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Extraordinary FEC meeting shifted to Monday – Presidency By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Presidency says the extraordinary Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, originally scheduled to hold on Saturday, has been shifted to 12 noon on Monday, Oct. 7. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development […]

TY Danjuma  General TY Danjuma retires as May & Baker chairman, wife appointed   May & Baker Nigeria Plc on Wednesday announced the retirement of Theophilus Danjuma as a director and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. The retirement, which took effect from the close of business on September 27, came […]

  Buhari INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF THE 59TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY 1st OCTOBER, 2019 Dear Compatriots, 1st October each year is an opportunity for us to reflect and thank God for his endless blessings on our country. It is also a […]

        Olekwu is out of school  Alternative Parents in the Neighbourhood (APN) Nigeria           No 1 Inspiration House, Green Nile Bank, Oversea,  Nasarawa    This is a Non Governmental Organization with the mission to reduce the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria through paying for a child’s school fees by persons  other than […]

A dilapidated school building UN special envoy urges int’l community to tackle education crisis United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown has called on the international community to take action to tackle an emerging education crisis. Elaborating on the education crisis, Brown, also former British Prime Minister, said that half the developing […]

Out-of-schildren children Taraba Govt, World Bank seek monarch’s support to end out-of-school- menace By Najib Sani Bauchi Taraba state government and the World Bank Thursday sought the support of the Aku Uka of Wukari, Dr Shekarau Angyu, to tackle  out of school children menace in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Taraba state Ministry of Education, Mr […]

school children World Teachers’ Day: NUT makes donation to children in Ekiti Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Ekiti state chapter Thursday donated books, diapers, snacks and other materials worth thousands of naira to children of Erelu Angela Adebayo Children’s Home at Iyin Ekiti. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the donation is part of […]

Tai Solarin College begins degree programmes  By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja Tai Solarin College of Education (TASCE), Omu-Ijebu, Ogun, says it has commenced the running of degree programmes alongside business diversification initiatives, aimed at ensuring self-sustenance for the institution. The college’s provost, Dr Adeola Kiadese, disclosed this while presenting the 2019 budget performance of the institution before […]

el-Rufai Kaduna govt distributes 230,000 free uniforms to students By AbdulRaheem  Aodu Kaduna Kaduna state government has begun the distribution of over 230,000 free uniforms to students of public junior and senior secondary schools in the state. The Commissioner for Education Shehu Makarfi said this during the distribution at Government Secondary School, Kachia Urban Thursday. […]

Prof Mohammed Nasarawa varsity introduces whistle-blowing to curb sharp practices By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja Management of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) has launched a whistle-blowing policy towards checking rising cases of sharp and unethical practices among staff and students of the institution. The vice chancellor of the university, Professor Suleiman Bala Mohammed, launched […]