Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed Dr. Oluremi Olaleye as acting Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) formerly known as Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) Ikorodu. Olaleye was the Rector of LASPOTECH before it became LASUSTECH. Sanwo-Olu recently signed the bills for the establishment of additional two universities in the State. […]
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•Recipients get N1m each •Ogun to launch Education Trust Fund Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun yesterday announced automatic employment for the two best graduating students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, as reward for academic excellence. The governor, who announced the offer at the combined 30th and 31st convocation of the institution, also […]
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The Kwara State Government has reaffirmed the use of the hijab by willing Muslim schoolgirls in all categories of public schools in the state. The government also warned that anyone sabotaging the peaceful coexistence in the state would face the full wrath of the law. The State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia […]
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While commemorating this year’s International Day of Education on Sunday, January 23, 2022, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, in Nigeria released the latest numbers in review of our education sector in 2021. The figures are grim. No fewer than 25 schools were attacked by Boko Haram and bandit terrorists in the North with 1,440 […]
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ABUJA – The Federal Government has inaugurated the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, museum, saying it will serve as a centre for research and documentation as well as a major tourist site. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, said while commissioning the project on Tuesday. He said, “With the complexities of […]
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NBM of Africa has expressed dismay over the circumstances surrounding the death of a pupil, Sylvester Oromoni. Aged 12, he was a boarder at Dowen College, Lagos. NBM noted reports that he was a victim of bullying by some senior pupils who allegedly beat him due to his refusal to join a secret cult. The […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five more people at Dowen College in connection with the death of 12 year-old schoolboy Sylvester Oromoni. Five of those arrested are students, possibly all those mentioned by Oromoni on his death bed. The rest are dormitory masters. Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, said the […]
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Students and staff of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) in Imo State on Tuesday avoided the main entrance of the school over a coffin that was dumped there. They took alternative routes to avoid the object. It could not be confirmed who dumped the coffin, but sources said it could be members of […]
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A new novel by celebrated Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka – Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth – is a major event. But some critics have complained that the book is too long and difficult. Esteemed literary critic David Attwell takes these critics on in his annual English Academy Lecture in Cape […]
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Cameroonian officials say a suspected separatist attack on a school this week, which left four students and a teacher dead, has scared hundreds of teachers and students from going to school. Cameroon’s military said it launched a search Thursday for the suspected rebels, who it says were disguised as government troops when they opened fire […]
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