EDUCATION

COVID-19: Unity Schools, Others To Resume Nationwide On Monday

Daily Dispatch October 27, 2020

Following a Federal Government directive to schools across the country to reopen after 6 months of shut down, the 104 Unity Colleges across the country will reopen tomorrow, Monday. Nigerian schools have been closed since March 18 2020 following the outbreak of the dreaded SARS coronavirus

EDUCATION

Breaking: ASUU Gives One Condition To Call Off Strike

Daily Dispatch October 27, 2020

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it has yet to call off its ongoing strike because it is waiting for the government to conduct an integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS). UTAS is the payment platform created by ASUU in place of government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information […]

EDUCATION

Kano Assembly passes free, compulsory education bill

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2020

The Kano State House of Assembly on Monday passed into law, the bill for the state’s free and compulsory Universal Basic and Secondary Education bill 2020. The Assembly passed the bill into law after the third reading by the Clerk of the Assembly, Abdullahi Alfa, during a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Abdulazeez Gafasa. […]

EDUCATION

N7.3bn Contract Scandal Rocks JAMB

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2020

Allegation of N7.3 billion contracts scandal is rocking the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB). The contract scandal is contained in the report of Auditor General of Federation (AGF), Anthony Ayine, which was submitted to the Senate Committee on Public Account, chaired by Senator Mathew Urhoghide. In the report, the Auditor General accused the JAMB registrar […]

EDUCATION

Breaking: Schools Remain Closed Indefinitely As Sanwo-Olu Relaxes Curfew From 8pm-6am

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2020

The curfew in Lagos State has been reviewed and restriction time is now 8pm to 6am worldtopnewsng.com can confirm. Worldtopnewsng.com gathered that Lagos State Government in a press statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy Mr. Gbenga Omotoso confirmed that public schools in the state remain shut till further notice. The state government […]

EDUCATION

Breaking: Oyo reopens schools in Ibadan after #EndSARS protests

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2020

The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has directed schools in Ibadan, the state capital, to resume normal academic activities from tomorrow, Monday, 26th October, 2020. The Honourable Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barr. Olasunkanmi Olaleye, who made this known in a statement issued on Sunday, said that the directive followed a review […]