Tag: schools
Over 9,000 schools for Milo Basketball tourney
Taiwo Adelu A record entry of more than 9, 000 schools in Nigeria will fight for honours in the 18th…
Banks, hotels, schools sealed over tax evasion
The Anambra State Government in eastern Nigeria has sealed off at least 35 buildings in the industrial town of Nnewi…
Lagos Deputy Gov welcomes teachers, students back to schools
As public schools in Lagos State resume for the second term of the 2015/2016 academic session Monday, January 11, 2016,…
LASG to upgrade public schools
The State Government has disclosed that it would commit more resources to the upgrading of public schools infrastructure in the…
Over 400 schools in Borno reopen after 18 months
Hundreds of schools in northeast Nigeria have reopened for the first time in a year and a half, though many…
Ogun shuts schools, markets for HID Awolowo’s burial
The Ogun government has directed that all markets and public schools in the Remo Zone of the state be closed…
Over 1,000 schools destroyed by Boko Haram in 2015 – UN
Boko Haram Islamists have destroyed an estimated 1,100 schools this year in their stronghold region surrounding Lake Chad, the United…
80% of NYSC members posted to schools – Coordinator
The Coordinator of National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) in Sokoto State, Mr Thomas Yamma, said more than 80 per cent…
Wike warns new council bosses, inaugurates governing councils of schools
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that he will not hesitate to sack the Caretaker Committee…
Chess federation to introduce chess to 12,000 school children
Licon Adeyemi, President, Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF), says the federation plans to introduce 12,000 school children to the game in…
Parents appeal to Borno govt to re-open closed schools
Parents in Borno on Monday appealed to the State Government to re-open Public Secondary Schools shut down in March 2014,…
Schools reopen as Liberia turns page on Ebola virus
Children began returning to school in Liberia on Monday after lessons were delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak,…
Global Outrage Over School Massacre
The bloody siege of an elite army high school Tuesday by Taliban gunmen, which killed at least 141 students and…
Boko Haram: Gombe orders closure of schools
Gombe State Government on Wednesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state, a day after…
Ebola: FCT distributes preventive items to schools
The FCT Administration has commenced the distribution of preventive items against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) as directed by the…