The Chairman, Olorunda Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, Mr Samson Olatunde, has distributed 350 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms to indigent students within the council. This is contained in a statement by the Press Secretary to the chairman, Mr Abful-Wahab Adeosun, on Tuesday. Olatunde said the initiative was aimed at…
The Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), has called for stronger collaboration among stakeholders to ensure the smooth implementation of the AGILE project in Kogi. Dr Bello Abdulhakeem, the state Coordinator of AGILE project, made the call at a sensitisation and stakeholders’ engagement programme on Tuesday in Lokoja. Abdulhakeem said that AGILE, a…
Dr Ahmed Apatira, Chairman, Itire-Ikate Local Council Development Area (LCDA), in Lagos State, says the council’s free feeding programme for public primary schools will foster academic excellence. Apatira, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos, said the programme was geared toward nurturing and supporting the development of young minds….
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has urged Nigerian youths to recognise the importance of education and technology in securing their future and advancing the country. Hamzat gave the advice during a visit to him by Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, Wife of Lagos State Governor, and participants of the Lagos Boy Child Initiative, on…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria yesterday released its results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2024–Second Series with 43,923 candidates representing 67.55 per cent obtaining credit and above in a minimum of five subjects with or without English Language and/or Mathematics. Also 34,878 candidates representing 53.64 per…
Some parents in Bwari Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have said that the unabated strike by teachers and the council staffers has negatively impacted their children. The parents expressed their concerns on Sunday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari, on the ongoing strike by primary school teachers in…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned candidates sitting for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) against “desperately selecting examination towns.” The Spokesperson of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. Benjamin emphasised that the board does not select towns for…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Airtel Nigeria have introduced the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP), a digital learning programme, to a primary school in Lagos State. Chief of UNICEF Lagos Field Office, Celine Lafoucriere, announced this during a joint field trip by Airtel Nigeria and UNICEF to St Agnes Primary School, Maryland, Lagos. The…
Investigation by Exam Ethics Marshals International (EEMI) has revealed that 67 per cent of private and public secondary schools function as ‘exam magic centres,’ where exam malpractices thrive. Ike Onyechere, the founding chairman of EEMI, disclosed these findings at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, focusing on ‘Combating the Dangers of Illegal Levies in…
A female teacher in her 40s on Tuesday stabbed an eight-year-old student to death at an elementary school in the central city of Daejeon. Authorities also that after the teacher stabbed the minor she inflicted wounds on herself. Earlier, police found the two with stab wounds on the second floor of an elementary school building…
