By Muhammad Nasir Bashir The Jigawa government has earmarked N360 million for the rehabilitation of 14 schools damaged by wind storm. A statement issued by Mr Sagir Musa, the Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports and Culture, on Thursday in Dutse stated that the State Executive Council (SEC) approved the fundsContinue Reading
By Kingsley Okoye The Management of Bayelsa-based Hensard University, says its focus via learning, training, research and mentorship, is to produce global leaders, entrepreneurs, and champions of economic and social change for the good of society. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Dileep Kumar, said this in a statementContinue Reading
By Joshua Olomu The Children of Africa Leadership and Values Development Initiative (CALDEV) says it plans to honour young Nigerians who have recorded exceptional feat in their careers with ‘Young Achievers Awards’ in its upcoming National Children Leadership Conference. The Founder and President of CALDEV, Mr Bamidele Salam, said thisContinue Reading
By Uche Bibilari The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has described literature as a vital tools for promoting understanding and cultural values. Mamman said this in Abuja on Tuesday at the 13th Literature in Northern Nigeria Conference with theme “Literature and Environment in Northern Nigeria. The minister, represented byContinue Reading
By Kingsley Okoye A bill seeking to establish the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin-Ekiti in Ekiti, has passed second reading in senate. The passage followed the consideration of the bill at the plenary on Thursday. Presenting the bill, its sponsor, Sen.Bamidele Opeyemi (APC-Ekiti)Continue Reading
By Usman Aliyu A don, Prof. Lucky Abdulsalami, has alerted that libraries may go into extinction unless librarians learn to adapt and seek out creative answers to societal change for effective library and information services marketing. Abdulsalami, who is the Librarian of the Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo, stated this onContinue Reading
By Clara Egbogota NYSC tasks inspectors on ways to end challenges militating against scheme- The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, has urged NYSC Inspectors in the South-South Zone to proffer ways to ending challenges militating against the operations of the scheme. Ahmed madeContinue Reading
By Patience Yakubu The Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE) programme, has commenced the distribution of 170,976 textbooks to 694 public primary schools in six Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The exercise, which was in collaboration with the Kaduna State Ministry of Education and State Basic EducationContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde Stakeholders in the education sector have identified multiple school levies as one of the key factors driving Nigerian children out of school. The stakeholders spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of a ground-breaking summit on Nigeria’s out-of-school crisis, hosted by the UKContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana has called on the National Assembly (NASS) to step into Nigeria’s worrisome out-of-school crisis, to save the future of the country. Falana made the appeal in a speech he read at a Summit on Nigeria’s Out-of-School Crisis, hosted by theContinue Reading
