Delta govt employs 1000 teachers after screening

The Delta State government is employing 1000 additional teachers following the conduct of screening exercise for shortlisted candidates who applied for the jobs. Delta Commissioner for Basic and Secondary...

Fashola, Sanwo-Olu for LASU research fair

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, are among dignitaries expected to grace the maiden edition of the Lagos State University, (LASU) research fair.

Getting ready for school resumption

It’s September! Hurray! This is the 9th month and the month where new things happen. It is also the month where students return back to school after the long summer holiday. They get back to...

Minister seeks degree programmes in herbal medicine

The Minister of State for Health, Adeleke Mamora, has challenged Nigerian universities to introduce a Bachelor's degree programme in herbal medicine for better healthcare delivery. Mr Mamora made...

Osun parliament to peg secondary school leaving age at 18

Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, has said the parliament would soon come up with a law that would peg secondary school leaving age at 18. This is contained in a statement...

State plans competency test for public school teachers

Teachers in Yobe State’s public schools are to undergo competency tests, the state government has said. Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, on Wednesday, 28th August, announced the approval...

Kwara govt explains deductions in schoolteachers’ salaries

The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdurrazaq has explained reasons behind the deductions in the salaries of primary and junior secondary school teachers in the state. The teachers who are employed under the Kwara State Universal...

UBEC moves to improve teaching, learning in almajiri schools

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) said on Wednesday that steps are being taken to improve the quality of teaching and learning in almajiri schools across the country. The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Hamid Boboyi,...

BREAKING: Police rescues kidnapped ABU students

The Kaduna State Police Command said its operatives have rescued three students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, abducted on Monday along the Abuja-Kaduna road. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Yakubu Sabo, however, said in a...

Three ABU law students kidnapped on Abuja-Kaduna road

Not less than seven persons, including three final-year law students of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, were reportedly kidnapped along the Abuja-Kaduna road, about 40 kilometres away from the state capital on Tuesday...