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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 143 new COVID-19 cases as total toll surpasses 54,000. The health agency in a tweet on its official Twitter handle on Monday, August 31 saying; 143 new cases of…

75 stranded Nigerians, who are mostly students in Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq have been successfully evacuated. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the evacuees who departed Egypt at about 10 am local time are coming from Astana,…

Federal Government has on Thursday said students might be forced to sit for the General Certificate Examination (GCE) in November, if the country fails to meet up with this year’s timetable for the West African Senior School Certificate…

Tertiary institution students have threatened to stage a protest if the Federal Government fails to announce a date for resumption of academic activities in all institutions of learning within the next two weeks. The students under the…

Federal Government has clarified that it is making plans for students in graduating classes to write their respective final exams contrary to reports that it is reopening schools. Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education,…

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has warned that its timetable for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) that will be released after the coronavirus pandemic break may not leave room for long…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has on March 20 announced the postponement of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) indefinitely. Patrick Areghan, Nigeria’s head of WAEC national office, who…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a 2-week warning strike over non-payment of salaries of lecturers who failed to enrol in the Federal Government’s Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).…

L-R: The Head Recruitment, CSR & Sustainability, Fidelity Bank Plc, Chris Nnakwe exchanges pleasantries with the Commissioner of Youth & Sport Development, Aminu Bala Bodinga at the opening ceremony of the Fidelity Youth…

Three schoolgirls at Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Mega, Kebbi State, have reportedly died of suspected food poisoning. The children reportedly died after eating a meal called Rama, allegedly prepared by a parent…

Four students of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue state, have lost their lives in a fatal car crash that occured within their campus. The accident happened at about 8am. According to eyewitnsses, a motorcycle…

Report has it that UNESCO has given the University of Zambia $340,000 to develop a Degree Programme to safeguard Intangible Heritage with the first intake comprising of 20 students. Zambian Watchdog reports that Intangible…

Principal in Ogun State is in hot waters after he was caught tying students to crosses and flogging them for lateness. The Proprietor Afolayan Joseph and the yet-to-be-identified principal Principal of Metorite Standard School,…

Three heroic school children aged 12, 13 and 14 saved a man who had a rope around his neck and was trying to jump off of a bridge. The boys were on their way back from school at the time and they saved the man’s life while he stood on the…

Candidates of the last Joint Administration and Matriculation Board examination protesting their inability to write the examination in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital…yesterday Business activities were halted for several…