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  Kogi State Universal Education Board, SUBEB, has made a rattling revelation that about 520 teachers employed by the State Government for the primary school sector possessed fake certificates. The Chairman of the board, Alhaji Usman Jibrin disclosed this to the House of Assembly Committee on Education during the appraisal of the 2013 budget and

The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said on Thursday that the body’s paper-pencil test (PPT) and computer-based test (CBT) will hold on April 12 and May 17 respectively in 2,000 centres across the country. Ojerinde stated this in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). “We

  The Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola yesterday said that his government neither approved nor disapproved  the use of hijab in any school. The governor while making his remarks at the peace meeting between the Muslim Community and Christian Community at the Baptist High School in Iwo and the distribution and

  Students of tertiary institutions in the country have appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to end the lingering nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Tuesday, the students said time had come for the president to personally wade into the dispute

  Another strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is imminent as there is fear over the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding reached with the federal government. Indications emerged as the national treasurer of ASUU, Dr Tunde Aremu, while speaking at a luncheon held in honour of media for their

It’s been dubbed the “Venice of Africa” but comparisons between the sprawling Lagos community of Makoko and the historic Italian city begin and end at the water’s edge. Makoko’s makeshift huts rise from the murky waters of the lagoon around Nigeria’s biggest city, a far cry from the ornate bridges and buildings that mark out

World Bank is set to spend at least $80m (N13.1b) on the Redeemer’s University and nine other Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE), in Nigeria. World Bank Lead Economist Africa Education, Mr. Andreas Blom, stated this on Monday, at a meeting of World Bank with 10 ACE, in Abuja. He said the World Bank would build

  The solution to the crisis over the new education policy of Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State is not yet in sight as the state government and Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, are poised for a showdown. The state government had, yesterday, summoned parents of the 92 students identified as the masterminds of the

  Scores of teachers in primary and secondary schools in Edo State, yesterday, held a protest rally against the state government’s plan to conduct a competency test for all teachers in the state. The teachers, who stormed Auchi, Etsako-West Local Government Area of the state, rejected the plan by the government to subject them to

  The World Bank says public secondary schools in Lagos have improved exceedingly in academics within 2009-2013 more than the proposed appraisal target. This is contained in a report from the World Bank obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. According to the report, 90 per cent of the schools which