Sokoto State government plans to establish more non-formal learning centres (NFLC) under its Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA). Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education Alhaji Muhammad Gwiwa, said the decision to open more centres was informed by more children expressing their willingness to enrol in the programme. Gwiwa, who spoke while inspecting a […]

The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoko has been ranked third most productive school in educating entrepreneurs in Africa. According to a report by Forbes entitled: “If You Want To Start A Tech-Company In Africa, Go To College”, the university is the startup powerhouse of Nigeria. The University of Cape Town and the Makerere led in

A firm, Platform Capital, has renovated and handed over three ultra-modern lecture halls to the Executive MBA programme of the University of Lagos Business School (ULBS). The firm’s Chairman, Dr. Akintoye Akindele, also pledged a $10,000 prize to the best graduating student of the Executive MBA programme; automatic employment at Platform Capital and its portfolio

The Department of Industrial Chemistry, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), has emerged the academic unit of the institution with the highest number of research publications in the last five years (2016 to 2019). This was contained in a report published in April 2020 by a renowned academic and research review platform, SciVal. The report showed three

A 46-year-old mother of two was sentenced to six years in jail for stabbing her boyfriend, Alan Pearce, on her birthday in the UK. The mother of two said she stabbed him because he texted her ‘happy birthday’ rather than calling her and assumed he was cheating. Janet Kearns had left Pearce for dead in

Following the Coronavirus, COVID-19, lockdown and school closure nationwide by the Federal and State Governments, a group called Concerned Group of Special Need Parents in Nigeria, CGSNPN, under the auspices of the Engraved One’s Prayer Support and Advocacy Initiative, EOPSAI, Tuesday, wrote an Open Letter to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, over the inclusion

Webometrics, a global ranking body has rated the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka high in its recently released academic ranking of 30,000 universities in 200 countries. According to the ranking, DELSU made great gains, jumping from its 78th position among Nigerian universities to a more respectable 38th position and from a previous 19th position to

The National Youth Service Corps has embarked on measures that would enable safe and efficient conduct of its operations after lifting of COVID-19 restrictions on socio-economic activities in the country. The NYSC said the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Orientation Course was suspended one week into the exercise as a proactive measure to avert the

PHOTONEWS: Oworonshoki Youth continue demand for justice over teenage Girl killed by police in Lagos.   Source: http://saharareporters.com/photos/photonews-oworonshoki-youth-continue-demand-justice-over-teenage-girl-killed-police-lagos#expanded