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According to the reports, a student of the University of Abuja tried to kill herself because of the effects of the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. Jane Okora sent her two younger brothers out of the house on an errand. When one of the brothers returned just after 15 minutes, he found

The Chancellor of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Dr David Oyedepo,  said on Monday that the institution would be among the top 10 universities in the world by 2022. Oyedepo made the remark at the institution’s 11th Founder’s Day celebration in Ota. According to him, the university has since inception in 2002, focused on actualising

The Bauchi State Government has said that Secondary School Principals will henceforth be held responsible for students’ absenteeism as well as untidy school environment. Governor Isa Yuguda made this known, yesterday, when he paid an unscheduled visit to Government Secondary School, Toro in Toro Local Government Area of the state. He said that government had

The Federal Government, yesterday, assured Nigerian students that the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, would be over in a few months. This was made known by the Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike at the anniversary lecture of National Universities Commission, NUC, in Abuja. The minister who was represented by the

The Secretary, National Energy Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Njiddah, said on Tuesday that the German government had offered to provide electricity to four universities in the country. Njiddah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Abuja that the gesture was part of the council’s Renewable Energy Programme sponsored by the German government.

Sixteen-year-old Emmanuel Ejiogu Onyekachi of Miketoy College, Ikotun, Lagos State, has emerged winner of the first Chemistry Challenge sponsored by PZ Cussons. Emmanuel, an SS3 student, with a cumulative score of 83.5 per cent, beat three others at the grand finale to emerge first. He came first at every stage of the competition which had

Oladapo Oluwadora Glory, Aboluwarin Olaluwa David and Banjo Mofesola Paul of the Federal University of Technology  FUTA , Akure  have won  ISPON software cup 2013, they were among  the 70 students from the Nigerian higher educational institutions that  competed  in the 2013 Institute  of Software Practitioners  of Nigeria, ISPON  national software conference and competition holding

The Ogun State House of Assembly Committee on Education has decried the poor condition of infrastructure in public schools across the state. The committee, led by its Chairman, Adeyinka Mafe, said this during its oversight function at the state Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The lawmakers stated that many public schools in the state

  In order to shine the spotlight on the transformative power of girl-child education across Africa and the world, the ground-breaking feature, ‘Girl Rising’ was screened for the first time in Nigeria at the Silverbird Cinema, Victoria Island, Lagos recently. The Nigerian premiere, as part of the celebration to mark the International Day of The Girl

    The strike was scheduled to start on Thursday. The FCT wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has suspended with immediate effect its planned industrial action (strike) which was intended to commence today, Thursday October 24 th 2013. It subsequently called on its members to resume their normal duty without further delay. The