Nigerian Lawyer Gets Continental Spotlight for Research on Data Protection Enforcement

…Study Exposes Double Standards in Nigeria’s Data Protection Enforcement Nigerian digital rights lawyer and legal researcher Solomon Okedara has been named one of only four African researchers selected for the Data Governance in Africa Research Fund, launched by the Data Governance in Africa Initiative. Okedara’s project, titled How Unequal Enforcement of Data Protection Laws in Nigeria Impacts Public Trust in Data Governance, was chosen from an overwhelming pool of more than 240 applications submitted across...

Over ₦122bn Safe School Budget Fails to Stem Student Abductions

When 276 schoolgirls were snatched from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on 14 April 2014, the attention of the international community zeroed in on Nigeria. Almost immediately, the Nigerian government, alongside global and local partners, launched the Safe School Initiative (SSI) to stop such horrific attacks. Ten years later, the nightmare has not ended. Two School Attacks in One Week In just one week in November, over 300 pupils were abducted from two...

NAE Pick Holes In FG’s Reversal Of Mother Tongue Policy

The Nigerian Academy of Education (NAE) has criticised the Federal Government’s decision to scrap the National Language Policy, calls on the Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, to reverse his decision. A statement by the president, Emeritus Professor Olugbemiro Jegede,  described the policy reversal as a grave disservice to Nigeria’s educational progress, warns that discontinuing mother tongue instruction without rigorous evaluation amounts to permanent recolonisation and the loss of Nigeria’s future and pride. It faults...

CRC-N Decries Shutdown Of Schools

The shutdown of schools and deboarding of many boarding institutions over the growing number of attacks on schools across the country has been described as a major setback to national development. The Christian Reformed Church–Nigeria, CRC-N, stated this in a communiqué issued at the end of its 161st General Church Council (Synod), held at CRC-N No. 1 Takum, in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. The communiqué signed by CRC-N President, Rev. Dr. Isaiah...

Yobe Shutdown Boarding Schools, Adamawa Deboard Boarding Schools 

Yobe state government has directed the closure of all boarding Secondary Schools in the state as a proactive measure to safeguard students in the schools. The decision followed a security meeting between the Governor, Mai Mala Buni, and Security chiefs in the state, which reviewed security incidents in schools in some parts of the country. A notice signed by Dr. Bukar Aji Bukar, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, directed the immediate...

Federal Ministry of Education Debunks Closure Of Unity Schools

The Federal Ministry of Education has debunked a message currently circulating on the closure of 47 Unity Schools due to the security situation in some parts of the country. According to a statement signed by Boriowo Folasade, Director, Press and Public Relations of the ministry, the message was described as false, misleading, and did not originate from the Federal Government or the Federal Ministry of Education. “The Federal Ministry of Education hereby informs the general...

Over 200 Pupils, Teachers Abducted in Niger State Catholic School

Armed bandits have abducted more than 200 pupils and teachers from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The attack took place in the early hours of Friday morning, between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m., according to statements from local authorities and church officials. The Niger State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) initially reported that “227 persons, including teachers and students,” had been abducted in...

FG Orders Closure of 41 Unity Colleges Over Security Fears

Plateau, Katsina Temporarily Shut Basic Schools The Federal Government has ordered the immediate shutdown of 41 Unity Colleges across Nigeria, citing recent security threats. Additionally, the Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (PSUBEB) has directed the closure of all junior and senior basic schools in the state as a precautionary measure. In a circular issued on Friday by Hajia Binta Abdulkadir, Director of Senior Secondary Education at the Ministry of Education, the Minister of Education, Dr...

Suspended UNICAL Dean Bags Five-Year for Sexually Harassing Student

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Professor Cyril Osim Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), to five years’ imprisonment, with no option of fine, following his conviction on sexual harassment charges. Delivering the judgment, Justice James Omotosho held that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had proven beyond a reasonable doubt the allegations in the first two counts of the amended charge....

Enugu State Govt. Calls On Indigenes To Apply For the 2025 Scholarship Award

The Enugu State Government has approved scholarship awards for 1600 indigenes of the state for the 2025/2026 academic session in Nigerian Universities. A public service notice signed by the Commissioner for Education, Enugu State, Prof. Ndubueze L. Mbah, PhD, calls on Enugu State indigenes to apply for the 2025 scholarship awards through the Enugu State Scholarship and Education Loans Board. Available scholarship categories include undergraduate, teachers, and postgraduate levels. While 500 undergraduate indigenes in 100...

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