Tag: Schools
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NUT threatens to stop teaching if govt fails to curb insecurity in North
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), has threatened to stop teaching if the spate of violence in schools especially in the North were not stopped. It would be recalled that in the last six months, students and teachers have been kidnapped from schools in Katsina, Niger, Zamfara and Kaduna states, all in the North West.…
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Insecurity: Kaduna Government shifts resumption date for primary, secondary schools
Kaduna State Government on Friday postponed resumption dates of both Primary and Secondary schools in the state, earlier scheduled to resume academic activities on Monday, August 9. The postponement notice was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Commissioner for Education, Dr Shehu Muhammad and that of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel…
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Kano State orders schools resumption
Kano State government directed on Sunday that pupils and students should return to school on Monday, May 17 since the Eid el-Fitri holiday is over. The directive did not cover the 36 boarding schools government ordered closed early in the year on security grounds. Commissioner for Education, Malam Muhammad Sanusi-Kiru said in a statement issued…
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Kidnappings: Makinde pitches tent with Man O’ War to secure Oyo schools
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo says his administration has concluded arrangements to engage the Man O’ War Nigeria to provide security and surveillance in primary and secondary schools in the state. The governor made this known on Thursday in Ibadan when he received the National Executives of the Man O’ War Nigeria who paid him…
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We must kill all bandits to ensure safety of school children – El-Rufai
The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai said the only way to ensure the safety of Nigerian school children and indeed the entire populace is to kill all bandits. He spoke at the stakeholders’ dialogue on Financing Safe Schools in Nigeria, organized by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed,…
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I won’t close Kaduna schools for bandits – El-Rufai
Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has vowed schools will remain open despite increasing bandit attacks across the state. He vowed his administration will not allow bandits dictate its educational policy or destroy the livelihood of children and their future. The Governor spoke when Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Isiaka Amoo, paid him a courtesy call…
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Niger Govt. directs closure of public schools
Niger State Government has announced the closure of all secondary schools in the state for two weeks, from March 12 to March 26. A statement from the Ministry of Education signed by the Information Officer, Mr Jibrin Kodo, in Minna on Thursday, said the Commissioner, Hajiya Hannatu Salihu, announced this during an emergency consultative meeting.…
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Banditry: Kano govt shuts down 10 boarding schools
The Kano State Government has ordered the closure of ten boarding schools in the state over frequent abduction of school children in the Northern part of the country. The order for the closure of boarding schools in the state is coming following the abduction of over 300 female boarders by bandits in Zamfara State. The…
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Resumption: FG orders schools to stop requesting COVID-19 tests from returning students
The Federal Government has asked schools to stop requesting for COVID – 19 test results from returning students before they are admitted. The government, in a short statement issued on Monday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, warned school authorities to refrain from asking students or parents to…
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Obaseki orders Edo schools to remain closed, sets date for reopening
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that schools in the state will remain closed until Feb. 1, as the state grapples with the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Obaseki stated this at a news conference on Friday in Benin, as most states across the federation gear up to reopen schools on Jan.…