August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar - which we use -, and was originally named Sextillus because it was the sixth month in the ancient Roman calendar. The Eighth Month After Julius Caesar's grandnephew, Augustus, defeated Marc Antony and Cleopatra and became emperor of Rome, the Roman Senate decided that [...]
The Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB, has been ordered by the senate to extend the validity of its results to a period of at least three years. JAMB was also ordered to immediately stop its policy of re-assigning candidates to schools they didn't apply to, saying such policy was contrary to the act establishing the board. The [...]
The Senate yesterday advised both private and government schools to put in place precautionary measures to curtail the spread of Ebola as schools resume next week. It also concurred that enough efforts had been made for resumption of schools. The Senate equally urged the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and the African Union, [...]