EDUCATION

Shell awards scholarships to 1,035 students, undergraduates in Rivers

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2018

No fewer than 1,035 secondary school students and undergraduates on Tuesday received scholarships to pursue their academic dreams in Nigeria and abroad. Osagie Okunbor, Managing Director and Country Chairman of Shell Petroleum, presented the scholarship letters to the beneficiaries during a

EDUCATION

30th Anniversary: BPE launches CSR, gives scholarships to 30 students

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2018

he Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has launched its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to cater for the needs of its immediate community. The Director General of the Bureau, Mr. Alex A. Okoh unveiled the policy through his Technical Adviser (Strategy), Hassan Ibrahim Nurain at the Dinner/Award Night in Abuja recently in commemoration of the 30th anniversary […]

EDUCATION

Chrisland schoolchild rape: Adenekan’s polygraph test showed he was deceptive

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2018

A prosecution witness, Adebayo Falola on Tuesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences Court that the results of the polygraph test carried out on a former supervisor of Chrisland Schools, Adegboyega Adenekan, indicated he was deceptive. Adenekan is undergoing trial over alleged defilement of a two year old pupil. Falola, a polygraph expert who was led […]

EDUCATION

Non indigene students in Niger State to start paying for WAEC fees

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2018

Niger State Government has suspended payment of West African Examination Council (WAEC) fees for non-indigenes in the state because students from neighbouring states were taking advantage of the policy. The Commissioner of Education, Hajiya Fatima Madugu, who gave the reason at a news briefing in Minna on Monday, said the suspension would be reversed once […]

EDUCATION

I spent N10billion to feed 252, 000 students

Daily Dispatch November 25, 2018

The outgoing governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola, has disclosed that his administration spent the sum of N10bn to feed 252,000 students in primary 1-4 under the Osun school feeding programme known as OMEALS. Speaking at a public presentation of some documents on the social protection policies of his administration, Aregbesola stated that more than […]

EDUCATION

My Govt Has Built 6 Varsities, 3 Polytechnics, 1,000 Kilometers Of Roads – Okorocha

Daily Dispatch November 22, 2018

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has said that his administration has built 6 universities which include Eastern Palm University, Ogboko, University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Aboh-Mbaise/Ngor-Okpala, University of Science & Technology Onuimo, Marine University Oguta, University of Creative Technology and Imo University of Medical Sciences. The