Day: February 8, 2024
In partnership with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency trained 2,260 teenagers on gender-based violence (GBV). In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Thursday, Hajiya Fadimatu Hamman-Joda, the state’s
According to the Katsina State Government, it has registered at least 400,000 women for empowerment thus far among the 34 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. This was revealed by Hajiya Zainab Musa-Musawa, the Commissioner for Women Affairs, during a Thursday interview in Katsina with
Support for Nigeria’s school feeding project has been pledged by the World Bank, UNICEF, and other development partners. This comes after the federal government decided to start a public-private partnership to increase funding for school feeding programmes across the nation. Dr. Tunde
Students have been urged to apply their newly gained knowledge to solving societal problems by Prof. Reuben Jiya Kolo, Vice Chancellor of Crawford University in Igbesa. In addition, he exhorted the just admitted students to abstain from vices and actions that can disturb the tranquilly on
Caleb Mutfwang, the governor of Plateau State, approved the appointment of Prof. Shedrack Best, a former secretary to the state government, as the next vice chancellor of the state university situated in the state’s Bokkos Local Government Area. Shortly after the governor dismissed Prof.
The scheduled industrial action in Akwa Ibom State has been suspended by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The union took the resolution in response to Governor Umo Eno’s intervention to address some of their issues, according to a statement made on Wednesday by Mr. Ekerete
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to unveil the Student Loan Scheme at the State House in Abuja on February 21, barring any unanticipated conditions. The Nigeria Education Loan Fund’s Executive Secretary, Dr. Akintunde Sawyerr, revealed that the official launch will take place in tandem
Abdul-Rahman Sanusi, a student in Junior Secondary School (JSS) 1 at a private primary school in Obada-Oko, allegedly committed suicide. The incident has left the school administration and the local community uncertain about what exactly happened. Shortly after receiving a scolding from his
This week, the abducted students and teachers from Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School in Emure, Ekiti, who are undergoing medical treatment at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) in Ado-Ekiti, are expected to be released from the hospital, according to the government
A non-governmental organisation called Webfala Digital Skills for All Initiative (WDSFaI) in collaboration with two US organisations, Pratt and Whitney and the North American Association for Environmental Education, have organised E-STEM (Environment, Science, Technology, Engineering, and