A cross-section of candidates taking the 2020 SSCE The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination on Monday, November 2, 2020. Head of the National office, Patrick Areghan, said a total of 1,549,740 registered for the examination. Areghan said 1,338,348 […]
Education
The Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of public and private schools in the state indefinitely. Lagos schools shut over Endsars. This was announced in a press statement by the state’s Head of Public Affairs, Ministry of Education, Kayode Abayomi, on Monday. The statement was titled, ‘Lagos directs students […]
The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo, has confirmed that only current JSS3 and SS2 students, will resume school on September 21. The Head, Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Kayode Abayomi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The statement emphasized that the state will adopt a […]
Grandpa Naira Marley fan and Nollywood actor, Jude Chukwuka has shared a video of himself singing Big Brother Naija’s Laycon’s music, FIERCE. This comes after he became a viral sensation by singing Naira Marly’s “Mafo”. NaijaXtreme recalls that Naira Marley gifted him the sum of 1 million Naira after he sang every word […]
The Federal Government has said that SS3 students may have to sit for the General Certificate Examinations (GCE) in November if there is no shift in the timetable of the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said this during the Presidential Task Force […]
A Nigerian Professor, Charles Egbu, has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University. Charles Egbu Leeds Trinity University. According to a statement on the UK Varsity website, he will take over from Margaret House, who will be stepping down after seven years. Mr Egbu will return to Leeds, a city […]
The 2020 West African School Certificate Examination is to be taken by 1,549,463 candidates in 19,129 centres nationwide. The participants comprise 786,421 males, while the balance 763,402 are females. The Head of Nigeria National Office (HNO) of the organisation, Patrick Areghan, made the disclosure yesterday in Lagos. He added that […]
A mother and her daughter have both graduated from medical school in the United States of America on the same day. The woman identified as Dr. Cynthia Kudji and her daughter, Dr. Jasmine Kudji, had their medical degrees in Louisiana State University, New Orleans. Mother and daughter graduate from medical […]
The Coronavirus pandemic has changed life as we know it and the way people celebrate their achievements. Most events which used to be done with people physically present are now being done virtually. For a Nigerian man who went to school abroad, the graduation he had was different from what […]
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has said it is suspending its planned nationwide strike because of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The ASUP President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, recalled that the industrial action was decided after the 97th National Executive Council meeting […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Wednesday maintained that it will not suspend its ongoing strike until the Federal Government honours its agreements with the union. This was disclosed by Dr Ezekiel Agbalagba, the ASUU branch chairman, Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta state while speaking […]
Following the shut down of orientation camps nationwide, the National Youth Service Corps has suspended its weekly Community Development Service activities indefinitely. The suspension was contained in a press statement signed by NYSC Director of Human Resource Management, Abdulrazak Salawu. Salawu said CDS suspension was due to the increasing cases of Covid-19 […]
The Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, UNIZIK, Anambra State, has suspended the Chinese course in the school in the wake of the confirmation of the novel Coronavirus in Nigeria. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof Charles Esomone, disclosed this during a pre-convocation press conference on Monday. He said the measure was […]
Dr Aisha Bawa of the Department of History, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUS), says recruitment of more female lecturers would reduce sexual harassments on campuses. NAN reports that the Senior Lecturer spoke in an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Sokoto. She stressed that having more women in academia would […]
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria has analyzed the addition of Nigeria to the US travel ban which in the last few weeks has generated lots of controversy. Recall that the White House announced that immigrants from Nigeria and five other countries will no longer be eligible for visas allowing them to live […]
