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Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:48:53 +0000Implement new retirement age, teachers beg Ortom
By Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi The Academic Staff Union Of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) Benue State Chapter has appealed to the Benue State Government to implement the new retirement age and years of service for teachers approved last October by the ...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:45:56 +0000Re-mark UTME, Tutorial centres tell JAMB
By Gbemisola Adesola The Association of Tutorial School Operators (ATSO) has urged the Joint Admissions and Matricuation Board (JAMB) to remark or cancel this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). At a briefing last Friday in...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:35:10 +0000Firm’s free tutorials for Visa-seeking students
As part of its corporate responsibility and to stem the incidence of fraud, Shirah Tutors, an arm of Shirah, an Alberta, Canada-based online platform is offering tutorials for Nigerians seeking to study abroad. According to its management, despite re...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:32:17 +0000Kaduna school abduction: Bandits kill security operative three months after wedding
By Abiodun Alao A naval operative, Bilal Mohammed, who died while defending students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna on Monday got married just three months ago, The Nation can report. Ordinary Seaman Mohammed and a soldier, Private Salisu Rabi...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:21:38 +0000Stop forcing under-age children into secondary school, Commissioner counsels parents
By Kofoworola Belo-Osagie The Lagos State Education Commissioner, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo has counselled parents not to rush their wards to secondary school without completing six years of primary education stipulated by the National Policy on Edu...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:20:14 +0000Woman jailed for killing husband
By Osagie Otabor, Akure A widow, Mrs. Toyin Olusa, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for causing the death of her husband, Mr Adeyinka Olusa. Mrs. Olusa was said to have deliberately poured hot water on her husband, thereby causing him bodi...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:16:19 +0000New Anambra NYSC head resumes
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha A new State Coordinator, Mrs Yetunde Baderinwa, has resumed at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Anambra state. Baderinwa, a native of Ondo State, who served as Deputy Director, Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneur...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:16:09 +000024 escape as two buildings collapse
By Nwanosike Onu, Awka, and Emma Elekwa, Onitsha Twenty-Four persons escaped death when two separate storey-buildings collapsed in Anambra State Tuesday night. Read Also; Pandemonium in APC Secretariat over collapse scare The two buildings were loca...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:13:44 +0000OAU gets students’ electoral body
In fulfilment of his promise to reinstate students’ unionism at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, its Vice Chancellor Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede has inaugurated Students’ Electoral Commission and Students Electoral Petition Commissio...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:11:41 +0000College promises students automatic jobs
By Damola Kola-Dare Outstanding students of Eko College of Management and Technology, Ikotun, Lagos State, have been assured of automatic employment after graduation. Similarly, any student who desires to go into business would be provided with fu...