Just like Amotekun, the six Southwest States – Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti – have agreed to reopen schools next month to enable Senior Secondary School 3 students to write the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The decision was taken at a virtual meeting organized by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission on Wednesday. Commissioners for Education in the six states, special advisers on Education and State Universal...

Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political organisation has kicked against the Federal Government’s decision to leave schools on lockdown until further notice. The group condemned the decision, demanding the dismissal of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu for planning to ground education for a year as the country battles coronavirus. The Secretary-General of the association, Bashorun Sehinde Arogbofa, who spoke in Akure, argued for the reopening of schools. He urged the Federal Government to allow pupils to...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that Nigerian students will not participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination scheduled between August 4 and September 5. The Nigerian government said this as it put on hold its earlier decision to reopen federal schools. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu told State House Correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council Meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari The Minister of State for...