NUT Threatens Nationwide Strike as School Attacks Escalate
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has said teachers across the country may be forced to withdraw their services if the government fails to halt the rising wave of attacks, killings, and mass abductions in schools, describing the situation as a looming collapse of the nation’s education system. Speaking at a press conference on behalf […]
BREAKING: Bandits hit Kwara again, kidnap Pregnant Woman, children, others
At least 11 residents of Isapa, a community close to Eruku in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, have been abducted. The attack happened barely 24 hours after victims abducted during a church service were released. A Christ Apostolic Church in Ekuru was holding a thanksgiving service to celebrate the freedom of 18 worshippers […]
When the Pillars of Unity Fall
By Stephanie Shaakaa We were promised unity, safety, and the freedom to dream. We were promised schools that would shape Nigeria’s future. Today, those promises lie in tatters, as our children are sent home not for holidays, but for fear. As a proud alumna of a Unity School, I feel an ache that words can […]
Niger School Abduction: 50 students escape from their captors
Fifty students abducted from St Mary’s school in Niger state have escaped from their abductors and have been reunited with their families. A statement by Daniel Atori, Media Aide to the Bishop of Kontagora Diocese, Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna said “as it stands now, we have 236 pupils, another 3 children who belong to […]
Niger school Update: 303 students, staff confirmed abducted
The Chairman of the Christian Associations of Nigeria and Catholic Bishop of Kontagora Diocese, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna has confirmed the number of students and staff abducted from the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri in Agwarra local government area of Niger state is now 303 students and 12 teachers. He gave the […]
Insecurity: FG closes 47 unity schools across Nigeria
The federal government has ordered the immediate closure of 47 Federal Government Colleges (unity schools) across the northern region due to escalating security threats. In a circular signed by Binta Abdulkadir, Director of Senior Secondary Education, on behalf of the Minister of Education, Maruf Tunji Alausa, Secondary School Principals were directed to comply with the […]
ABDUCTION UPDATE: Niger government blames school for reopening against security advice
The Niger State Government has condemned the kidnapping of pupils from St Mary’s School in the Papiri area of Agwara Local Government Area, saying that the school ignored advice of government that schools should not remain close in some parts of the state. In a statement on Friday, the Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar […]
Terrorists abduct students, staff at a Catholic School in Niger
Its being reported that an unconfirmed number of students and staff have been abducted at St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. Details of the abduction remain sketchy, but sources told Daily Trust that many students were taken during a raid on the school. A source […]
Who Is Afraid of APC National Chairman Professor Nentawe?
By Jacob Edi. From the classroom to the boardrooms of the private sector and the operational grids of global development organisations, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda has built a reputation that travels ahead of him. His calling card is simple: integrity as instinct, competence as habit, and an ability to connect across divides with a deliberate, […]
TETFund inaugurates N1.3 Billion Female Hostel at Ken Saro-Wiwa University, Bori
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commissioned a 244-bed female hostel at Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori River State, as part of ongoing measures by the Federal Government to alleviate students’ accommodation challenges in public tertiary institutions in the country. The member representing the South-South Geopolitical Zone on the TETFund Board of Trustees, Hon. Aboh […]