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The celebrated Pakistani campaigner for girls’ education, Malala Yousafzai has completed her degree at the University of Oxford. Recall that in the morning of October 9, 2012, the 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban but she miraculously survived it. The 22-year-old activist posted a photo of herself covered in colourful squares and what […]
Continue ReadingOne of the reasons cited for the disqualification of Godwin Obaseki from APC’s June 22 governorship primary in Edo State was that the University of Ibadan awarded him two certificates with separate dates. However, the University of Ibadan debunked the claim on Sunday. University of Ibadan Registrar, Olubunmi Faluyi, on Sunday restated that Obaseki graduated […]
Continue ReadingAmerican dictionary, Merriam-Webster has announced that it will be redefining the meaning of the word “racism” after receiving an email from a young black woman from Missouri. 22-year-old Kennedy Mitchum who is a recent graduate of Drake University in Iowa, had said in her email that the dictionary’s current definition of racism to mean “a belief that race is the primary determinant […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government says it is thinking of sectionalising classes for primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions in the country ahead of school reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, stated this on Wednesday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. The minister, who faulted […]
Continue ReadingA woman’s graduation photos have earned her criticisms from Twitter users. The Twitter user who just graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing shared photos and a video from her graduation ceremony. However, Twitter users were not impressed and they shamed her for her choice of graduation outfit. The woman, who says she’s from […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian boy is being celebrated after he broke two academic records in his school in the United States. 18-year-old Timi Adelakun became the first black valedictorian of South Broward High School in Hollywood, Florida. Also, he made history again by having the highest GPA ever recorded at the school. “Coming from a low-income community, […]
Continue ReadingWe are aware of the fact that some people already knew the history of how the 36 states of Nigeria were created and names given to them but what we are trying to do here is to show some people who have no idea of how these states’ names were formed. There’s rich history behind […]
Continue ReadingAs the dreaded coronavirus continues to ravage the world and with schools closed down following lockdowns, parents around the country, Africa and the world over, may be wondering how they’re going to keep their children and wards busy during the necessary break. The list below should help to keep them entertained and learning and (hopefully) […]
Continue ReadingFederal Ministry of Education in Nigeria has ordered the immediate closure of tertiary institutions, secondary and primary schools nationwide over the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country and as part of measures to contain the spread. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echono, confirmed this in Abuja on Thursday, according […]
Continue ReadingA student of Government Girls Arabic Secondary School Fago in Sandamu Local Government Area of Katsina State, Fatima Tasi’u, has died after she was allegedly flogged by her Mathematics teacher, Abubakar Suleiman. While narrating the incident that led to his daughter’s death to Daily Trust, father of the deceased, Malam Tasi’u Maikano who resides in […]
Continue ReadingThe convocation ceremonies of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Nigeria, slated for next Monday to Thursday, have been suspended. A statement by the Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday stated that the management regretted the inconvenience the development might cause the fresh graduates and their families. The Vice-Chancellor of the varsity, […]
Continue ReadingA female lecturer in the Department of Quantity Surveying at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria, simply identified as Dr. Mrs Akintola, has died from complications that arose after giving birth to a set of twins. According to reports, Dr Mrs. Akintola gave birth to her set of twins and became ill. She was […]
Continue ReadingThirteen children have died and more than 40 others were injured in a stampede that occurred as they left school in western Kenya today. “We have lost 13 children in this stampede and we have others in the hospital with injuries,” David Kabena, the police chief in the town of Kakamega, told reporters. The incident […]
Continue ReadingOxford English Dictionary (OED) which was originally published on February 1, 1884 by Oxford University Press has added 29 Nigerian words and expressions in its January 2020 updates to the dictionary. This was confirmed in a blog post on the dictionary’s website. Oxford English Dictionary, in the post, said some of the words were borrowed while others […]
Continue Reading23-year-old, Joseph Temitope, has emerged as the best student of the 2018/2019 graduating set of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, with a CGPA of 4.80. Temitope, who graduated from the Department of Computer Science, emerged the best overall student for the academic session. Speaking with newsmen, Temitope said he achieved the feat because […]
Continue ReadingA lecturer in the department of International Relations at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Olabisi Olaleye, has been allegedly nabbed in an audio recording by a student of the institution, Motunrayo Afolayan who accused him of threatening to fail her in his course for refusing to sleep with him. Afolayan was allegedly first failed […]
Continue ReadingPrincipal of a secondary school in Lagos, Samson Adeyemo, has admitted before an Ikeja Special Offences Court that he had sexual relationships with two 17-year-old twin students of his school. Adeyemo, 41, who resides at No. 8, Odesanya St., Abule Egba, in Lagos state, is the principal of Legati College, Abule Egba, Lagos, and is […]
Continue ReadingAn Instagram user identified as Noble Queen has shared a story about how a female SS3 student of Apata Memorial School, Lagos was allegedly being pestered by her Mathematics teacher for sex in exchange for marks. The teacher identified as Mr Raymond is the HOD of Mathematics of the school that was founded by Late […]
Continue ReadingProf. Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Kwame Butakor, the two University of Ghana lecturers exposed for allegedly asking students for sex in exchange for grades in a documentary by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), (read story here) have been exonerated by a fact-finding committee set up by the university. According to the fact-finding committee, the […]
Continue ReadingNational Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest (Zone D) has vowed to ensure that justice is done in the gruesome murder of a 22-year-old Lagos State University (LASU) final year Theatre Arts student, Favour Daley-Oladele. Late Daley-Oladele was reportedly murdered by her boyfriend, some of her body parts dismembered, cooked and eaten by the boyfriend’s […]
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