled with the Catholic Bishop of Awgu Diocese, Most Rev J. I. Okoye, over the road accident that painfully claimed the lives of some staff and students of Presentation Nursery and Primary School, …

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has expressed deep shock and sadness on the demise of prominent Nigerian scholar and founder of Urhobo Historical Society (UHS), Professor Peter Ekeh. Ekeh, a professor of African American Studies, who hailed from Okpara Inland of Agbon Kingdom, Ethope East Local …

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Chibok on Monday, during which he assessed and ordered the immediate rehabilitation of Government Secondary School, Chibok from where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. Although the defunct presidential committee on northeast intervention, PCNI, had …

William Attah, Gombe Member representing Billiri/Balanga Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Victor Mela Danzaria has attributed the court cases against him to the handwork of his political opponents. Mr. Victor Mela, who spoke to Journalists in Billiri shortly after the closing ceremony of the training and retraining …

There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing details of how Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds are disbursed and spent by the Delta State Government may soon have some answers, as Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won the latest round in the legal battle to compel Governor Ifeanyi …

Chairman of Literamed Publications, Otunba Olayinka Lawal-Solarin, who passed on, Wednesday, November 4, 2020, has been described as one of the grand pillars of the book trade in Nigeria and one of the most eminent advocates for the primacy of the book in the national and continental cultural life of …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has called for more financial and intellectual investments in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in the country with an appeal to the youths to take STEM learning and opportunities more seriously. Speaking …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Since March this year when the universities were shut down on the orders of the Federal Government, they are yet to re-open. While it can be said that the shutdown was occasioned by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, no one can say for certainty now …

By Funmilayo Adeyemi/Chinyere Nwachukwu Abuja, Nov. 11, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate reinstatement of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), following his acceptance of the recommendations of the special Presidential Visitation Panel constituted on the matter. The directive was handed down by …

 …Immortalises victims, donates 18-seater bus at Requiem Mass …Visits accident scene Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Monday, joined the Catholic faithful and families of the deceased pupils of Presentation Nursery and Primary School, Awgu, and other victims who lost their lives in a recent fatal road accident in …