Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called on corps members across the country to embrace whistle blowing as a potent means of enlisting in the fight against economic and financial crimes, including corruption. Bawa made the call on Wednesday, 26 May, in...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has dissolved the governing council of his state university and ordered a fresh process for the selection of it's ninth substantive Vice-Chancellor. This was revealed today in a statement signed by Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, the state's Commissioner of Information. TheFact Nigeria gathered that the Pro-Chancellor...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has pledged its commitment to promoting positive values in young Nigerians through the instrumentality of the National Values Curriculum, NVC, which it drew up in collaboration with a key national education stakeholder. The Commission's Director of Public Enlightenment and Education,...
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Unity Colleges. This was contained in a statement signed today by Mr. Azeez Sani, The Head Information and Public Relations Division of the council. TheFact Nigeria gathered that the postponement was as a result 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...
One Nigerian teenager must feel like she has the world at her feet after receiving 19 full-ride scholarship offers from universities across the United States and Canada. Victory Yinka-Banjo, a 17-year-old high school graduate, was offered more than $5 million dollars' worth of scholarship money for an undergraduate program of...
The Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) has faulted the action of Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede over the alleged hike of JAMB fees by the Baptist Girls Academy in Lagos. The Chairman, Education Management Board for NBC Prof. Oyesoji Aremu, in a statement on Sunday...
Police have confirmed the abduction by gunmen of three students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, in Benue State. Police spokesperson in the State, DSP Sewuese Anene, said that the students were kidnapped at about 10.20 p.m., Saturday, 24th April, while studying close to a school hall, adding that...
The 23rd of April each year is celebrated as World Book and Copyright Day.  The day pays tribute to books, authors, and the joy of reading. In a statement signed by it's Acting Administrator Gloria Steele, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) explained that books are essential tools for...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has disclosed that the country would lose about N32billion annually if nothing was done urgently to secure schools. Mrs Ahmed disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at a "High Level Dialogue: Financing Safe Schools: Creating Safe Learning Communities”...