By Abdullahi Shugaba The Chairman of State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) in Jigawa, Alhaji Salisu Zakar, said on Wednesday that the state government would employ 1,736 teachers, to address the shortage of teachers in its primary and junior secondary schools in the state. Zakar told the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
Dr Adaugo Onyedinma, a consultant paediatrician, has advised parents to always enroll their babies in school after they have attained at least two years of age. Onyedinma, is a staff member of Samaria Hospital in Ago-Lagos, with special interests in newborn health and infant nutrition. He told the News AgencyContinue Reading
No fewer than 30,000 primary and intermediate teachers have resolved to embark on nationwide strike over pay rise agitation in New Zealand. Trade union says the teachers are taking part in a nationwide strike on Wednesday for the first time in more than 20 years to demand a pay rise.Continue Reading
The Akwa Ibom Government says it has renovated about 400 public schools in the last three years in spite of the economic situation in the country. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Charles Udoh, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Uyo on Sunday. Udoh said that theContinue Reading
The Young Innovators of Nigeria (YIN) on Thursday it was collaborating with Baze University to train 50 children and teenagers in Summer Tech Programmes. Mr Andrew Abu, the President of the group disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Abu saidContinue Reading
By Monday Ajogun Samuel Adegboyega University in Edo has conferred an honorary doctorate degree in Public Administration on Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Ben Aigbokhan at a special convocation held on Saturday extolled the qualities of Aregbesola, which he said stood him outContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has also faulted statistics of 10.5 million children believed to be out-of-school in northern part of the country. The organisation insists that several programmes, including Cash Transfer Programme (CTP) and Educate-a-Child project sponsored byContinue Reading
The Managing Director, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Mr Umaru Ibrahim says more investments in quality education can curb the increasing rate of violence and insecurity in the country. Ibrahim said this in a statement issued by the Head, Communications and Public Affairs of NDIC, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim on SundayContinue Reading
The Former U.S. President, Barack Obama, has recommended Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” and Chimamanda Adichie’s “Americanah” among six books for the 2018 Summer reading list. Obama took to his Twitter handle to announce the six all-African authored books ahead of his first visit to Africa since leaving office onContinue Reading
