Tag: Education
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Children’s Day: Speaker decries COVID-19 adverse effect children’s education
The Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly, Mr Abok Ayuba, says the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is adversely affecting children’s education. Ayuba, in statement by his Press Secretary, Mr Bulus Atang, felicitated with the children on the Day and called for prayers for an end to the pandemic. “All what the nation needs now is prayers…
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Education Minister speaks on reopening of schools
Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of State for Education, says the Federal Ministry of Education will not take any risk over reopening of schools in the face of COVID-19. Nwajiuba said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the schools would not reopen until…
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We will continue to give children quality education – Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the House will stop at nothing to ensure the provision of quality education to Nigerian children. He also stated that all efforts would be made to reduce the number of Out-of-school children in the country. The Speaker was quoted to have said this…
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Breeding and nurturing underdevelopment – Dele Sobowale
North Has Already Destroyed Itself, It Remains South To Demolish – Dele Sobowale Out-of-school children constitute security risk in Nigeria.” – Senator Lawan, Senate President, VANGUARD, March 11, p 44. I did not know whether to laugh or cry about that news report. Lawan, Ph.D, well-educated in any country on earth, and a leader in…
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Insecurity: Why the madness of Education Abroad for ‘Repentant Terrorists’? – Jumu’ah Abiodun
By Jumu’ah Abiodun “Should the bill to grant “repentant” terrorists education abroad scale through the Nigerian Senate, US, UK, Canada, EU, Australia and selected Africa countries will unquestionably ban Nigeria from both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas in light of the fact that no sensible government will open its borders for terrorists, ‘repentant’ or not.” The…
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Interrogating education – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido For almost two weeks now, Professor Hope Eghagha of the Department of English, University of Lagos, has been talking to, and encouraging, youths on the importance of education, self-development and honing of innate skills… on our URS social platform. The responses of the youths have been divergent. Some of the responses are…
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Buhari’s new priority to education sector, By Yakubu Abolaji Isowo
By Yakubu Abolaji Isowo RECENTLY, President Muhammadu Buhari pledged to give a boost to the education sector. Irrefutably, the alarming crime rate in the country resulted from the neglect of the sector for decades. The leadership class patronized foreign and private universities but abandoned public schools which the majority of citizens could afford.And to make…
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Bakare faults Nigeria’s education system, recommends total overhaul
Tunde Bakare, the senior pastor of Latter Rain Assembly, says Nigeria’s education system needs a total overhaul to create productive graduates. Bakare made the statement on the sidelines of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers meetings in New York, on Friday. He said 50% of Nigerian youths are not employed while 25% are…
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Wema Bank Supports Education for Children through Scholarship Awards
Wema Bank Plc – the inventor of Nigeria’s first fully digital bank, ALAT – has rewarded 20 of its Royal Kiddies Account holders as the financial institution announced winners of the Wema Education Awards for 2019. Given the earlier announcement to provide education support for its customers, a total of 20 winners emerged with six…
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Accountants’Conference asks FG to adopt education, prevention, sanctions in fight against corruption
…Wants unemployment, poverty addressed by FG through entrepreneurship programmes for youths The Accountants’ Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has recommended a three-way approach to the Federal Government in its fight against corruption. The Conference urged the Government to adopt education, prevention and sanctions in its anti-corruption drive towards positioning the…