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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 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

Some members of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Kaduna State chapter, now use the WhatsApp platform to keep students engaged while on coronavirus lockdown at home. The Secretary of the association, Mr Philip Iorhena, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Tuesday. Iorhena