Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have commenced a coordinated search and rescue operation, involving the deployment of both ground and aerial assets, aimed at locating and rescuing the students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, abducted in the early hours of Friday, 25th February, 2021. To ensure the success of the ongoing operation, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP …

As part of efforts to encourage the teaching and learning of languages in schools, especially Yoruba Language which is the dominant mother tongue of the State, the Lagos State Government has collaborated with the United State Agency for International Development, USAID towards providing educational learning materials to schools. Speaking today during the Hand Over Ceremony of Yoruba Early Grade Reading …

The Ekiti State government has come out to say that the originator of the viral video that portrayed school children being locked up for default of local taxes is a misrepresentation of facts. In a viral video, pupils of Adonai Nursery and Primary School were locked up inside the school for failure of the school authorities to pay up statutory …

Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered yet another underworld ‘academy’ for the grooming of internet fraudsters. The ‘academy’ located in Arab Contractors Area of Mpape Hills, a suburb of Abuja, was discovered when operatives, acting on intelligence, stormed the base on Thursday February 18, and arrested 27 internet fraud suspects. …

The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), onFriday, February 12, 2021 arrested seven persons in Benin City, Edo State for alleged internet fraud. The suspects who were arrested based on actionable intelligence by the Commission are Agbi Alaba Favour,  Aigbata Wilson, Chukwudi John, Momodu Abdulmalik, William David, Acien Simeon and Otasowie Osariemen. Items recovered from …

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday offered automatic employment to 110 ex-corps members in the Federal Civil Service and scholarships for the pursuit of post-graduate studies up to doctoral level in any university in Nigeria. Speaking at the virtual 2018/2019 President’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) honours award ceremony held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, President Buhari, also announced cash …

As part of continual efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning outcomes in public and private schools, the Lagos State Government has released the year 2020-2023 ‘Approved Booklist’ for Public and Private Schools across the State. Disclosing this today in an official statement, Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo revealed that books play a very significant role …

Reports say the Federal Government is currently meeting with the Joint Action Committee comprising the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU). The meeting is holding at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Abuja. Present at the meeting includes in the meeting are the Minister of Labour and …

The Lagos State Government has affirmed its earlier pronouncement that all public and private schools in Lagos State below tertiary level should resume on Monday, 18th January, 2021 for the second term 2020/2021 academic session. This affirmation was made today by the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo while noting that this is in line with the Federal Government’s …

A female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member,  Chidimma Odume, has allegedly hacked her boyfriend with a machete to death. The suspect who lives around Abak Road, Uyo; is said to have graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and was serving at Bureau of Political and Legislative Affairs. It was learnt that the corps member, who hails from Enugu …