Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Parents Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN), have opined solutions to the incessant abduction of students by bandits across the country. The two groups called on the federal and state governments to entrench the Safe Schools Initiative and deploy military personnel in schools across the country. National Secretary … Read more
Niger State government has called on parents to allow their wards to be available in school, adding that abduction of students in the state should not hinder their education. The Commissioner of Education, Hajiya Hanatu Jibrin Salihu, stated this while handing over the released students who were victims of abduction from Government Science College, Kagara … Read more
In search of greener pastures and good education, many young Nigerians travel abroad to earn their degree. Sometimes instead of studying, some of these young Nigerians commit crimes that destroy their future. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the under listed Nigerians were were recently arrested and sentenced to death by hanging for various crimes. 1. … Read more
Benue Gives Record Of Students Test After Resumption Benue State Government on Tuesday says no student has contracted the covid-19 virus, following the test conducted on returning students. Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar who made this known, added that the state government and management of schools were working round the clock and had also … Read more
The Terrorist group, Boko Haram, has said it had not entered into negotiations with the government contrary to claims by the authorities. The group stated this while claiming responsibility for the abduction of over 300 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. The terror group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, stated this in a recording … Read more
No fewer than 17 students of Government Secondary School, Kankara, who were abducted on Friday night by suspected bandit have been found and reunited with their parents. Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, disclosed this in an interview with a German radio, Deutsche Welle(DW). The interview which was in Hausa was aired Monday evening. The Governor … Read more
The Vice-Chancellor, Ekiti State University, Prof. Eddy Olanipekun, on Monday pleaded with parents to pay their children’s tuition fees. Prof Olanipekun said the payment was necessary for the institution to gain financial strength to execute beneficial projects on campus. The VC made the appeal during a press conference to kick off the 24th convocation ceremonies … Read more
Incentive Based Program (IBP) of Policy House International has condemned the abduction of school children in Katsina State. Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, had attacked the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. The incident left at least 333 students missing as of Sunday afternoon according to the State Governor, Aminu Masari. In a statement signed by … Read more
Unspecified number Students of Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina State were abducted on Friday night after gunmen suspected to be bandit invaded the community. This happened barely a few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari, arrived in his home state of Katsina for a week-long private visit. Residents told The PUNCH that the gunmen invaded the … Read more
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board has appreciated and commended the Guidance Councillors across Public Primary Schools for the effort made during the pandemic outbreak lockdown. The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board was commended immersely at its Y2020 Guidance and Counsellors end of the year party. The Executive Chairman, LASUBEB, Mr. Wahab Alawiye-King … Read more
Some university students on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to consider their future and resume to work in their various institutions. Some of the students, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu, expressed worries and lamented as they appealed for the suspension of the prolonged strike. The students said they … Read more
The students said the money was the accumulation of the yearly stipends and allowances owed them by the Ondo State Government. According to SAHARAREPORTERS Students of Ondo State origin in tertiary institutions have demanded the sum of N60m for the payment for their bursary and scholarship allowances. The students said the money was the accumulation … Read more
Students who tested positive for COVID-19 during the ongoing 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination have returned to classes after treatment and discharge. The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made this known on Monday in Abuja at the 62nd Joint National Briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Read … Read more
Gombe State Commissioner for Education, Dr Habu Dahiru, on Wednesday disclosed that seven students of Government Girls Secondary School Doma, tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of students infected with the virus to eight in the state. It had earlier been gathered that an unnamed student of the Government Science Secondary School Gombe, … Read more
About 95 per cent of students in the exit classes of the secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), resumed on Tuesday, in preparation for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Majority of the teachers and students said they were happy to resume after lockdown, which lasted for about five months, … Read more
The Registrar/Chief Executive, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Segun Ajiboye has imployed students preparing for major examinations to use the opportunity of the Covid-19 lockdown to study. Ajiboye stated that students in Nigeria must accept the present challenge to education and be ready for post-COVID season where they may have little or no … Read more
Scores of women students staged a protest outside an Indian college saying they were forced to strip to check if they were menstruating. The students were told to undress after a used sanitary napkin was found in a garden outside Sahjanand Girls Institute, where they are banned from the hostel when they are having their … Read more
Ayetoro-Itele, a community in Ogun State, South-Western region of Nigeria recently recorded a weird occurrence as some female students allegedly gang-raped a biology teacher to coma in his own room. According to an eyewitness account, the students within the age range of 16-18 years had arrived at the teacher’s one-room apartment in mufti. What gave … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the families of the students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State, who lost their lives following the collapse of a bridge at its Gubi Campus after a downpour on Monday night. Ekohotblog reported earlier of tension in Bauchi following the death of some students of the University … Read more
Six students and a lecturer of the Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State, who have been remanded since February, have regained their freedom. They were granted bail on Wednesday by the Federal High Court 2 sitting in Awka and presided over by Justice Babatunde Quadri. Their arrest and detention followed a petition by the management of … Read more