By Usman Aliyu The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Wednesday inaugurated Anti-Trafficking Vanguards in two secondary schools in Edo to step up efforts to combat human trafficking. The inauguration was carried out in partnership with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) underContinue Reading
Schools have been urged to deliberately use sports as a tool for promoting discipline, unity and leadership development among students.Continue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) says it has disbursed N161.97 billion to 864,798 students nationwide since the inauguration of its student loan portal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NELFUND student loan portal was inaugurated as part of efforts to expand access to tertiaryContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government has debunked reports alleging that Nigerian students on scholarship in the Kingdom of Morocco have been abandoned. The ministry described the report as false, misleading, and deliberately intended to misinform the public. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja byContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya The Niger Police Command has confirmed the release of the remaining 130 abducted students and staff of St. Mary Catholic School, Papiri in Agwara Local Government Area of of Niger. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement madeContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo ATRED Foundation, an NGO has launched the pilot phase of its Cloth-a-Child Project to promote school enrolment, increase retention, and reduce poverty at the family and community levels. Mrs Victory Akachukwu, Executive Director of the Foundation, announced this at the launch of the project’s pilot phaseContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai A total of 3,516 students have sat for the entrance examination into Federal Capital Territory’s (FCT) Science and Technical Senior Secondary Schools. Dr Neemat Abdulrahim, Director, FCT Education Resource Centre (ERC), said during the exercise across five centres in Abuja on Saturday, that only the best wouldContinue Reading
By Mustapha Yauri No fewer than 1,000 students of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State, were empowered with complimentary business skills and sanitary pads by El’s Empowerment Foundation, in collaboration with other partners. Speaking at the event on Thursday in Zaria, Malam Musa Aliyu, the Coordinator of the foundation, saidContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has commenced the disbursement of upkeep to students that have updated their bank accounts from digital wallet platforms to commercial banks. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Friday by the Director, Strategic Communications of the Fund, Mrs OseyemiContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Presidency, through the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Students Engagement, has appointed new executives to the leadership of the SDGs National Students Council. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the National Coordinator of the council,Continue Reading
