Adieu, Senator Ishaq Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi, 1949-2020

By Idowu Olayinka I first met with the late Senator Abiola Ajimobi sometime in 2004 at a private event hosted by my senior colleague and Ajimobi’s long-standing friend, the...

School resumption: Ogun still consulting

The Ogun State Government has said it was still consulting with stakeholders in public and private schools to develop guidelines for a safe reopening of schools, especially to allow students in the...

Alleged cultism: Former Ilaro poly student-leader regains studentship

Five months after the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro withdrew the studentship of Olatunji Adegboye, he has regained his studentship status. Mr Adegboye was in February arrested for allegedly participating in...

The education of responding to emotional abuse

by Ojo Omotola Heathcliff and Adah are characters from different prose works. The former is a character in Emile Bronte's Wuthering Height while the latter is from Buchi Emecheta’s...

Private school teachers want schools reopened

Private school teachers have called for the Nigerian government to work towards the full reopening of schools soon. Speaking under the auspices of the National Association of Private School...

Govt can use education to solve health sector challenges – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government to address challenges in the education sector as it addresses the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the country.

Lagos schools to reopen in August

The Lagos State government has announced the gradual reopening schools for students. This comes days after the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 declared that students in their graduating years...

ICPC probes ‘poor’ SUBEB projects in Kwara

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related offences Commission (ICPC) Constituency Projects Tracking Team, is now on a tour of Kwara State to examine the state of various projects awarded to contractors...

Lagos shuts 10 private schools for violating closure directives

The Lagos State Government has shut ten private secondary schools for violating the school closure directives of the federal and state governments as a result of Covid-19 pandemic to ensure the safety...

Kaduna redeploys senior ministry officials to public schools

The Kaduna State Government has deployed some Directors and senior officials in its Ministry of Education and the School Quality Assurance Authority to public secondary schools. The redeployment notice,...