The Kaduna State government has approved Sunday, 18th and Monday, 19th October 2020, as resumption dates for SS II, JSS II boarding and day schools respectively and Primary 6 students in the state. The Kaduna State Ministry of Education is…
Kano State Announce Free Scholarship for Students with Special Neeeds
Kano State Government says it has provided free scratch cards to enable eligible students with special needs to enrol in its online scholarship registration. Alhaji Abubakar Zakari, the Executive Secretary, Kano State Scholarship Board, disclosed this in a statement on…
National Directorate of Employment to Employ 1,850 Graduates
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Friday informed that it is recruiting a total of 1,850 young graduates from the 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for a three-month internship programme. The graduates, according…
COVID-19 FCTA Warns School Authority
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Thursday, warned the principals of government-owned secondary schools against non-compliance with COVID-19 safety guidelines. The Chairman, FCT Ministerial Enforcement Taskforce on COVID-19 Restrictions, Ikharo Attah gave the warning during an inspection tour of…
Ogun Receives First Batch Of Home Grown School Food
The Ogun State Government has taken delivery of the first batch of food items for the Home Grown School Feeding Programme by the Federal Government. The food items which include rice, beans, salt, palm oil and vegetable oil are to…
Babalola recommends prescriptions for resumption of schools in four weeks
The Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), yesterday offered prescriptions on how the Federal Government could reopen schools and universities within four weeks in phases. The legal luminary noted that “only the Almighty God Himself…
FG Begins Feeding 3.1m School Pupils at Home Tomorrow
The Federal Government said it would commence the feeding of 3.1 million schoolchildren at home from Monday, starting with those in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Lagos, and Kano State. Recall that in March, the government shut down schools,…
Schools Remain Closed for Now says Lagos State Government
The Lagos State Ministry of Education has denied social media reports regarding a new set of guidelines for schools resumption in the state. The Ministry, through its Public Affairs Head, Mr Kayode Abayomi said “the Ministry wishes to clarify that…
FG orders Workers to stay at home due to Coronavirus
The Federal Government has asked public servants to work from home, as a step to effect social distancing and check the spread of Coronavirus. In a memo issued by Folashade Yemi Esan, Head of Service of the Federation, government-directed all…
Young Nigerian Scientists Presidential Award Competition 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has granted full scholarship up to doctorate degree level to three secondary school students who emerged winners at the 2020 Young Nigerian Scientists Presidential Award Competition. The scholarship is for them to study any science-related discipline of…