…here in Nigeria. The former military safety instructor added that the need for technical schools from the primary to tertiary levels of education can never be overemphasised, stressing that "now is the time for our youths to show what they can do and not the paper qualifications they have."

…College Lagos was established in 1974. It therefore held that the primary and secondary school certificates being paraded by President Tinubu and claimed to have been used to secure admission to Chicago State University may have been forged, hence, the need for clarifications by INEC. The group charged INEC chairman Am…

Irked by the spate of kidnappings of children of school age for ransom in Nigeria and its disturbing effects on

…Godwin Obulunbiya Obiora for allegedly selling illicit drugs to teenage secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia state capital. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, in a statement on Sunday said Pa Obiora was arrested by NDLEA operatives on Friday 19th June 2026 following credible intelligence tha…

…on Saturday at the maiden Geo-economic Optimisation Summit organised by the Citadel School of Government in Lagos, themed "From South-West Nigeria to the Globe: Lagos as a Geo-economic Hub." Sanwo-Olu said Lagos remains Nigeria's economic nerve centre and continues to shoulder disproportionate national pressures, inclu…

…scheme but I don't believe marrying a poor man can make you happy. “When rent is due, school fees can't be paid and there is no food in the house, it is difficult to have a fantastic life. “I am not saying there is no love without money. But love and fantastic life are not the same,” she said. She advocated for intendi…

…Obiora, over alleged involvement in the sale of illicit drugs to teenage secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia State. The arrests were part of a broader nationwide crackdown in which the agency also intercepted drug consignments, apprehended a wanted couple in Ekiti State, and arrested several suspects, including…

…stability, and development in their communities. The Commandant of the Police Training School (PTS), Bauchi, Abdullahi Umar Tambuwal, disclosed that 2,176 vigilantes and forest security personnel successfully completed training in various areas, including civilian operations, intelligence gathering, health and safety a…

...Says it provides statistical evidence of educational policy planning, resource allocation Education stakeholders in Kogi have pledged full

The management of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, Kogi, has announced a raft of new security measures,

…by Maslow's theory. Why does the North remain wholly devastated by poverty, the out-of-school-children crisis, banditry and insurgency and other shades of killings? Isn't the trend more about leadership failure and dogmatism? Would you say the insecurity in the South-West has to do with failure of leadership? The insec…

…on Saturday at the Geo-Economic Optimization Summit Lagos 2026, organised by the Citadel School of Government in Oregun, where he said geoeconomics-the deliberate use of economic instruments to project influence-has become a defining feature of the new global order. According to the governor, power is increasingly deri…

…Rivers State, numerous infrastructure projects were executed, including roads, bridges, schools, healthcare facilities, and urban renewal initiatives. His administration was widely associated with visible development and an unwavering commitment to project completion. "His current assignment as Minister of the Federal…

…can do. "I earn well, relatively at least, but I only have the basics," he notes. "Rent, school fees, food, transport. By the time I'm done, I am not saving meaningfully. I am not investing meaningfully. I am just surviving at a higher level than some people." What worries him most, though, is not the money. It is his…

…forces in exchange for hostages. A video surfaced recently showing Mrs. Alani, the school principal kidnapped alongside teachers and schoolchildren in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, speaking directly to the public to clarify the demands of her abductors. In the clip which circulated on social media, Mrs. Alani pushed back agains…

…forces closing in By Adeola Badru 36 agonising days after gunmen swept through three schools in Oyo State and disappeared into the vast wilderness with dozens of pupils and teachers, the battle to secure their freedom has entered what security officials described as its most decisive stage. Intelligence reports now sug…

…to attract generations of Nigerians in search of opportunity and belonging. Markets, schools, places of worship, and neighbourhoods reflect a long tradition of interaction among indigenous communities and long-settled residents who have contributed to the area's growth. Yet beneath its cosmopolitan identity lies one of…

…protest on Monday, June 22, over rising insecurity and the continued abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State. The group's Oyo State Coordinator, Dimeji Salako, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, saying the protest would take place at Iwo Road in Ibadan. 5. Zamfara State Police Command has r…

…the release of General Rabe's widow, the bandits had already done their worst. Edo Shuts Schools Over Terror Threat On June 13, the Edo State Government announced the closure of three schools in the Akoko-Edo axis - Ososo Grammar School, Makeke Secondary School, and Ososo Comprehensive High School - following intellige…

…about what is happening to the less privileged! In the same Oyo state that toddlers and school children are spending weeks in captivity while a teacher was beheaded in a most horrendous manner, the state governor not only went ahead to declare a presidential ambition, the relatives of a former Minister who were abducte…

…fame has not changed me in any way. Most of my friends are the girls from my secondary school and university days. I know I can't keep up with everyone, but I try. My friends understand that I can be very busy, but they also know that once I clear my desk, I make up for any break in communication. They are also very bu…

…graduation, valedictory, and end-of-academic-session ceremonies in public and private schools across the state. In a memo dated 15th June, 2026 and signed by Mrs B. Osanupin on behalf of the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr Lawal Olohungbebe, the state government directed all school propriet…

…some jobs that were not particularly dignifying. I did not do the job at the expense of school. When I got to America, I knew that if I had this degree, I would get a job according to what I had been told. And when I get this job, my life will be better. So, in school, I figured out very quickly that academic was not w…

The Movement for Credible Elections has called for urgent investigations into allegations of vote buying, pre-thumbprinted ballot papers and the suspected distribution of uncollected voter cards during Saturday's Ekiti governorship election.

…in. “That money would have revived primary healthcare. That money would have put primary schools in place. That money would have taken care of some construction projects. That money would have improved law and order, employment, recruitment, empowerment, and the mobilisation of vigilantes to serve as a community vangua…