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  (By Uchechukwu Udoji) Plans may be underway by some Nigerian students to jolt the nation into consciousness through a mass protest aimed at highlighting the woes bedevilling public education in the country. This mass action billed for Tuesday is being organised by the Joint Action Front (JAF). Under their arrangement, protesting students in the […]

  The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has said that enterprise education will reduce graduate unemployment and enhance the nation’s search for economic development. He spoke at the first Enterprise Day organised by the Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board in Lagos, where stakeholders in the education sector discussed issues that border on

  Supporters of two Nigerian students who have been evading authorities by hiding in Regina churches were planning a national day of action Monday. Victoria Ordu and Ihouma Amadi were ordered deported last year after they violated their student visas by working for two weeks at a Wal-Mart. The two had been studying at the

  (By Mairo Danlami) The mother of a 10-year-old girl accused of raping a 4-year-old boy in their apartment complex said police have got it all wrong. “She was just being a child having fun and playing,” the woman said. “She didn’t know she was doing anything wrong.” According to the mum, the girl has

  (By Mairo Danlami) It was drama, Tuesday, at the venue of the verification of certificates of primary school teachers in Edo State, as a teacher in Asologun Primary School, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state, Mrs. Augusta Odemwinge could not read a sworn affidavit she purportedly tendered as part of her credentials.

  (By Uchechukwu Udoji) A 14-year-old schoolboy has been jailed after he barricaded his teacher inside a classroom then laughed as he sexually assaulted her. Desperate colleagues tried to break down the door when they heard the teacher screaming for help but could not stop the boy, now 15, from Wrexham. Staff fought their way

  (By Dotun Onimole) Hopes of quick resolution of the present face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities were dashed on Tuesday as the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said the government has no resources to meet the union demands. Foreclosing possible truce to the five-week old industrial action

  (By Mairo Danlami) The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) is gearing for another industrial action, which would commence after next week, and would be indefinite. The union made the appropriate statement on August 13, 2013, Tuesday during the mass protest to ‘save public education’ in Lagos. “The suspension of the strike will expire

  (By Dotun Onimole) A young child was diagnosed with an STD after he was raped by his teacher. The teacher in Hubei Province, in central China, is under investigation after his 7-year-old student was diagnosed with venereal disease. The case came to light after the child was taken to the doctor with an itchy

  (By Folksy) The House of Representatives is to revisit a bill seeking to ban government officials from sending their children to educational institutions outside the country. The move is to halt the alleged lukewarm attitude of government officials to public schools, “which has led to the deteriorating state of education in Nigeria.” Chairman, House