Boko Haram Threatens to Attack UNIMAID, Others:Fear has gripped the residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital, as the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic Sect has again threatened to attack selected areas of the city.It was gathered that the Boko Haram Sect singled out the University of Maiduguri as the next …
NYSC Corper Dies in Road Accident:A NYSC corper named Precious Adaeze passed away last Tuesday in a fatal car accident while returning back to Mangu camp in Jos, Plateau state for her youth service.Precious who was said to be a band instructor for her camp met her untimely death when …
Enrollment Rate into Government Schools in Osun State Increased:No fewer than 147,000 children of school age have been enrolled in public elementary schools in the state of Osun this current 2013/2014 academic session.Governor Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola made this known at the weekend in Lagos while speaking after being conferred with …
Federal Government Plans to Recruit 441,000 School Teachers:There are plans by the federal government to recruit about 441,000 primary school teachers before 2015 to enable it meet some expectations of the United Nations (UN) on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG-2) on Universal Primary Education (UBE).The Senior Special Assistant to the …
Covenant Child Academy Emerged winner of the 2013 Education Times Award:Covenant Child Academy has emerged the winner of the 2013 Education Times Award for its contributions to the education sector.The award was presented to the academy alongside the first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, for his contribution …
Gov. Jang Renamed Plateau State University After Solomon Lar:Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau on Friday in Abuja at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, renamed the Plateau State University after Chief Solomon Lar, the late first executive Governor of the state.Lar’s corpse arrived at the airport at 6.00 a.m. aboard a …
Ebonyi State Government Disburses Scholarship to 103 Pupils in 2 Years:The Ebonyi State Government has offered scholarship to 103 outstanding secondary school pupils in the last two years, the Director of the State Scholarship Board, Mr Elijah Ituma, has said.Ituma told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abakaliki …
Truck Rammed into School Building, Killed 7, Injured 15:A truck driver yesterday in Abia state, lost control and rammed into a classroom killing 7 school children with 15 others wounded.The truck was said to be on its way to Ovom waterside to evacuate sand when it lost control and rammed …
So what, exactly, is it that makes Nelson Mandela so special?Apart from the fact that he emerged from 27 years in apartheid prisons bearing so little malice. And that he insisted on “reconciliation” being central to a truth commission in order to heal wounds caused by years of bitter racial …
Winning the Nobel as No Negative Impact on my Writing – Wole Soyinka :Professor Wole Soyinka, is a person you see once in a blue moon, not to talk of interviewing. But at one of the programmes of the just concluded Ake Art and Books Festival held at June 12 Cultural …