300-level student of the Department of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Gbenga Favour Olaoye-Akanbi, has committed suicide after he was allegedly duped by a forex trader, Eseka Chuckwutem Gospel (ESG). Family sources told SaharaReporters that Olaoye-Akanbi was discovered dead on Sunday after drinking poison. The 19-year-old student was said to have Read more…
Seventeen-year-old Nicholas Ogunji who served as a one-day governor of Abia State on Friday freed some inmates at the Afaraukwu correctional centre. The teenager who attends Adventist Technical Secondary School, Ohafia released the inmates during his first official outing. “We currently have 17 years old Master Nicholas Ogunji of Adventist Read more…
A joint security operation by the police, military, and vigilante groups have about 80 girls in Mahuta village in Dandume local government area of Katsina State. This is coming less than 48 hours after 344 abducted school boys of Government Science Secondary School, GSSS Kankara regained freedom. Spokesman of the Read more…
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO RELAX THE BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 Dear Lagosians, Compliments of the Season. Regarding my health, I am glad to inform you that I am getting better by the day, and all will surely be well. I thank Lagosians for their prayers and overwhelming kind thoughts. I am, Read more…
Students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, kidnapped last Friday have been freed, according to the state government. The Special Adviser to the Katsina Governor on Security, Ibrahim Kastina, confirmed the release of the students to newsmen. He said the students were freed on Thursday at Tsafe (82.5km Read more…
The West African Examinations Council has approved the barring of students involved in examination malpractice from taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examination. This was contained in a press release issued after the 70th Meeting of the Examination Committee of WAEC, which is the highest decision making organ of Read more…
The Kaduna State Ministry of Education has shut down all public schools across the 23 Local Government Area of the state due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The Commissioner of Education Shehu Makarfi who disclosed in a statement issued on Monday said the directive takes effect from Wednesday, Read more…
SOME PROVISIONS FROM THE NEW POLICE ACT THAT NIGERIANS SHOULD BE AWARE OF. The Nigeria Police Force (Establishment) Act 2020 was signed into law by President Buhari in September 2020 as a replacement for the antiquated 1943 Legislation we have been using since Independence. While the Act contain many provisions Read more…
Abubakar Shekau of Boko Haram sect has claimed responsibility for the abduction of at least 333 school pupils in Kankara, Katsina State, saying the act was to discourage “un-Islamic practices such as Western education.” In the audio, a terrorist leader, believed to be Abubakar Shekau, added that the government was Read more…
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has tasked schools in Nigeria on the need to teach science and mathematics in indigenous languages early in life as it will enhance learning and understanding. The minister gave the task shortly after he was conferred with Honorary Doctorate Degree in Read more…
No fewer than 333 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State are still missing after the invasion of the school by bandits Friday night. The state Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, revealed this when he received the Minister of Defence, Bashir Salihi Magashi, Read more…
MINISTER of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has decried continuous fall in the standard of education in the country. Adamu, who spoke in Yola, the Adamawa State capital during official commissioning of completed projects in the college, lamented a situation in which graduates can neither read nor write in a tolerable Read more…
RE: 2020 SSCE: CHEMISTRY I, COMMERCE II & III POSTPONED AS A RESULT OF ENDSARS* PROTESTS. The management of the National Examinations Council {NECO} has graciously approved that the Chemistry Paper I and Commerce Papers II & III postponed in the wake of the ENDSARS protests be taken during the Read more…
THE National Examinations Council has commenced an investigation into the alleged malpractice in Fabian Kings and Queens International School, Kabala West, Kaduna in its just-concluded internal Senior School Certificate Examination. The organisation said based on its zero tolerance for examination malpractice, it swiftly swung into action by flagging the centre, Read more…
The Lagos State Police Command has exempted the West African Examination Council officials (supervisors) and candidates who will be involved in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates scheduled to hold on Saturday December 5, from the restriction of movement order between 6am and 6pm . Read more…
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR CELL PHONE IS BEING TRACKED, TAPPED, MONITORED OR SPIED ON There are several tell-tale signs that suggest your phone is being tracked, tapped or monitored in some way. The signs can be quite subtle but when you know what to look out for, they can Read more…
Meet Abu, a Graduate of one of Nigeria’s Leading University of Technology (Federal University of Technology, Minna) who is the shortest Corp member ever. In Abuja Campground Abu have been identified for this stature and height. But his courage and strength are what I observed, despite being short and brief Read more…
WASSCE FOR PRIVATE CANDIDATES – THE WALK-IN-CANDIDATES’ OPTION The West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates (WASSCE — P), as the name implies, is simply for private, out-of-school candidates. Prospective candidates enroll for the examination after the float of entries, either during the normal entry period or through Read more…
Are you a registered candidate in the forthcoming WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2020-Second Series? Kindly note that the exam will start on Monday, November 23, 2020. See attached timetable. Please, shun exam malpractice. Wishing you success in the exam.
The Federal Government is concluding plans to post 3,700 teachers to states across the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) through its Federal Teachers Scheme (FTS). Dr Hamid Bobboyi, the Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), made the disclosure while monitoring conduct of the FTS Computer Based Read more…
Mrs Walida Isa, the Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said five prospective corps members have tested positive for COVID -19. Isa made the disclosure at the swearing-in of the 2020 Batch `B’ Stream 1 corps members on Monday in Abuja. The coordinator, who did not Read more…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination Results pegging the national cut off marks at 142. Presenting the results to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, the Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Godswill Obioma, said a total of 70,580 candidates sat for the Read more…