The Anambra State ICT Agency, in partnership with Wikimedia Nigeria User Group, the Anambra Network, has successfully hosted digital literacy training for members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the state to increase their relevance in the 21st-century technology-driven world. The training workshop tagged ‘Building Tech-Forward Change makers’ which was held at the Agency’s conference room, at the State Government House, Awka, on Tuesday, was designed to empower participants with the fundamental digital skills they...

38 inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kurmawa, Kano have successfully completed the 2023 NECO Senior School Certificate Examination. The inmates also graduated from the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies examination. At the graduation ceremony on Thursday, Controller of Corrections at the Kano Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Suleiman Inuwa, appreciated the Service for preparing the inmates for better future which is in line with the Correctional Service Act 2019. He...

Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka has advanced plans to deploy the use of Human Resource Management Software towards enhancing daily administrative duties in the institution. Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Administration in the university, Prof. Joseph Ikechebelu disclosed this during a chat with newsmen in his office.  Prof Ikechebelu stated that the institution is set for digitalization of most of its administrative processes to enhance service delivery, seamless transition and improvement of work output all...

Some private schools across the country have suspended transportation services for students due to the spike in the price of fuel, the President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, Abayomi Otubela has said. Otubela, who spoke on Monday in Abuja, advised parents to devise alternative means of transporting their wards to school. “Many of our member schools have parked their school buses because of the huge cost of running them,” the...

In Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State, it was found that in more than 79 schools across the LGA, only one teacher each, teaching all subjects. Korijo Umar, Director of School Services, Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board, disclosed this during a media chat organized by the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF on the enrollment drive of out-of-school children in Misau and Alkaleri LGAs. Usman stated that many schools in the Misau LGA and...

The latest ranking of Nigerian universities by Webometrics pitched the University of Ibadan, UI; University of Lagos, UNILAG; and University of Nigeria, UNN, as the best three universities in Nigeria. Webometrics is the largest academic ranking of higher education institutions that offers an independent, objective, free, open scientific exercise for providing reliable, multidimensional, updated and useful information about the performance of universities from all over the world The biannual ranking is based on web content...