Abduction of School Children Aim To Destroy Education In North-University Dons

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaAbduction of School Children Aim To Destroy Education In North-University Dons

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 16, 2021

The Dean, Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Prof. Yahaya Korau Kajuru, said the abduction of school children is a grand design to destroy whatever success that the North has recorded in the education sector. He noted that it was a ploy to prevent Northern children from going to school and the implication was obvious for everyone to predict. “Unfortunately, our leaders don’t seem to understand what is going on, or they have...

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Bandits on Rampage In Kaduna With Daily Abduction

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsBandits on Rampage In Kaduna With Daily Abduction

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 15, 2021

Bandits on Monday have abducted students and teachers from UBE Primary School in Rama, a village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The latest abduction happened 24 hours after security agents thwarted an attempted abduction of 307 students of Government Science Secondary School in Ikara Local Government Area of the state and another attack at the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) quarters in Igabi LGA of the state. It was gathered...

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Abduction: 618 Schools Closed In Six Northern States

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsAbduction: 618 Schools Closed In Six Northern States

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 15, 2021

The spate of students’ abduction in Northern Nigeria has forced school authorities to close no fewer than 618 schools in six northern states over the fear of attack and abduction of pupils and members of staff. The six states affected by the closure are Sokoto, Zamfara, Kano, Katsina, Niger, and Yobe. The Sokoto state government has closed all boarding schools along with border towns. The state Commissioner for Security and Career Affairs, Col. Garba Moyi...

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Nigeria Will Be Good Again, Says NAPS President

EducationNational DevelopmentNewsNigeriaNigeria Will Be Good Again, Says NAPS President

PilotnewsMarch 13, 2021

ABUJA —  Mr. Olalere Olatunji, the President of the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), says Nigeria will be good again if Nigerians continue to contribute their quota. Olatunji said this during a news conference organised by a property developer at its signing and partnership with NAPS on Saturday in Abuja. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the signing and partnership with NAPS is a project initiated by Domak Shelter Limited seeking to enable...

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Gov Fintiri Offers Automatic Employment To Five Graduates of Adamawa State University

EducationNewsGov Fintiri Offers Automatic Employment To Five Graduates of Adamawa State University

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 13, 2021

YOLA —  Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has announced automatic employment to five best graduating students at the Adamawa State University and overseas scholarship to further their education. The Governor made the announcement in his speech at the third to fifteenth convocation ceremony of the institution Saturday with ninety-two students graduating with first-class honour degrees. The University held its last convocation twelve years ago following setbacks caused by Boko Haram attacks and industrial...

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Students Unrest: Isa Musthapha Agwai Polytechnic Lafia Shut Down

EducationNewsStudents Unrest: Isa Musthapha Agwai Polytechnic Lafia Shut Down

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2021

Following the students’ unrest, the Management of Isa Musthapha Agwai Polytechnic Lafia, Nasarawa state has shut down the institution for one week. The students had barricaded the Lafia-Jos Road for several hours, to protest the alleged closure of the school’s registration portal by its management. Dr. Justina Kotso, Rector of the Polytechnic who announced the temporary closure of the school while briefing newsmen on the aftermath of the protest in Lafia said the decision to...

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EducationInfrastructureNewsStakeholders Rally Support For Bills Seeking to Establish FMC, Orthopaedic Hospital

PilotnewsMarch 11, 2021

ABUJA — Stakeholders in the health sector on Wednesday rally support for the establishment of Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Wase, Plateau, and Igboho in Oyo State. The stakeholders made the appeal at a public hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions in Abuja. Dr. Nimkong Ndam, the Plateau Commissioner for Health, said that the people of Southern Senatorial Zone of Plateau, particularly those living in remote villages, have difficulty in accessing...

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28 Year Old College of Agriculture Ganye Yet to Get NBTE Blessing

EducationInfrastructureNews28 Year Old College of Agriculture Ganye Yet to Get NBTE Blessing

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 10, 2021

The College of Agriculture Ganye in Adamawa state established 28 years ago is yet to get its courses accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) due to lack of infrastructure, among others. Mr. Aminu Kardu Tsigya, Acting Provost of the College who disclosed this to newsmen expressed worry over the non-accreditation of the school courses almost twenty-eight years since its establishment in 1992. Tsigya disclosed that the college can’t meet the requirement for...

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Kwara Government Shutdown 10 Schools

EducationNewsNigeriaKwara Government Shutdown 10 Schools

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 8, 2021

The Kwara State government has announced that the 10 grant-aided missionary schools will remain shut down until further notice over the Hijab (religious veil) controversies. The affected schools are C&S College Sabo Oke, St. Anthony Secondary School, Offa Road, ECWA School, Oja Iya, Surulere Baptist Secondary School and Bishop Smith Secondary School, Agba Dam. Other schools are CAC Secondary School Asa Dam road, St. Barnabas Secondary School Sabo Oke, St. John School Maraba, St. Williams...

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PEF Push For Upgrading Of Federal Medical Center Yola

EducationInfrastructureNewsPEF Push For Upgrading Of Federal Medical Center Yola

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 7, 2021

With a plan to convert the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Yola to a Teaching Hospital, the Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF) has awarded contracts in preparation for the upgrade of the hospital. Some of the projects currently under construction include; water, power supply with large solar panels, road networks and administrative building. The Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF), Ahmed Bobbo said the board and management of PEF deem it right after awarding the...

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