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
The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger,Dr Abubakar Dzukogi, says the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) is spending about N365 million on the construction of additional structures at the institution. Dzukogi told the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Bida on Thursday that the projects, if completed, wouldContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh The Al-Habibiyyah academy has introduced anti-corruption and accountability course into its Quranic teaching and learning curriculum, according to the Executive Director of the institution, Imam Adeyemi Fuad. Fuad disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the end of a training programme for Imams and scholars of theContinue Reading
