When private philanthropy is combined with public good especially in higher education, the impacts are far reaching, and the benefits are for everyone, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this yesterday at the commissioning of the N350 million KAAF Auditorium, Department Of Human Nutrition And Dietetics, at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State. He also spoke at the ...

Kebbi has closed seven schools considered unsafe following the recent abduction of students and teachers of Federal Government College(FGC) Birnin Yauri by bandits. Chairman Kebbi chapter of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), Isah Arzika stated this. According to Arzika the shut schools are in vulnerable areas of the state believed to be soft targets of bandits. He noted that ...

Worried by claims that Boko Haram terrorists are trying to establish cells in some satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, security agents have been deployed to arrest the situation. The move, it was learnt, is to reassure residents of the nation’s capital, that they are  safe and that there’s no cause for fear or panic. Places expected to  experience increased  police ...

Against the backdrop of a possible resumption of students in the ten shut schools over Hijab stalemate, on Monday, the authorities of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) have refuted the allegations making the rounds that it has conceded to the directive of the Kwara state government to allow the use of hijab in her schools with particular reference to ...

The Federal Government has emphasised the need for Nigerians to be vigilant to end attacks on schools and abduction of students. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who stated this in an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, indicated that government could not secure every school in the country. According to him, government has directed schools to report any security ...

There are very few qualified female teachers in schools in northern Nigeria. shutterstock Sara Humphreys, University of Sussex; Máiréad Dunne, University of Sussex, and Naureen Durrani, Nazarbayev University Nigeria’s northern rural regions suffer acute shortages of both female teachers and female pupils. UNICEF estimates that over half of all girls are not in school in the north while under a ...

•Gov Directs Re-Opening Secondary Schools For SS3, TECIII •Night Clubs, Cinemas To Remain Closed It’s cheery news in Lagos State. A period of general decrease in confirmed positive cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been recorded in the State for the second week.  Following the decline in positive cases, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has relaxed some of the lockdown measures taken ...