Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to inclusive development. Orelope-Adefulire spoke at the unveiling of a state-of-the-art educational and residential facility at the Bethesda Home and School for the Blind, Surulere, Lagos, delivered by the Office of the Senior Special…
The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Jonny Baxter, has led a delegation to the remarkable construction site of Rugby School Nigeria, situated at Eko Atlantic City, Lagos. During the visit, Mr Baxter who was warmly received by directors of Eko Atlantic City and project managers from ITB Nigeria Limited, expressed his enthusiasm for…
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Alternate Education and Renewed Hope National Home Grown School Feeding Project to expand the scope of feeding by reaching 20 million out-of-school and informal children in 2026. Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, made this known while launching the programme on Tuesday in Abuja….
The Non-Governmental Association for Literacy Support Services (NOGALSS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nineteen-Seventeen Northern Consensus Movement (NSNCM) to address challenges of out-of-school and girl-child education in Northern Nigeria. The National President of NOGALSS, Noah Emmanuel, at the signing ceremony in Abuja on Monday, said the initiative would focus on the implementation…
Sen Eteng Williams (APC- Cross River) has empowered 34 law graduates from his constituency with N8.5 million grant. Williams representing Cross River Central Senatorial District offered the grant to the law graduates who have gained admission into the Nigerian Law School for the 2025 academic year. In his remarks during the presentation, the lawmaker said…
The Ronik Group of Schools, Ejigbo, Lagos State, on Monday said it had introduced a language lab to equip students better for employment across continents. The Vice-Chairman of the school, Dr Adebola Olubanjo, made this known in a statement in Lagos. “We have French and now, we are starting Chinese and Spanish among others,” he…
Dr Jibrin Abubakar, a media and public relations expert, has urged the Federal Government to implement stronger measures to tackle the menace of school kidnappings across the country. Abubakar made the call after defending his 174-page PhD thesis on school kidnappings at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Abuja. He said the situation demands…
Gov Babagana Zulum of Borno on Wednesday presented some working tools and startup support to 150 young men from Tsangaya school who have completed vocational skills training under a state-led initiative. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme was aimed at enhancing economic self-reliance. NAN also reports that the beneficiaries who were…
Ethiopian Minister of Education Berhanu Nega said over 7.2 million children are out of school in Ethiopia due to conflict and insecurity, highlighting a severe crisis in the education sector. Nega said this while addressing an education-themed meeting, calling for urgent solutions to the threat. “Conflict and insecurity situations poison the minds of children and…
The Regent Secondary School, Abuja, has been named the first and only secondary school in Nigeria and West Africa to be rated ‘outstanding’ across all nine categories by British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspectors. The inspection, commissioned by the UK Department for Education (DfE), places Regent Secondary School, Abuja, among an elite group of international schools…
