Some primary and junior secondary schools in Orile-Agege have taken delivery of no fewer than 1,000 pieces of furniture donated to them by the Orile-Agege Local Development Council Area (LCDA). Mr. Johnson Babatunde, Executive Chairman of the LCDA, told newsmen while making the donation of chairs and tables on Thursday that the gesture was borne Read More…
The Federal Government has said that it aims at training 35,000 Lagos State residents who registered for its Project T-MAX (TVET Maximisation) initiative on various vocational skills. The pilot project is part of the Federal Government’s vow to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030. Lagos is one of the seven states for Read More…
Once the Muhammadu Buhari government had failed to get striking lecturers in our public universities back to class, I knew it would head for the National Industrial Court, NIC, shopping for an injunction. Tragically that is what governments in the country and rich employers have turned the NIC into: a fishing pond for injunctions against Read More…
The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has directed its members across the country to remain calm and resolute over the judgment delivered on Wednesday by the Industrial Court ordering its members to call off the strike and return to work. The university lecturers, who have been on strike for up to seven months Read More…
The industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) is officially over. The National Industrial Court has ordered members of the union to return to work. The Federal Government in a suit prayed for the order for ASUU to call off its seven months strike. The Minister of Labour and Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that Nigeria will do its best to reach all learners, wherever they are, with quality, inclusive learning and skills development opportunities to prepare them for the bright future they deserve. Buhari made the pledge in his statement on Thematic Session four: “Digital Transformation of Education at a 3-day Transforming Education Read More…
As students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) stormed the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in protest against the continued nationwide lecturers’ strike on Monday morning, the ruling has been set for Wednesday on whether lecturers should return to the classrooms. The National Industrial Court will deliver its ruling in an Read More…
The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp at Uhogua near Benin has produced no fewer than 10 graduates from various tertiary institutions across the country. Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, the Coordinator of the camp, disclosed this on Sunday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The number represents eight of the IDPs Read More…
Mr. Peter Hawkins, UNICEF Country Representative to Nigeria, has said that the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has advocated for the compulsory education of the girl-child as a protection mechanism from forced early marriage. He stated this when he appeared as a special guest on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) interview programme, Forum, in Read More…
Insurance brokers, under the umbrella of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), have kicked off plans for a sustainable arrangement with the Lagos State government for the promotion of insurance among secondary school students in the state. The council took this step when its team visited the State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folashade Read More…
