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Nigerian 11-Year-Old Girl Becomes Ambassador In Tanzania

Zuriel Oduwole, a Nigeria wonder girl advocating for education for the girl child in Africa at the age of 10 already became the youngest person ever interviewed by Forbes. Now Zuriel is 11 and she has been appointed Ambassador in Tanzania. It was the girl’s second country stop on her East African leg to launch the acclaimed Dream […]

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Muslim father removes six-year-old daughter from school after teacher confiscated her Islamic necklace

A Muslim father has removed his six-year-old daughter from school in protest at her teacher who confiscated her Islamic necklace. Muhammed Tariq, 34, said his daughter Saniya was upset after a teacher took away her religious locket because she was swinging it around in class. The Year 2 pupil was told to take off her

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Teacher, 27, banned from classrooms for life after inviting schoolboy, 16, back to her home and kissing him

A 27-year-old school mistress has been banned from teaching for life after she invited a 16-year-old school boy to her home and kissed him. Heather Bartlett, who taught Geography at Hitchin Boys’ School (England, was found guilty of unprofessional conduct after police cautioned her for engaging in sexual activity with a teenager. She was told

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ASUU STRIKE: FG Agrees To Spend N200 Billion Each Year To Bring Nigerian Universities Up To World Standard

In light of the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal Government has promised to spend N200 billion in the 2014 for the universities. Besides, a similar amount would be spent in the next three-four years until Nigerian universities are brought to world-class standard. This is in addition to the N100 billion

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Religious Crisis Brewing In Osun State Over Gov. Aregbesola’s Merger Of Schools

While the storm arising from the planned demolition of Fakunle High School in Oshogbo to make room for the setting up of a Shop Rite Mall has yet not settled, a policy of school reclassification by the Aregbesola administration may be instigating another crisis in Osun State. In the scheme of school reclassifications announced by

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French Secondary School Students in Thousands Protest Deportations of Foreign Pupils

Thousands of high school students in Paris and other parts of France rose up Thursday in anger at the deportation of foreign pupils, after the high-profile eviction of a 15-year-old Roma girl. Leonarda Dibrani was detained during a school trip earlier this month and deported to Kosovo with her parents and five siblings, in a

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TERRIBLE: Principal defiled Boy In Office While Parent Waited Outside

A former middle school principal in North Carolina is accused of sexually assaulting a student while the boy’s unsuspecting parent was outside the room. David Ellis Edwards, 49, was arrested Friday and charged with second-degree forcible sex offense, sexual acts with a student, taking indecent liberties with a minor and crimes against nature, WTVD reported.

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STRIKE: Has ASUU been overdemanding? Get a copy of the FG/ASUU 2009 Agreement

On the first day of July this year, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, began an indefinite strike that has lasted till date and may run deep into the future. According to the union, the strike followed government’s inability to keep to an October 2009 agreement reached by both parties. The agreement was reached

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2013 National Essay Competition: Hurry! UBA Foundation Still Receiving Entries from Secondary School Students!

Students in secondary schools across the country have since been invited to submit entries in the 2013 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition.  The essay competition for secondary students is organised by UBA Foundation; the corporate social responsibility arm of UBA to encourage healthy and intellectual competition among secondary school students in Nigeria.  Ijeoma Aso, Managing

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