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Kwara State Government in partnership with Google and Wootlab Foundation, will be starting a two-week virtual digital training for youths in the state. In a statement made available by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, the training scheduled to start on April 27, was an initiative of the Digital Kwara component of […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC has taken over several properties belonging to a former registrar of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde. The seizure followed a court order from a federal high court in Abuja. The order which was published in a national daily on Friday instructed

The Management of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) said on Thursday that its registration portal would remain open in spite of the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic until new entrants complete their admission procedures. A statement issued on Thursday by Mr Ibrahim Sheme, Director of Media and Publicity, NOUN, stated that the

Adedoyin Adesina, chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Lagos chapter, says that online education can only curb redundancy among students but can’t replace the classrooms. The NUT chairman made it known that parents have been complaining of the high fees being demanded by the privately own schools towards teaching their students online for

The Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), has extended the resumption for workers and students until further notice due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Public Relations Officer of the University, Dr. Benedicta Ehanire, however said workers are to work from home. She said in a statement on Tuesday: “In line with the position of the

THE Zambia Police Service has summoned George Bester, a man seen in a video making rounds on social media slapping his son, for allegedly producing poor school results. In the said video, Bester is seen slapping the boy, while complaining about the money he has spent on the boy for school books and tuition fees.

The Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) has set up the COVID-19 Advisory Committee to educate the staff, students and members of the institution’s host communities about the novel Coronavirus and how to avoid getting infected. In an interaction with the traditional rulers of the host communities, the chairman of the FUTO COVID-19 Advisory Committee,

Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun has told students of the institution not to let data cost prevent them from plugging into the distance learning programme of the institution. The government directed all schools to close March 23, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was followed by a