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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki clarified on Monday that his administration has no problem with teachers in Edo, but a section of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) leadership “that wants to continue to politicize education.” Obaseki made the clarification while launching the ‘Let’s Go To School’ and ‘Parent’s First’ campaigns with the mandate that all children in the …

The education sector in Nigeria has been confronted with many challenges, including labour strikes, poor funding, decay in infrastructure, and the recent kidnapping cases. Thus, it is fast becoming extremely difficult for students in Nigeria to attain their educational dreams. This may not be unconnected with the long decay in the education system which has deprived many the opportunities to …

The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria says its leaders have been invited by the Department of State Services for blocking the supply of foodstuff and cattle from the North to the South. The General Secretary, AUFCDN, Ahmed Alaramma, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, adding that the President of the association, Mohammed …

…We need God intervention to end Kidnappings, Banditry -Minister Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, on Monday condemned the wave of violent attacks on students, saying that about 1,157 students have been kidnapped in seven years. Dame Tallen, who stated this during a press briefing in commemoration of 2021 International Women’s Day, with the theme: Zero Discrimination Day’ lamented …

Edo people have been called upon to embrace data collection exercise recently embarked upon by the Godwin Obaseki Administration in the state as it is geared towards ensuring that the government brings development closer to the people. The enumeration exercise is targeted at collecting relevant data for development planning with the ultimate goal of fixing infrastructure deficit and engendering sustainable …

Real-world results are starting to come in from countries that have been using the COVID-19 vaccines for several weeks, and they all look promising. If regulators give the go-ahead as expected in the next few days, there will be three vaccines available in the United States to prevent COVID-19. A fourth is in widespread use in 50 countries around the …

The Yobe State government orders students to go home until they receive further directives. The Yobe State Government has ordered boarding school students in the state to go home amidst fear of a Boko Haram attack. The government asked students to vacate their hostels until they receive further directives. The order, however, did not affect SS3 students. When PREMIUM TIMES …

The Zamfara State government denies a newspaper report that the girls had been released The students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, are still with their captors, the state government has said. Yusuf Idris, media aide to Governor Bello Matawalle, told PREMIUM TIMES at about 3 p.m. on Sunday that efforts …

Edo State Taskforce on coronavirus (COVID-19) has urged worship and event centers in the state to deploy more resources in enforcing the government’s protocols and guidelines to check the spread of the second wave of the pandemic. Addressing journalists in Benin City after monitoring compliance at event and worship centers, the state’s health educator, Mrs. Irene Uabor said the state …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria must act with knowledge and not fear to develop a robust regulatory regime that is thoughtful and knowledge-based for cryptocurrency operations in the Nigerian banking sector, rather than one that prohibits its operations. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in a keynote address delivered virtually at a one-day economic summit organized by …