By Fawziyyat Yusuf. The Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) has been barred from changing the provost of the Federal College of Veterinary and Medical Laboratory Technology, Vom, Jos by the National Industrial Court in Abuja. Justice Bashar Alkali, the presiding court, issued the decision while ruling on an application for an interlocutory injunction submitted before him on Monday. Alkali …

By Fawziyyat Yusuf. Plateau State Polytechnic students staged a peaceful protest on Monday against the school’s decision to postpone their semester exams. The students flocked to the Yakubu Gowon Way, a key route heading into and out of Jos, in considerable numbers. According to the Nigerian News Agency (NAN), the examination was postponed as a result of the institution’s teachers …

By Fawziyyat Yusuf. The Young Progressive Party (YPP) has called for a well-structured educational system to help Nigerian young become more inventive and globally competitive. In a manifesto released by the YPP Media and Publicity Directorate on Monday, the party made the demand ahead of school reopening across the country. According to the report, the government must mobilize adolescents through …

By Adeola Abdullah Reports reaching hotjist.com says that ten more students of Bethel Baptist College, Kaduna were released this evening. Two were sick and eight let go on the magnanimity of their kidnappers. Most of them were said to be in severe pains because they were mercilessly flogged on their way because they could not walk briskly due to tiredness …

By Aishat Momoh. O. The Lagos State University Students’ Union has sent a congratulatory message to the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello. This was said in a statement that was signed by the 31st Lagos State University Students’ Union President, Comr. Badmus Oladipo Uthman (BADECIOUS). The Statement Reads “We join in congratulating our dear Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, on her …

By Aishat Momoh. O. The Government College Ibadan, Old Boys Association (GCIOBA), class of 1985 has announced its hosting of a Space based Education seminar and workshop for the current students of the institution and other neighboring schools as part of the 30th Graduation Anniversary Reunion Ceremony of the Class set which would hold on the 29th of September, 2021. …

By Aishat Momoh. O. The Lagos State Ministry of Education has been alerted to an unsigned and undated statement circulating on social media questioning the age limit for Junior Secondary School admissions. The claim had previously been disproved in Y2020. According to the announcement, the Lagos State Government would enforce the entry age of 12 years for students seeking admission …

By Fawziyyat Yusuf. Normalcy has returned to the University of Benin after days of student agitation over a N20,000 tax placed on late school tuition payments. The school’s management said Friday that the levy would be cancelled as promised to the students. Professor Lilian Salami, Vice Chancellor of the University, read a press release to journalists in her office, saying …

By Fawziyyat Yusuf. The first lady, Aisha Buhari, has expressed the need for parents to encourage their children, especially the girl-child, to venture into the game of football for greater opportunities and economic emancipation. Mrs Buhari was speaking on Thursday when she received a delegation of FIFA led by its President Gianni Infantino, who paid her a courtesy visit at …

By Fawziyyat Yusuf. She was born on April 23, 1964 to Mrs. Jadesola Ibidapo (nee Abraham) of Ita Kose, Lagos Island and Mr Emiola Ibidapo-Okunrinboye of Owo, Ondo State.She attended Anglican Girls Primary School in Surulere from 1970 to 1974 and then Lagos Anglican Girls Grammar School in Surulere, between 1974 and 1979. She proceeded to Methodist Girls High School …