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First Bank donates N44m Facilities to Lagos Schools

First Bank of Nigeria has donated sport facilities worth N44m to Queens College and Kings College in Lagos. The bank constructed a 450-seater sports pavilion at Queens College and renovated the squash court at Kings College as part of its contribution to sport development and pupils’ well being. First Bank’s spokesperson, Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney, said […]

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TECH SCAM:19-Yr-Old Teenager Jailed For Selling Fake Nokia Phone

A 19-year- old street trader, Emeka Chukwumuata, was on Friday sentenced to two months imprisonment by the Special Offences Court, Alausa, Ikeja, for selling a cassava-stuffed Nokia phone. “I am usually lenient to young people but you have to go in for inflicting pain on people,’’ the Magistrate, Mrs O. Kushanu said. “It is unfortunate

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BUSTED: 2 female Nigerian students deported after one year of hiding in Canada

Victoria Ordu and Favour Amadi (pictured above), have been in hiding for more than a year and took refuge in four different city churches hoping that the Canadian authorities will forgive them, but that didn’t happen. The authorities refused to budge and the girls had no choice but to return to Nigeria. They left Saskatchewan

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Lagos bars under-age students in public secondary schools

Lagos State Government has said no underage pupil would henceforth be eligible for admission into any public secondary schools in the state without completing primary six. Meantime, a standing committee to harmonise the school calendar, curriculum and time- table for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (Junior Senior Secondary JSS111) of public and private schools in

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University develops new curriculum inspired by Pakistani teen education champion shot by Taliban

The 16-year-old Pakistani teen targeted for a Taliban assassination because she championed education for girls has inspired the development of a school curriculum encouraging advocacy. George Washington University announced Monday that faculty members are creating multimedia curriculum tools to accompany a book recently released by the teen, Malala Yousafzai. Several faculty members will pilot the

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ASUU STRIKE: UNIABUJA student attempts suicide, says it’s a better option

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

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TRAGEDY: Student shoots teacher dead; wounds two before killing self

A 12-year-old student armed with a handgun shot and killed a math teacher and critically wounded two classmates before killing himself at his Nevada middle school on Monday shortly before classes were due to begin, police said. Witnesses described a chaotic scene at the school in the northwestern Nevada town of Sparks, located just east

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Covenant University will be among world’s top 10 by 2022 – Oyedepo boasts

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

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FOOLISHNESS: Lagos Father Murders Teen Daughter Over Her Attending Different Church

Lagos State Police have arrested a 72-year-old man John Udin for killing his 14-year-old daughter Ejiro over a disagreement on what church she attended. The girl’s mother said her husband was mad to know that their daughter wanted to attend a church different from the one he usually goes to. Angry man hit the girl

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School Principals to be held responsible for students’ absenteeism in Bauchi

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

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