Alex Jones Must Pay $49.3m For Sandy Hook Hoax Claim
US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $49.3m (£41m) in damages after falsely claiming a 2012 school shooting was a hoax. A jury in Texas ruled the radio host must pay $45.2m in punitive damages, in addition to $4.1m in compensatory damages they awarded a day earlier. The two-week defamation trial was […]
Edo Govt Expand Education Reform Program, Employs 3000 Teachers
The Edo state government yesterday announced that it had expanded the reform programme to the post-primary cadre to complement the successes of the EdoBest education reforms, as well as that it had employed 3000 teachers for the primary cadre. The Edo Best 2.0 Approach, according to the state commissioner for education, Mrs. Joan Oviawe, was […]
ASUU Roll-over Strike By Four Weeks
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, or ASUU, has once again added four weeks to the ongoing strike. In a statement released yesterday, the union’s president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the decision was made to give the government adequate time to resolve any outstanding issues with the lecturers. The ASUU President stated that the extension […]
Insecurity: Nasarawa Govt Orders Immediate Closure Of Schools
Nasarawa Government has ordered the immediate closure of public and private schools to safeguard students across the State. This follows security threats across the nation particularly at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with the government already in possession of reports suggesting likely security threats in communities within the State, bordering the FCT such as Gitata […]
ASUU Strike: Ondo NLC Protests For Good Governance
The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government are at odds, and the Ondo State Branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday joined its counterparts in other states of the Federation to protest this impasse. In support of ASUU, the national labor union announced a two-day protest. The goal of the protest […]
FG Closes Schools In Abuja On Wednesday To Prevent Security Breach
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has ordered all schools in the territory to close the current academic year on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in response to the security threat to Nigeria’s capital city. The Federal Ministry of Education recently ordered the immediate closure of the Federal Government College (FGC) Kwali, one of the Unity […]
Atiku: Investment In Education Pays Best Dividend
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has said investment in education pays the best dividend than any other investment. Atiku made the statement yesterday on the sidelines of the graduation ceremony of the Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The […]
Lagos Govt Shut Down Redeemers School Over Death Of A 5 Year Old Pupil Who Died On A Swimming Lesson
Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba, a private school in the state, has been shut down by the Lagos State Government due to the death of a pupil. Folasade Adefisayo, the state’s commissioner for education, said this in a statement on Monday. Recall that Chidera Eze, a five-year-old pupil at the school, was said to […]
ASUU Strike Enters 140th Day, As Other Academic Union Enters the 68th Day
President Buhari and his administration have come under fire for the protracted suspension of academic activities in the country’s tertiary institutions, according to the Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project and other education rights organizations like the Reform Education Nigeria and Education Rights Campaign. The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and […]
12 Outstanding Teachers Will Receive Car From Lagos Govt
The Lagos State Government has said that it would honor the 12 teachers who have worked extremely hard to improve the standard of teaching in the state in 2021. In a statement released on Tuesday, the state’s commissioner for information and strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, stated that this honor is a part of the annual […]
