The Police Command in Ogun on Sunday in Abeokuta said its men have arrested a group of 10 Senior Secondary School (SSS) students alleged to have assaulted a teacher. SP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Ogun,…
UN to work with governors to advance girl-child education – Resident coordinator
UN Resident Coordinator to Nigeria Mathias Schmale said in Abuja the global body “is committed to working closely with state governors to advance education of the girl-child”. Schmale said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Biden vows to fight after top US court blocks student debt relief
US President Joe Biden has promised to continue pursuing student debt relief in the United States, after the country’s top court blocked his plan to cancel billions of dollars in college loans. In a ruling on Friday morning, the US…
US Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions
The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard in a major victory for conservative activists, ending the systematic consideration of race in the admissions process. The court ruled that…
LASU adopts hybrid teaching method to tackle population explosion
Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), says the institution has adopted a hybrid teaching method to tackle inadequacy of facilities caused by explosion in the population of students. Olatunji-Bello said this at the 26th Convocation Lecture and 40th…
Ikeja Unique Lions Club renovate, equip ICT Centre of Lagos school
Ikeja Unique Lions Club District 404B-2, Nigeria, has renovated and equipped Ogudu Junior Secondary School ICT Centre to enhance learning. The President of the Club, Lion Abiodun Wilkey, at the inauguration of the centre on Friday in Lagos, said the…
Nearly 80 primary schoolgirls believed poisoned in Afghanistan
Nearly 80 girls were poisoned and hospitalised in two separate attacks at their primary schools in northern Afghanistan, a local education official said on Sunday. He said the person who orchestrated the poisoning had a personal grudge but did not…
On the lookout for positive change — Gbubemi Atimomo
My expectations of newly sworn-in leaders across Nigeria On May 29, 2023, amidst great anticipation, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria whilst 28 other elected officials across Nigeria were sworn in as…
ASUU re-elects Osodeke as National President
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in the early hours of Monday re-elected Professor Emmanuel Osodeke unopposed as their National President to pilot the affairs of the union for another two years. It was learnt that apart from…
OAU former VC, Prof Cyril Onwumechili, dies at 91
The Authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, say they received, with a heavy heart and deep sadness, the news of the passing of the fourth substantive Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof Cyril Onwumechili, at 91. This is contained in a…