Category: Educational
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REPS ORDER UNI ABUJA VC TO BUST ALLEGED HOSTEL RACKETEERING SCAM
House Committee on University Education chair Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa) dropped a bombshell directive Tuesday to new University of Abuja VC Prof. Hakeem Fawehinmi: launch a full probe into rampant accommodation racketeering where shady middlemen snatch hostels and flip them at 500% markups—leaving students, especially female ones, exposed to dangers and chaos. During an oversight visit…
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COL BAMITEKO TAKES HELM AS NACEST’S NEW RECTOR
Col. Olalekan Bamiteko has stepped in as the 12th Rector of the Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science and Technology (NACEST) in Makurdi, promising to ramp up academic excellence, staff welfare and student support in a smooth handover ceremony. In his inaugural speech, Bamiteko thanked Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen. Waidi Shaibu for the…
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NSSRCC SLAMS STATES FOR SKIPPING SCHOOL SAFETY CENTRES
The National Safe School Response Coordination Centre is calling out state governments for dragging their feet on setting up local control centres, leaving schools vulnerable to bandit attacks and kidnappings due to weak surveillance. NSSRCC Commander Emmanuel Ocheja told NAN in Abuja that federal pleas for state-level hubs—staffed by police, military and NSCDC reps—would enable…
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NIGERIAN ARMY UNVEILS CUTTING-EDGE LAND WARFARE WARGAMING CENTRE AT JAJI
The Nigerian Army just leveled up its training game with the grand opening of a state-of-the-art Land Warfare Wargaming Centre at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) in Jaji— a game-changer for sharpening officers’ skills in operational planning and future battles. Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu commissioned the facility, calling it…
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STEM EDUCATION FOR GIRLS CRUCIAL TO CLOSING GENDER GAP—UNILORIN PROFESSOR URGES
Professor Deborah Adekeye of the University of Ilorin is calling on the federal government to boost support for girls’ education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as a key way to expand opportunities for Nigerian girls. Speaking during the university’s 293rd inaugural lecture titled “Breaking the Glass Ceiling for African Women: Insight from Gender…
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ENUGU TEACHERS TRAINED TO FIGHT CHILD TRAFFICKING IN SCHOOLS
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) just empowered Enugu State teachers with a two-day workshop on the new National Curriculum tackling Trafficking in Persons (TIP), aiming to shield kids from this growing menace right in classrooms. Funded by the Netherlands and run with NAPTIP, the STEAP project trains educators across Enugu, Delta, Edo,…
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LAGOS CELEBRATES YOUNG QUIZ CHAMPS
Brains, buzzers, and big wins — Lagos turned knowledge into celebration as its brightest students took centre stage. It was applause all around as the Governor’s Milestone Quiz Competition winners received their prizes in Lagos. The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, joined by LASRAB’s former DG Mrs. Ogunlana Toyin and current…
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KATSINA HILWA DEMANDS MORE WOMEN IN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP – TIME TO SHATTER BARRIERS!
High Level Women Advocates (HILWA) Katsina chapter packed a one-day sensitization Thursday, pushing women to claim top spots in state education management amid low female enrollment (e.g., skills centers in Katsina/Kaita/Funtua/Baure training thousands in tailoring/ICT via Gov Radda’s initiatives) and leadership gaps. Chair Hajiya Mariya Abdullahi celebrated GEP III’s 2021 girl enrollment surge and rising…
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LAGOS TEACHER FACES COURT OVER SHOCKING SEXUAL ASSAULT ON 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT
A 37-year-old teacher, Mukaila Ismaila from Ayobo, Lagos, was arraigned Thursday at Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly luring a 16-year-old girl into an empty classroom at a tutorial center on November 6, forcing her to drink a noxious substance, then groping her body and private parts charges under Sections 246 and 263 of Lagos…
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SENATE DEMANDS PROBE INTO MILITARY WITHDRAWAL BEFORE KEBBI SCHOOL ATTACK AND GEN. MUSA UBA’S DEATH
The Nigerian Senate has ordered its joint security committee to investigate the suspicious withdrawal of troops from Government Girls Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi, just before bandits invaded, as well as the killing of Brig.-Gen. Musa Uba by ISWAP militants in Borno after an ambush. The committee must report back in two weeks, while the…
