Tag Archives: Education

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, said that quality education was key to reducing extreme poverty in the country. Speaking at the 60th anniversary of Grange School in Ikeja, Lagos, the vice president said that education reduces inequality in the society and had a connection with a growing environment. “Education erases poverty by almost 60 percent in a …

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By Uwa Eghomeka My worries about the several months of delay in passing the 2018 Budget of Consolidation were abated as the Senate finally approved it on Wednesday, 16th May. But my heart turned to jelly as I read the breakdown of the budget. I became fearful, not only because of the fiscal deficit of N1,954,464,993,775 and a deficit to …

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Pan African students are turning to Ireland to benefit from the advanced education that catalyzed the Irish economic turnaround, reports Enterprise Ireland South Africa. With this increase interest in Africa to source internationally recognised graduate education opportunities, Enterprise Ireland has concluded plans to host an education sector visit to Nigeria in March this year, taking 13 leading institutions to engage …

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Olabode Adaramola The Niger state Ministry of Education, says it had suspended a Vice Principal, Malam Mohammed Mohammed, who had sexually violated  and impregnated a female student, Miss Faith Danjuma,  of his school, Government Day Secondary School, Tunga Minna. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Alhaji Yahaya Garba disclosed this to newsmen in Minna on Wednesday in an interaction with …

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Tayo Olanipekun The U.S. Consul General, John Bray, has disclosed that more than 10,000 Nigerians are among the over one million international students in the United States of America this year. He also noted that the number, which surpassed that of the previous year, was an example of strong Nigerian-U.S. ties. Bray made the disclosure in Lagos during the opening …

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In its bid to identify with vulnerable people in the society, OVL foundation has paid a courtesy visit to two orphanages in Lagos and Ogun States. The organisation duly registered in Nigeria seeks to empower vulnerable people in Africa. The visit is  part of the organisation’s Rekindling Hope Initiative which seeks to provide charity donation, health sensitisation and skill acquisition …

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No fewer than 38 universities across the country have increased their tuition fees, allegedly as a result of poor funding by the Federal and state governments. The chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan chapter, Dr. Deji Omole, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. The statement, which assessed …

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Photo Caption: From Left: Chairman, Lubcon Limited, Alhaji Jani Ibrahim; Representative of Minister for State of Aviation, Director of Operation and Training of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Sidi Abdullahi; Sales Director, West Africa Commercial Airplanes, Boeing, Mr.  Larry Tolliver, Executive Director, Spring fountain, Mrs. Tokunbo Fagbemi, Special Guest, Chief Femi Olopade and Chairman, Air Peace, Mr. Alen Onyema, during …

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Rivers Government will in September close schools operating illegally in the state, Mr David Briggs, Chairman, Rivers State Secondary Schools Board, has said. Briggs, who gave the assurance on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, urged proprietors of such schools to apply formally to the state Ministry of Education for registration and possible approval of the schools to avoid closure. “The state …

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The Kaduna State Government said on Wednesday that it would spend more than N45 billion on education as part of efforts to raise the standard of the sector in the state. Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i disclosed this when he received the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director, Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, in Kaduna. He said that the government would use part of …

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