Egyptian authorities have sent over 500 Nigerian students back to Sudan following the failure of two of them to provide either a passport or Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC). According to a voice note of a Nigerian official obtained by The PUNCH on Friday morning, students without passports or ETC had been instructed to stay back. The official added that two …

Nigeria is on the threshold of education revolution as an e-learning platform with multiple applications was unveiled to key stakeholders on Thursday in Lagos. The new platform will create a level playing field by giving everyone access to affordable and quality education, the promoters said. Known as Educatial, it was developed by a team of indigenous software engineers in response …

The Kwara State Head of Service, Mrs Susan Oluwole has vowed to henceforth apply stiff penalties against any government worker found wanting in their line of duty. Enraged by the poor turnout of staff during her routine visit to ministries, departments, and agencies in the state capital on Thursday, Oluwole warned that the government would not condone dereliction of duty. …

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has commended MTN Nigeria for investing in education through the remodeling of science laboratories in the state. Okowa gave the commendation on Thursday when he officially inaugurated science laboratories at the St Augustine College Ibuzor, which were remodeled by the MTN Foundation (MTNF). The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the state …

Founder of the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola on Thursday reiterated his commitment to transforming the education sector in Nigeria. At a meeting with the Assistant Commandant-General (Training and Manpower Development) of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), David Abi, and his entourage, in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Babalola also said that the major problem that Nigeria …

The legal firm of human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana has written to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba requesting information on the brutal killing of one Ahize Chizoputam Okoli, a final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State. Okoli, a 500-Level engineering student, was gruesomely killed by some students on 21st April 2023, at the …

The two Catholic priests who were kidnapped last Saturday by unknown gunmen at Agbarha-Otor town, in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, have regained their freedom from their abductors. The priests – Rev. Fr. Raphael Ogigbah, who is the parish priest of St. Francis Catholic Parish Agbarha-Otor, Catholic Diocese of Warri; and Rev. Fr. Kunav Chochos, a …

The decomposing body of a nursing mother, Kehinde Jibril, recently abducted by suspected kidnappers at Ago-Oja town in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State, has been discovered. The corpse was reportedly found on Thursday along Ojoku Road in Ago-Oja axis after frantic efforts to locate and rescue her from her abductors. Kehinde had since been buried according to Islamic …

Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku has presented a N2.28 trillion budget estimate for 2021/2022/2023 before the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC. Breaking down the consolidated budget estimates christened: “Budget of Rewind to Rebirth”, the NDDC boss said he proposed an aggregate expenditure of N485.7 billion for 2021, N928.2 billion for 2022, and …

The Governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike has named a block in the newly-inaugurated Justice Iche Ndu Magistrates Court Complex in the state after his wife, Justice Eberechi Nyesom Wike. The governor, who disclosed this during the inauguration of the complex on Thursday, also named other blocks after some top judicial officers in the state. Wike said he decided …