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The Head Full of Figures! 13-year-old emerges 2014 Cowbell National Maths champion

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Thirteen-year-old Akintokun Adegboyega’s appearance does not convey anything special about him. He looks ordinary like many other pupils in his age bracket– harmless and innocent. But beneath this innocence lies a head full of figures. Little wonder, he has again emerged the 2014 Cowbell National Secondary Schools Mathematics Competition champion. The young lad earlier in

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Governor Oshiomhole Cancels Competence Test For Edo Teachers

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The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday cancelled the proposed competency test for teachers in the state. The governor has also recalled the 936 teachers, whose name were deleted from the payroll over certificate discrepancies and age falsification and announced the immediate extension of the relativity allowance to teachers in the state public schools,

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Well done, guys! Agidingbi Grammar School emerges first in Commonwealth quiz competition

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Agidingbi Senior Grammar School, Lagos has emerged first at the Commonwealth quiz competition held in Lagos to mark 30 days before the Commonwealth Games scheduled to hold July in Scotland. In a stiff competition among seven schools – Opebi Junior Grammar School, Oregun Junior School, Opebi Senior Grammar School and , Oregun Senior High School,

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ASUP STRIKE: Supervising Min. of Education, Nyesom Wike, shuns meeting again!

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Supervising Minister of Education, Sen. Nyesom Wike, was on Tuesday absent at a meeting with the Senate to resolve the grievances of the striking Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Unions, COEASU. This is the second of such meetings Wike has shunned It would be recalled that the

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Lagos State University (LASU) to refund N69m excess fees to students

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Lagos State University, LASU, has said following the reduction of tuition fees, it will refund over N69 million excess fees paid by the students for the 2013/2014 academic session. This came after the state government’s decision to refund the excess to all students who had paid for the 2013/ 2014 academic session. During consideration, the

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Secondary school student arrested for hacking into his school’s computer and changing the grades of 35 students

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A high school student was arrested and charged for allegedly changing the grades and attendance records of his classmates. Investigators say that the opportunistic teen got his hands on a teacher’s log-in details before gaining access to the school’s computer system at Orange High School in New Jersey (US). The 16-year-old was charged with multiple

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Lagos begins placement test into Public Secondary Schools

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  Lagos State government has said henceforth, admission of pupil into its public secondary schools will be through a placement examination to be conducted throughout the state. Already, the government has set Saturday, July 5 for the placement test for admission into the state public secondary schools for the 2014/15 academic session. The test will

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University of Lagos Shut Down As Students Protest!

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University of Lagos (UNILAG)  has been shut! Angered students blocked entrances protesting against tuition fee hike. According to the protesters, they move against the imposition of course registration fee, Sahara Reporters provides. They said the institution management shut the school portal against registration and started demanding first N10,000, then N15,000 and soon even N20,000 –

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