Kogi has released N497 million for the payment of 2023 West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examinations fees for 15,033 students enrolled in the state’s public schools. “This is part of my administration’s commitment to free education and `Zero Out-of-School Policy’ for our young citizens to fulfil their God-given...
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The MTN Foundation says it has spent about N3 billion on scholarships for less privileged undergraduate students and students living with disabilities in the country. The Director of the Foundation, Mr Reginald Okeya, disclosed this on Thursday at the Scholarship Award ceremony in Port Harcourt. Okeya said...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has uncovered plots by some elements in parts of the country to stage violent protests in order to discredit the Federal Government and security agencies over sundry socio-economic matters. DSS spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday in Abuja gave 43 tertiary institution students scholarships through the National Scholarship Programme (NASP) of her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI). The first lady, at the maiden ceremony of the initiative, said each beneficiary would get N4 million across four academic sessions,...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday disbursed scholarships to 10 indigent students studying different courses in Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto (UDUS). The UDUS Branch Chairman of ASUU, Prof. Nura Almustapha, said that the national body of ASUU introduced the scheme by selecting a beneficiary for N100,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) , on Monday in Abuja, donated a 30-seater brand new Toyota Coaster bus to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to ease their movement. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arch. Sonny Echono, while presenting the bus, said...
A lawmaker, Sen. Mohammed Monguno, on Sunday, distributed new laptops and undisclosed amount of money to 500 students to promote e-learning in his constituency. The lawmaker, representing Northern Borno Senatorial District, presented the laptops and certificates to the beneficiaries in Maiduguri. He said that the beneficiaries were chosen from the different...
The Edo Police Command has arrested two students of the University of Benin over the death of their friend, Francis Anuide, who was drowned in Ekosodin river, Benin, where the trio had gone t The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the arrested students are Samson Kennedy, a...
The Gabchyari community in Darazo Local Government, Bauchi State, say the only Primary and Junior Secondary School (JSS) in the community with a student population of 350, has only three teachers. This was disclosed by some members of the community in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Students’ attitude towards math seems to be shaped by how they understand the subject; and what they consider as the role of Mathematics in their lives. For instance, a student who considers the subject as a bunch of symbols and procedures tends to treat it as a set of...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kaduna State Wing, on Thursday urged students not to be deterred in their quest for knowledge because of insecurity and evil being perpetrated by bandits. The union’s Senior Assistant Secretary General, Adamu Kaltungo, gave the advice in a statement in Kaduna, while reacting...
The Lagos State Ministry of Education has granted permission for students in terminal classes to access Chrisland High School, Opebi, Ikeja, for physical learning ahead of their examinations due to begin soon. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, made this known in a statement on Monday, signed by...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Due to the poor performance of students in English Language and Mathematics, the National Senior Secondary Education Commission ( NSSEC) on Wednesday commenced a five- day training programme for teachers in the two core subjects in Ilorin, Kwara State. The 116 participants at the...
A Family Court sitting in Iyaganku on Tuesday ordered that four students of Eleyele Secondary School , Eleyele , Ibadanbe in Oyo State be remandsed for allegedly raping a female colleague, who was mentally challenged. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants are minors. The police...
Lagos State Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the State Ministry of Education to commence investigation into the case of a pupil who was reportedly sent out of school for using the poster of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to wrap books. The incident was reported to have...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – The Vice Chancellor, Nasarawa State University Keffi, Prof. Bala Sulieman Muhammed has promised to bestowed financial award to the best three exhibition students as mark of encouragement. Prof. Bala, made the pledge during public exhibition of students products to showcase their entrepreneurship skills and...
Gombe gubernatorial candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Khamisu Mailantarki, has offered to pay for external examinations of students of the State if elected. Mailantarki, a former Member of House of Representatives from Gombe State, stated this during the inauguration of the NNPP Gubernatorial Campaign Council, on Saturday...
About 460 students benefited from the 2022 Dangote Scholarship Award Programme in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, on Wednesday. The Executive Director, Dangote Group, Mr Edwin Devakumar, said 443 secondary schools and 17 tertiary institutions benefited from the scholarship programme aimed at improving the quality of education in Ibeju-Lekki communities. According...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – It was a black Thursday night for the students of Nasarawa State University Keffi, as armed robbers stormed the community and collected their belongings at gun point. The robbers, who were over forty in numbers attacked the students in their different compounds behind former...