Education

The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has postponed its post-UTME screening exercise expected to hold Friday, February 27, 2021. This was contained in a press statement by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, titled, ‘change of date and mode of conducting the post-UTME exercise,’ …

Kwara State Government says that it has approved the use of Hijab by Muslim female students in its public schools. The government last week Friday shut down 10 schools in Ilorin, the state capital following tension on the wearing of Hijab, a female headwear in the schools. The government in …

A teenage senior secondary school girl has been prevented from killing her teacher with a pistol in Cross River State. It was gathered that the student, whose name was withheld, was arrested at the Government Secondary School, Ikot Ewa, in the Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman …

The Osun State Police Command on Thursday assured that all hoodlums involved in the invasion of lfeoluwa Co-Educational Grammar School, Osogbo, would be arrested. A spokesperson for the command, Yemisi Opalola, in an interview said the suspect arrested at the scene of the incident was still being held by the …

The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, has said that the e-registration for the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates will begin from March 16 to March 31. It said the offline registration started on February 15 and would end on March 15. Head of the Nigeria …

KWARA State Government on Thursday set up an independent committee to recommend solutions to resolve the agitation for wearing of hijab by Muslim female students who are attending public schools owned by people of other faiths/beliefs. Recall that Muslim stakeholders in the state at a press conference on Wednesday called …

The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, has ordered the immediate closure of all boarding schools in the bandit ravaged areas of the state. The Governor said the action is necessary to save the life of the students as the areas have already been taking over by bandits. He …

The National Association of Nigerian Students, Ogun State branch, has appealed to Governor Dapo Abiodun to save students from frequent robbery attacks happening on different campuses, especially in Ogun East Senatorial district of the state. NANS lamented that students in tertiary institutions, especially in the eastern part of the state, …

As part of efforts to improve the workforce of its public schools, Osun Government has officially released the results of the qualifying examination for candidates seeking employment as teachers in its public schools. This followed the conduct of a Computer-Based Test for over 27,000 applicants across designated centres in the …

No fewer than five students of the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, slumped at the permanent site of the institution during a stampede inside the examination hall on Wednesday. The stampede occurred as students rushed to access the school’s ICT centre, venue of the exam. A source in the institution said …