Education

Education Minister, Adamu Adamu The Federal Government has said that 63 million adults are illiterates and 11.5 million children are out of school in the country. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, stated this yesterday in Abuja during the flag-off of the 2017 International Literacy Day celebration. He said the …

A Rastafarian mum is furious after her son was told to cut his dreadlocks because they don’t conform to his new secondary school’s “appearance policy”. Chikayzea Flanders, 12, wore his hair tied up on his first day of year seven but was taught in isolation and now faces suspension. Mum …

Footage from security cameras in a suburb of the South African city Johannesburg shows the moment a student was attacked by armed robbers. Noxolo Ntusi, a medical scientist doing a master’s degree at the University of Johannesburg, fought to hold on to the bag containing a hard drive with the …

A child has died and at least three others have been injured in shooting at a high school in Washington. The shooting occurred at Freeman High School in Rockport, Washington, on Wednesday morning at around 10am.  The shooter was taken in to custody after being ‘safely neutralized’. The three injured …

Akwa Ibom 30th Anniversary Essay Writing Competition is open to all Senior Secondary School Education of Akwa Ibom Origin. Essay Topic : The Akwa Ibom Of My Dreams. Entries should be type written and double spaced and should not be more than 1000 words.   Your essay must be original …

A Junior Secondary School III student, Safiya Abbas Ahmed, has had her finger amputated after applying lizard droppings to a festering knife cut wound on it. A source in the school who said the Education Ministry has already waded into the matter, said Safiya was allegedly advised to apply lizard …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos zonal office, has arrested seven National Diploma (ND) students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State for alleged offenses bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretenses and possession of forged documents. The suspects- Adesina Olalekan, Makinde Noheem, Toheeb Ogunowo, …

Read the press release below; The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) received with great shock the death of Miss Etuk Brian Michelle, a 100 level student of Civil Engineering at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. She had an accident on her way going back to Abuja where she based …

The pretty lady Resham Khan didn’t know what her face would look like in the future after she was attacked with acid by a stranger while out celebrating her 21st birthday. Her injuries left her scared to go outside and she feared her scars would show for life. However, the …

A law student died after a bag of ecstasy exploded in her stomach while on holiday in Ibiza, an inquest heard. Rebecca Brock, 18, was discovered with a pool of blood next to her head in a hotel room after travelling to the party island for a friend’s birthday. Spanish …