Education Ministry Presents Proposal to NASS on Schools Reopening

CoronavirusEducationNewsEducation Ministry Presents Proposal to NASS on Schools Reopening

PilotnewsJune 23, 2020

The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba on Tuesday presented to the National Assembly a proposed date for the reopening of schools across the country as a post-COVID-19 measure. He made the presentation during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education on the ministry’s plans for pupils who have been forced to stay at home following the outbreak of the COVID – 19 pandemic. While noting that government had...

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Why Lagos is Establishing Fruit Orchards in 20 Schools

EducationEnvironmentNewsWhy Lagos is Establishing Fruit Orchards in 20 Schools

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 22, 2020

No less than twenty secondary schools have been selected by the Lagos State Government for the establishment of fruit orchards, to promote tree planting culture and protect the environment. The Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, said the policy would transform Lagos into a greener, healthier and more orderly State, adding that the secondary schools were selected from the 3 senatorial districts in the State. “Trees are fell indiscriminately without replacement and this has...

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Oyo NAPPS, NUT Disagree Over Schools Reopening

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeriaOyo NAPPS, NUT Disagree Over Schools Reopening

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

Some stakeholders have expressed divergent views as Oyo State Government on Monday released its plans to reopen some arms of schools. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Gov. Seyi Makinde had directed that Primary Six pupils, Junior Secondary School (JSS) Three and Senior Secondary School (SSS) Three students were to resume classes from June 29. Reacting to the directive, Kayode Adeyemi, the President, National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), commended...

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University of Ibadan Mourns Emeritus Professor, Akinkugbe

EducationNewsNigeriaPeopleUniversity of Ibadan Mourns Emeritus Professor, Akinkugbe

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, has described the late emeritus professor of Medicine, Oladipo Akinkugbe, as a great Nigerian with passion for his country. Olayinka stated this in Ibadan on Tuesday in a condolence message issued by Mr Tunji Oladejo, the Director of Communications of the institution, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Akinkugbe died at 86 on Monday. He eulogised the deceased as an administrator, international physician,...

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BREAKING NEWS: Oyo to Re-Open Schools in 2 Weeks, Orders Civil Servants to Resume Next Week

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeriaBREAKING NEWS: Oyo to Re-Open Schools in 2 Weeks, Orders Civil Servants to Resume Next Week

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 15, 2020

The Oyo State Government has given green lights for schools to resume across the state on 29 June, civil servants to resume work beginning from 22 June and ordered churches and mosques to operate at 25 per cent capacity. In a statement on Monday Evening, the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, following almost a 3-hours meeting, presided by Governor Seyi Makinde, announced that the curfew imposed on the state had been relaxed, adding that curfew...

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Lagos Says When Schools Would Re-open

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeriaLagos Says When Schools Would Re-open

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 5, 2020

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said that the decision to re-open schools would be taken in 2-weeks. Mr Sanwo-Olu disclosed this during a press briefing Thursday, on the COVID-19 situation in the state. “I know we are all eager to know the plans we have for the re-opening of our learning institutions. There is still a lot more works to be done in this regard and we are looking at the educational sector very differently....

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Sex Education, Not Enough to Protect Girl Child From Sexual Assault— Educationist

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaSex Education, Not Enough to Protect Girl Child From Sexual Assault— Educationist

PilotnewsJune 4, 2020

Mrs. Felicia Bamidele, an educationist in Ilorin, Kwara, says sex education is not enough to protect the girl child from sexual assault in Nigeria. Bamidele, Proprietress of Great Ideas Nursery and Primary School, Ilorin stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Thursday. She said sex education without strict government actions would not prevent the girl child from consistent sexual assault in the country. Also, Association calls on Edo govt. to protect lives of women,...

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POCACOV Condemns Rape, Killing of Undergraduate in Benin

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaPOCACOV Condemns Rape, Killing of Undergraduate in Benin

PilotnewsJune 2, 2020

The Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), has condemned the alleged rape and killing of a female undergraduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), identified as Uwaila Omozuwa. The National Coordinator of POCACOV, CSP Ebere Amaraizu, in a statement on Monday in Enugu, said that the situation was unacceptable, barbaric and uncivilised. Omozuwa, 23, was allegedly attacked and wounded by yet to be identified hoodlums while studying inside the church located at Amadasun...

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COVID-19: Students Beg FG to Reopen Schools

CoronavirusEducationNigeriaCOVID-19: Students Beg FG to Reopen Schools

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

A cross-section of students in Kwara have appealed to the Federal Government to reopen schools despite the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The students, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews in Ilorin on Sunday, expressed their frustration for sitting home over a long period. NAN reports that the federal government had in March announced the closure of schools, churches, mosques and events centres as well as banning social...

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Return to Roundtable or Face Consequences, FG Tells Striking ASUU

EducationLabourNewsNigeriaReturn to Roundtable or Face Consequences, FG Tells Striking ASUU

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige says there will be consequences if the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) refuse government’s overture to return to the negotiating table. Ngige disclosed this on Sunday in a statement signed by his media aide, Emmanuel Nzomiwu, in Enugu. The statement said Ngige spoke in his hometown Alor, Anambra, where he donated palliative worth N15 million to vulnerable households to cushion COVID-19 effects. He said that the...

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