Following the incessant unrest in public secondary schools in Osun State, The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has said the involvement of students in cult-related activities is one of the main factors causing disorder in the State Schools. In an interview with the Punch, Osun State NUT Public Relations Officer, Mr. Boye Abolurin, revealed that
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Sokoto state police have begun a 24-hour patrol of all schools in the state in a bid to protect pupils and property from terrorists attacks, even as the Boko Haram sect remains a threat. The spokesperson of the Sokoto State Police Command, Al-Mustapha Sani, on Tuesday said the initiative was started to make sure that
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Workers in the nation’s Polytechnics weekend threatened to resume their suspended nationwide strike over failure of Federal Government to implement agreements entered into with the workers through their unions, Vanguard reports. The workers are also aggrieved following alleged circular from the office of the Minister of Education suspending the implementation of CONTISS 15 in the
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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced a 30-year-old polytechnic student, Nwokeoma Adimoha, to six months imprisonment for dealing in illicit drug. The convict was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on a charge of dealing in illicit drug. He pleaded guilty to the offence. Justice Mohammed Idris sentenced him to
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Placard-carrying secondary school teachers yesterday, stormed the Government House in Bauchi State to protest against 11 months of unpaid salaries, Vanguard reports. The teachers, who arrived the Government House around 9am refused to leave despite the scorching sun. It was gathered that most of those being owed arrears of salaries consisted mainly of those newly
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A 14-year-old pupil of the State Senior High School, Ikeja, Lagos, Habeeb Musa, and 16-year-old, Mariam Lamidi, of the same school have emerged winners of the Brighter Rewarding Future Quiz. They defeated Mubarak Mohammed and Qudus Alabi of the Sango Senior Secondary School, Agege by scoring 12 points as against the 10 points scored by
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has procured gadgets to facilitate the participation of the visually impaired candidates in its Computer Based Test (CBT) in March. The Head, Media and Publicity of JAMB, Mr Fabian Benjamin, made the disclosure in a statement made available to pressmen on Thursday in Lagos. According to
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Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi, said on Wednesday that the state government would prosecute officials involved in the inflation of WAEC examination fees for final year secondary school students in the state, NAN reports. The governor, who spoke shortly after inspecting work on some projects in Lokoja, said that the officials had inflated the money
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Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has approved the payment of 27.5 percent Teachers’ Special Allowance and implementation of other demands of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, in the state. Vanguard reports that the governor also approved the payment of the November and December, 2013 salaries of over 322 teachers of Ovia North-East Local
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More negative reactions have continued to trail the N10,000 fees charged by the Lagos State government for parents who wish to register their child(ren) into the state’s junior secondary model colleges and upgraded colleges, saying the amount is tantamount to pricing education out of the reach of the poor. Pointing out that two versions of
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