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Nigeria experiencing severe learning crisis — UBEC

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 5, 2024

According to Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, Nigeria is going through a serious learning crisis that has to be addressed right away. Speaking on Monday in Abuja at a two-day stakeholder “Dialogue on Reading Initiative in the UBE

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UI students emerge winner of FG’s maiden hackathon

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 5, 2024

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) first hackathon was won by students at the University of Ibadan (UI), in Oyo State. The hackathon results were revealed during the NDPC’s anniversary dinner and awards ceremony in Abuja. The hackathon was one of the events held on Friday to commemorate National Data Privacy Week, which is observed […]

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NSCDC trains vigilantes, teachers to safeguard 821,000 schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 5, 2024

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps’ National Safe School Response Coordination Centre announced that teachers and vigilantes from 821,000 primary and secondary schools nationwide would receive security training in an effort to better protect schools and students. The Federal Government formed the NSSRCC, whose job it is to coordinate safety and security

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Female AAUA student stabbed to death in off-campus hostel

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 5, 2024

Ifeoluwa Adekunle, a female student at Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), was discovered dead in her room. Adekunle, a 300-level student in the Department of Economics, died from stabbing wounds sustained in her house off campus. It was gathered that the undergraduate student was attacked by some unknown assailants while she was alone in her […]

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8 suspects arrested over Ekiti recent attacks

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 5, 2024

Eight people have reportedly been taken into custody by the Ekiti State Police Command in connection with the recent killing of two traditional leaders and the kidnapping of some school students. Remember that on January 29, gunmen murdered Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin, the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, and Oba Olatunde Olusola, the Onimojo of Imojo. Three […]

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Stray bullet kills university graduate, sparking protests in Kaduna

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 4, 2024

Sunday, February 4, saw protests erupt in Rigachikun in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state in response to violence that resulted from Saturday’s rerun elections for the Igabi Federal Constituency, which tragically claimed the life of Kaduna State University graduate Mansur Shafiu. On Sunday, February 4, at around 10:00 am, the angry youths […]

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Ebonyi government decries illegal school proliferation in the State

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 4, 2024

The state’s illegal school proliferation has drawn criticism from the Ebonyi Government, which has issued a cease-and-desist order to those behind the cause. This was disclosed in a statement released in Ebonyi on Sunday by Mr. Peter Nwogbaga, Senior Special Assistant on Secondary Education to Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi. This was reportedly stated by […]

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Hensard University: Hundreds of students take aptitude tests, as admission screening starts

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 4, 2024

HUNDREDS of students took screening and aptitude tests for admission of applicants to Hensard University’s academic activities in its 30 programmes spread across five faculties, and the Hensard Foundation School. The screening was to ensure candidates meet academic qualifications and values that are required to study at Hensard. “Students turned up in their

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ASUU commences nationwide consultation with members

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 4, 2024

Since President Bola Tinubu’s administration took office in May 2023, the Federal Government, according to Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has not implemented all of the agreements it made with organised labour, particularly with ASUU. In an interactive session with reporters this past week at the

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Kidnapped Ekiti students and teachers regain freedom

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 4, 2024

Eight teachers and teachers who were abducted on Tuesday in Ekiti State have been rescued. “The abductees are here, the parents and family members are here. I will give you details shortly,” a government official said in a report on Sunday. The state Ministry of Health officials were reportedly on the scene to transport them […]

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Kano govt approves N4 billion for the infrastructural development of Sa’adatu Rimi University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 3, 2024

Professor Isa Yahaya Bunkure, the vice chancellor of Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education in Kano, disclosed that the state government has allocated N4 billion for the institution’s infrastructural development in order to improve its standing as a fully-fledged university. As he made this statement, he expressed his appreciation for the government of Governor

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AYIITI, Anchor Heritage Train Kirikiri Inmates in Computer Programming

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 3, 2024

Two inmates of the Kirikiri Medium Custodial Centre, Lagos State have won a brand new laptop and coding book as Access for Youths to Information Technology Initiative (AYIITI) and Anchor Heritage Initiative have partnered the custodial centre to train 20 of them in computer programming. The inmates participated in a coding competition during their midweek graduation […]

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Old students call on Osun govt to address infrastructure shortfall in schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 3, 2024

The increasing number of out-of-school children in the state has been attributed, in part, to the poor condition of school facilities, according to the Association of Old Students of Obokun High School in Osun State. Following the dismissal of 1,500 teachers employed by the previous administration by Governor Ademola Adeleke, Osun State has the highest percentage of

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UI Muslim alumni provide members with professional and entrepreneurial skills

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 3, 2024

The University of Ibadan Muslim Graduates’ Association (UIMGA), through its initiative Watershed Leadership Training, has reaffirmed its dedication to providing its members with practical entrepreneurship skills so they may grow their businesses. Launched in 2023, the project provides the first entrepreneurial training programme in the nation with the goal of

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Former UNILAG VC calls on govt to invest in defence technology

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 2, 2024

Governments at all levels should invest in state-of-the-art technology, according to Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, a former vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos. This will increase the nation’s ability to manage security concerns and protect its population. Ogundipe made this remark on Friday, at the Lagos State University of Science and Technology

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BSU-ASUU embarks on indefinite strike

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 2, 2024

The branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Benue State University (BSU) has declared an indefinite strike in response to the management’s inability to uphold their end of the agreements. This is stated in a statement that the union’s secretary, Terrumun Gajir, and chairperson, Kwaghfan Tarnongo, both signed on Friday. However, the […]

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Outrage as Tinubu’s government once more delays paying out student loans

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 2, 2024

Parents, students, and other stakeholders have expressed their frustration and indignation over the ongoing delays in the student loan disbursement that the leadership of President Bola Tinubu has promised. The Students Loan Fund (SLF), designed to provide interest-free loans to disadvantaged students, has experienced persistent setbacks, missing the January 2024 target

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Jigawa sponsors 194 medical students to Cyprus, India

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 2, 2024

After being evacuated from the Republic of Sudan, no fewer than 194 state-sponsored medical students left Jigawa on Friday to finish their studies in Northern Cyprus and India. The Jigawa State Scholarship Board’s executive secretary, Saidu Magaji, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse that all preparations had been made for their flight to those […]

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Stakeholders advocate more budgetary allocation to education sector in Ebonyi

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 2, 2024

ABAKALIKI (Sundiata Scholar) – During a one-day Ebonyi Education Stakeholders Summit, participants advocated investment in education as the solution to the ongoing issues, violence, and conflicts in Nigeria. The summit was organised under the Accountability for Good Governance in Education (AGGE) cluster programme, supported by the USAID – Strengthening Civic

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Group donates foodstuff, others to school of deaf in Plateau

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 2, 2024

JOS (Sundiata Scholar) – The Plateau school of the Deaf in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau has received food products and educational materials from the National Association of Seadogs, Dutse Deck, in collaboration with Atlantis Deck. The Chairman of Plateau, Mr. Hilary Ezeadilieje, presented the items on Wednesday and stated that they were being […]