The headmistress of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School, Felicia Dankwaa has been suspended by the Ghana Education Services. Video emerged on social media of pupil at the school who was suffering from ulcer passed away after he was neglected by the school’s authorities. According to reports, the teachers at the school failed to attend …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has put on hold the planned resumption of schools in the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said Federal Government has also stopped students from participating in the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations earlier scheduled for August 4 to September 5. The Minister disclosed this to State House Correspondents at the end of a …

In line with the updated guidelines issued last Monday by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the easing of lockdown, Lagos State Government has announced modified protocols for re-opening education institutions and essential services in the State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, announced gradual re-opening of schools from August 3, directing students in transitional classes, who have …

The Lagos State Government has sealed ten (10) private schools that flouted the closure directives of the federal and state governments as a result of Covid-19 pandemic to ensure the safety of students. The Director General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Lagos State, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, who led the Monitoring and Investigation team of the office, disclosed this during the …

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 convicted and sentenced 19-year-old chemistry undergraduate of University of Ilorin, Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi to nine months imprisonment for defrauding three fellow students who were seeking accommodation. The convict was prosecuted on three count-charges by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( …

The Federal Government has stipulated conditions for the reopening of schools at all levels in the country. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, announced the conditions in Abuja when he spoke at the 2020 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The Minister said “All Institutions must have (1) …

The Lagos State Examination Board has announced the postponement of the Basic Education Certificate Examination has been postponed. The announcement was made on Monday evening in Lagos. FULL TEXT OF THE PRESS RELEASE BELOW: In view of the prevailing situation of global pandemic virus called COVID-19 and the precautionary steps taken by the Lagos State Government to combat the deadly …

The death has been announced of Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Oladipo Akinkugbe. Akinkugbe was a foremost Nigerian Professor of Medicine at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, died at the capital city of Oyo State on Monday at 86 years. He studied and taught at some of the world’s most prestigious universities, including the University of London, Balliol College, University …

The Lagos State Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) has threatened to sanction owners of private primary and secondary schools over breach of the  school closure directive. The OEQA has strongly urged private primary and secondary schools to desist from inviting schoolchildren and reopening schools as this can expose the students and staff to COVID-19. In a statement signed by …

Reports coming in from Ibadan allege that another female student has been raped and subsequently murdered. Grace Oshiagwu, a 21 year old National Diploma student of the Oke-Ogun Polytechnic. Saki was allegedly raped and subsequently murdered in a church building at Idi-Ori in the Shasha-Ojoo area on the outskirts of Ibadan. The area falls under Akinyele Local Government where two …