Abducted School Girls Yet to be Rescued – Principal, Parents:The Principal of the secondary school in Chibok, Borno State where over 100 girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents has described as false, the claim by the Defence Headquarters that only eight of the pupils had yet to regain their …
NANS Calls for Sack of Defence Minister Over ‘Ignoble Role’:The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called for the sack of the Minister of State for Defence, Musliu Obanikoro, over what they described as “his ignoble role” in the recently concluded bye-election of the Ilaje/Ese-odo Federal Constituency of Ondo.The …
The Nigeria Union of Teachers on Thursday called on Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue to pay the six months salary arrears owned primary school teachers. The union made the call in a statement signed by Mr Michael Olukoya and Mr Obong Obong, President and Secretary General of the union respectively. …
Mysterious Fire Guts UNN Old Student’s Affairs Building:A mysterious fire has gutted the old Students’ Affairs Unit of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).A source disclosed that the inferno occurred at about 10:30pm last Monday.The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the ugly incident.A statement made available to LEADERSHIP in …
Timaya Explains Why Education is Not For Him, Scores 17 in JAMB:Although he says education is not for him, Nigerian music star Timaya is advising youths who have passion for it, to stay in school.At the Star Music Trek held on Saturday 12th April 2014 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Egberi …
NDLEA Arrests Pakistani Student with N228m Heroin:A Pakistani student, Iftikiha Arslan, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for trafficking 25.4 kilogrammes of heroin. A statement by the NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the drug …
121 Abducted Borno School Girls Freed, 8 Still Missing:A total number of 121 students of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok have been freed this evening in the on-going search and rescue operations to free the abducted student.With this development, the Principal of the School confirmed that only 8 of …
UNESCO Says Use of Indigenous Languages Boosts Learning:The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has said that the use of indigenous languages for education had a major impact on the quality of learning processes and outcomes.The UNESCO Regional Director, Prof. Hassana Alidou, stated this in Abuja on Wednesday at …
Bayelsa State Law Students Hail Lokpobiri Financial Support:Indigenes of Bayelsa West senatorial district, Bayelsa State, at the Nigeria Law Schools, have called on prominent indigenes of the state to emulate the kindness of Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, who has been financially supporting them in the last six years.The students, in a …
Ten of the over 100 students abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, have escaped from an unidentified camp of their Boko Haram abductors. This brought to 14 the number of students that have so far escaped from the Boko Haram abductors.Four of the pupils had earlier escaped …