Health Secretary Matt Hancock has hinted secondary schools across England might not fully reopen until later than September despite saying coronavirus is “in retreat” across the UK. The Prime Minister will meet with the Cabinet on Tuesday ahead of the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson addressing Parliament on plans to reopen schools. Mr Hancock told a […]

The 12-year-old girl who was last week allegedly raped by a 42-year-old Eddy Ojah at Otada community in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue state has disclosed that she placed a curse of God’s judgement on her rapist who is currently on the run. Narrating her ordeal from her hospital bed at the Otukpo General

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Sunday night, disclosed that its 2020 Policy Meeting has been fixed for 16th June 2020. The Policy Meeting which will set modalities for the 2020 admission into tertiary education institutions in the country, is expected to come up with cut-off marks for candidates that sat for this year’s

Minister of State Education, Hon. Emeka Nwajiuba who dismissed social media reports regarding when schools would be reopened said the government would only do that when medical experts give the nod to so do. Nwajiuba disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce PTF on Covid-19. He said; “You

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, has reacted to the death of a senior lecturer, Dr. Gilbert Ibitola. It was reported that Dr. Ibitola slumped and died in his apartment. Dr. Dipo Akomolafe, the ASUU Chairman in the institution, confirmed his death in a statement

Nine Schools in Five Cities Closed in Israel After Pupils Contract COVID-19 Nine schools across the country were closed on Wednesday after pupils there contracted COVID-19. The Ministry of Education reported that 2,000 pupils and staff members were placed in quarantine or told to self-isolate, bringing the total number of people under quarantine in connection

Report has revealed that late Uwaila Omozuwa had been using church where she was murdered as her reading house for five years until the news of her death broke seven days ago. The church at Osa-Amadasun Street, Ohovbe Quarters, which she attended and about five minute-walk from her residence was considered a safe spot for

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has told candidates who wrote the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to print their result notification slips. It also announced the 2020 policy meeting of all tertiary institutions will hold on 16th June, 2020. Stakeholders are expected to use the policy meeting to fix the cut-off marks

A team of researchers from the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA has developed a positive pressure ventilator, a variant of mechanical ventilator. Presenting the prototype to the university authority, the Dean, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology SEET, Prof. Aremu Akintunde said the present design falls within the non-invasive mechanical ventilator category. He said

The Lagos State Government says the decision to reopen schools in the state will be taken in two weeks. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said this during a televised press briefing on Thursday. Sanwo-Olu said the decision would be taken after an extensive meeting with stakeholders in the education sector. He said, “I know we