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…back was one of the major principles of leadership. While he advised lecturers and teachers to dedicate themselves to providing quality knowledge to students, Nyong noted that leadership means giving back, adding that giving back rewards the giver in greater measure than what was given. “Leadership is giving yourself i…

…said that Yusuf made the commendation while distributing appointment letters to 4,900 teachers for basic and secondary schools as well as the engagement of 3,688 Abba Gida-Gida BESDA Cohort V facilitators. Yusuf described the federal government’s decision as a thoughtful intervention that would reduce the financial bur…

…to tackle the proliferation of substandard textbooks and ensure that learners and teachers have access only to high-quality, curriculum-compliant learning materials. He explained that while NERDC would continue to exercise its statutory responsibility of approving textbooks, approval alone would no longer be sufficient…

…Ogun State’s education reforms, disclosing that the state had recruited over 6,000 teachers through the Ogun Teach Program and rehabilitated schools under the Ogun Rehab Initiative. He further said the state’s digital education reforms, including the Learner Identification Number initiative, had been adopted as a natio…

…be desired as facilities such as classrooms are in deplorable condition in addition to teachers being put under the pressure of excessive deductions from salary and allowances. “As a matter of fact, we are concerned about the likelihood of things going worse before the expiration of Governor Makinde’s maximum tenure be…

…a mobile learning initiative aimed at strengthening the professional development of teachers, particularly women, across Nigeria and four other African countries. The initiative was unveiled on Monday with the commencement of a three-day Master Training Programme in Abuja, designed to equip teachers and school leaders…

…in Abuja on Sunday. This followed the recent successful rescue of schoolchildren and teachers abducted in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, as well as the foiling of an attempted mass abduction of students in Monguno, Borno State. According to the lawmaker, the achievements of the armed forces under the curren…

…or discussion of the policy at the cabinet level before it was passed? Were parents, teachers, school proprietors, and other stakeholders in the education sector consulted? What did the government’s economists say about how many pupils would be forced to drop out of school altogether if the policy were to be implemente…

…the state is currently grappling with challenges in the health sector, a shortage of teachers and doctors, and other infrastructure needs.The APM urged the Adeleke administration to consider the approach adopted in Oyo State, where Governor Seyi Makinde upgraded the existing Ibadan Airport by extending its runway from…

…then, I told myself it was harmless. Everyone laughed. Michael never fought back. Our teachers barely noticed, or maybe they noticed and decided it was easier not to get involved.But I remember his face.That is what people do not understand about guilt. It does not always come as one big punishment. Sometimes it shows…

…and Yawota Baptist Nursery and Primary School, abducting 39 pupils and seven teachers. As the attackers descended on the schools, pupils writing their tests screamed: “Bandits, bandits.” In this interview with Nigeria Info FM, one of the abducted teachers, Olatunde Zacheus, recounts the dramatic attack, their capture a…

…threat to education and the safety of learners in Nigeria. Many abducted children and teachers in other states remain in captivity. “The General Assembly welcomes the rescue of the 39 Oyo pupils and six surviving teachers. Still, the Federal Government must treat the rescue of all abducted children and teachers who rem…

…with demonstrators expressing concern over recent abductions of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State.

…Response Team (IRT) have said they approached the rescue of the 44 abducted pupils and teachers of Oriire schools in Oyo State with the determination to save them because they regarded the victims as their own children. The officers made the disclosure on Friday while meeting with the Inspector-General of Police, Kayod…

FG files charges against abductors of Oyo students and teachers The Federal Government has charged three men identified as Abdulrazak Umar (a.k.a. Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid), Yunusa Musa (a.k.a. Yunusa bin Musa), and Shamsu Adamu Sani (a.k.a. Abu Itisar), for the recent k!dnapping of students and teachers in Oriire Local…

…teacher slams Nigerians who claim their abduction was staged One of the recently rescued teachers from the Oriire school abduction, Mr. Zacchaeus Olatunde, has strongly condemned Nigerians spreading social media conspiracy theories that their 56-day captivity was staged. Olatunde was among the 44 teachers and pupils su…

…other security agencies to ensure the successful rescue of the 44 abducted pupils and teachers of Oriire schools because they saw the abductees as their own children. One police personnel, Sergeant John Jerome Mbena, was killed during the rescue operation while several other police personnel sustained various degrees o…

…remains of Oyo teacher k!lled in captivity The wife of John Olaleye, one of the two teachers k!lled by terrorists after the abduction of pupils, students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, has appealed to the Federal Government and Governor Seyi Makinde to help recover his remains for a dignifie…

…He said the disclosure was meant to counter online claims that the freed pupils and teachers looked too neat to have genuinely endured weeks in a kidnappers’ camp. Olatunde spoke in a video shared by Oyo Matters on Thursday, days after he and other victims abducted from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area reg…

…Nations (UN) should participate in probing the 56-day abduction of 39 pupils and six teachers in the state. In receiving the freed victims, he called “on the appropriate international human rights and accountability mechanisms, including those within the United Nations system, to closely examine the facts surrounding t…

…with journalists in Ogbomoso on Wednesday shortly after he and other rescued pupils and teachers were released from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, where they had received medical treatment and psychological support. The pupil recalled that he was writing a test when armed men stormed hi…

…Ahoro-Esinele communities in Oriire local government, whisking away 39 pupils and six teachers, ended on July 10, when they were rescued by a combined team of the armed forces. Eight of the suspects were arrested while others were killed in an operation many agree demonstrates operational efficiency and improved inter-…

…beat her,” the relative said. PUNCH Online had earlier reported that all the pupils and teachers abducted during the May 15 attack on schools in Oriire Local Government Area regained their freedom after a coordinated rescue operation by security agencies. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy…

…has said the intelligence-led operation that secured the release of abducted pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State cannot be replicated in every kidnapping case because each security operation presents different challenges.Ngoshe stated this on Wednesday, July 15, during an appearance on Chan…