Education

The popular leader of Road Transport Union, MC Oluomo is someone that does not joke with his children’s education. He has always celebrated his children’s academic success, and recently, his daughter graduated from University of Miami, US. The proud dad wrote on his IG page: “Alhamdulillah, My precious daughter, Here’s to the door to new

The Federal Government says the feeding of schoolchildren at home begins this week. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, said this on Saturday on the sidelines of an event where she opened the distribution of relief items to persons living with disabilities at Karimajiji in Abuja. Umar-Farouq announced on

The Rivers State Police Command says it has arrested five suspected kidnappers who killed three undergraduates of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT and Rivers State University. They were paraded on Wednesday. The arrest of the five-man gang was achieved less 72 hours in which President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the police to fish out the

To ensure primary school pupils continue benefiting from the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) despite school closures, the Federal Government and the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) have set up food distribution centres in Lagos State. Special Assistant to the President on NHGSFP, Mrs. Titilola Adeyemi-Doro said during a meeting at

The African Union (AU) Commission has partnered HP on initiatives to boost e-learning in 55 AU-member countries and reduce the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on school closures. Representatives of both parties agreed to collaborate during an extra-ordinary session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Education, Science and Technology held virtually on April 30. With

The Rivers State government has said it is yet to decide on the possibility of online classes for third term for the 2019/2020 academic session for primary and secondary schools. Commissioner for Education Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, spoke while reacting to an alleged imposition of N50,000 levy on public and private schools in the state to

Executive Director, Peace Education and Practice Network (PEPNET) Mr. Abolade Segun has urged students and youths to be at the forefront of the fight against Coronavirus. He made this disclosure last week at a lecture organised by the Sustainable Development Club, The Polytechnic Ibadan. The lecture was entitled:”COVID-19 Pandemic and the involvement of youths in

Beijing — Chinese youngsters in the global coronavirus epicenter of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners. Senior school students in 121 institutions were back in front of chalk boards and digital displays for the first time since their city — the ground zero of

The Lagos State Government has been urged to give soft loans to operators of private schools as palliatives to cushion the effects of the lockdown occasioned by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The proprietor of Fidel Madonna College of Excellence, Iba New Site, Ojo, Lagos, Mr. Fidel Morah, made the plea on Sunday in a

The vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta State, Prof. Rim-Rukeh Akpofure, has said the university under his watch would not tolerate sex and money for grades by lecturers and students. Akpofure, who formally took over on Monday as the vice-chancellor of the university warned lecturers and students to stay clear