Barely a week after the Federal Ministry of Education announced the reopening of schools across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Proprietor of Roteps International School, Abuja, Mr Michael Prince has cancelled the debts of some Pupils. The debts, according to Michael Prince, accumulated as a result of non-payment...
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to give legal backing to the establishment of the Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State. The passage of the bill followed a clause-by-clause consideration of the report of the Committee on Nigerian Army. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ali Ndume (APC – Borno South)...
The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Prof Kabir Bala, said in Zaria on Friday, said that plans are afoot to launch an endowment for the sustainability of the University. Receiving a report of the Committee on Upgrade of University Laboratories at the Council Chamber, the Vice-Chancellor explained that establishment of...
The President, All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Abdulkarim Abdulrahman yesterday disclosed that schools in the Territory are safe and ready for reopening of classes. Abdulrahman said the school principals are satisfied with the arrangements put in place by the...
The National Association of Private School Teachers (NAPST), which is the umbrella body of private teachers in Nigeria, has raised the alarm that things are getting really bad and unbearable for them, financially, due to the prolonged closure of schools as a result of coronavirus pandemic. The body said that...
The Vice Chancellor, Benue State University, Professor Msugh Kembe has announced that he has tested positive to the dreaded COVID-19 disease. In his verified Facebook account, the Vice Chancellor said that the results of his test, came out on Monday and returned positive. Recall that the authority of the University had...
Three students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka have emerged National winners of the 2020 edition of the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) annual essay competition in Nigeria. A statement from the office of the Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim named the winners as James...
The Federal Government has flagged off a National Adopted School for Smart Education (NASSE) programme to enhance learning across Nigeria, with the targeted 500 students and 30 teachers in Abuja. The first school to benefit from the pilot scheme was the Junior Secondary School, Karshi, in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Speaking during...
Gov. Sule (middle) at the Polytechnic in Nasarawa State Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has directed the Rector of the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic (IMAP), Lafia, Dr. Justina Anjide Kotso, to wield the big stick on anyone involved in the recent students’ unrest, which led to the destruction of...
Parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State today stormed the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest. The protesters include colleagues of the victims and members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the school, decrying what they describe as  negligence of the...