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Federal Government Science and Technical College, Michika Adamawa state, Parents Teachers Associatio, (PTA) has rejected the idea brought forward by the Federal Government of transferring their children to nearby Katsina state for safety from Boko Haram. After the recent attack on FGC Buni-Yadi in Yobe by Boko Haram, the FG closed down five schools and

The supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike has criticised members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Port Harcourt chapter, for boycotting lectures. The lecturers staged the boycott for alleged negligence on the part of Federal Government. Students of the University were all stranded Monday morning on getting to campus as some

New research suggests that girls’ brains are more “resilient” than boys to neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism. The cohort study found evidence supporting the “female protective model”, a theory that suggests that females require more extreme genetic mutations than males before they develop certain sorts of disorders. This would account for the gender difference for

Thirteen students of Ogba Junior Grammar School, Ogba, Ojodu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, fainted as a result of inhaling an unidentified poisonous fumes coming from the nearby cottage factory in Ogba Shopping Arcade. This incident took place just a few months after students of the same school collapsed after inhaling an unidentified chemical waste discharged

A 400-level Law student of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Ige Dipo, has committed suicide at his residence outside the campus of the university few days after his lover broke up with him. It was authoritatively gathered that Dipo, said to be above average academically by his colleagues, was found dead in his apartment at

Despite the Federal Government’s plea to chairmen of Governing Councils of Federal polytechnics to prevail on striking polytechnic staff to accept government’s offer to pay the outstanding CONTISS 15 arrears in two instalments for the immediate resolution of the ongoing strike, students in the over 20 federal polytechnics and several other state polytechnics would have

Bill Gates has returned to the top of Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s richest people, as rising stock markets swelled the ranks of billionaires, which included a record number of women. With a net worth of $76 billion, the Microsoft Corp co-founder reclaimed the top spot after a four-year hiatus, toppling Mexico’s telecommunications

The Northern States Governors’ Forum has resolved to abolish payment of fees in secondary schools in the region in a bid to boost enrolment of students. Its Chairman, Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger, made this known in Minna on Monday at the National Association of Nigerian Students’ (NANS) award ceremony to distinguished Nigerians. The forum

 Nigerians have been in the dark as regards the whereabout of the 20 Billion Dollars which the suspended Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi reported missing from the NNPC coffers. With accusations and counter-accusations reeling back and forth on the above subject matter without a definite position of the whereabouts of the missing funds,

The Second Edition of the Social Media Week Lagos which hosted Africa’s largest Social Media gathering has just rounded up in the past week. Passnownow.com’s “How Nigerian Secondary School Students are going digital” which was the only Education Focused Event will surely be remembered as one of the highest points of the 2014 Social Media Week in Lagos.