Education

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa. ‎ ‎Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has explained the rationale behind the establishment of multiple medical institutions, saying it is targeted at meeting the dire need of human resources for health development in the state. ‎ ‎He made this known while receiving an 11-man accreditation …

  By Emmanuel Obe   For centuries, schools have been the temples of knowledge, the places where the young and curious go to be molded into useful members of society. The classroom, the blackboard, and the teacher have stood as symbols of enlightenment. But as the world rapidly changes with …

  By Paul Williams Niger Delta-based OLEGH Centre for Community Development has embarked on building the capacity of female students in the region on leadership and gender issues. The initiative is part of efforts aimed at ensuring inclusivity in regional and community leadership process, with this year’s International Day of …

By:  Mandy Willy ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced plans to commence computer-based examinations, tagged CB-WASSCE, as part of efforts to curb examination malpractice and improve the integrity of its assessments. ‎ ‎The new system, which will combine both digital and manual features, is scheduled …

Lecturers in the Bayelsa State owned Niger Delta Universities, Ammassoma have joined in the nationwide strike action called by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ‎ ‎A drive by our correspondent through some parts of the Institutions showed total compliance with lecture halls deserted and few students seen around …

By: Bethel Toby ‎ ‎The Principal of Community Junior Secondary School, Okoloma-Afam, in Oyigbo LGA of Rivers State, Dr Chiawolam Jacob, has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, among other stakeholders  to urgently reform the education sector, to achieve greater efficiency and productivity. ‎ ‎ ‎Speaking with PH Mundial on this …

By: Bethel Toby  ‎ ‎The Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education(IAUE), Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Prof Ibiere Ken- Maduako,  says that the vision of President Bola Tinubu and Governors of the 36 States, including the Federal Capital Territory should  be primarily,  to ensure that Nigerian youths become successful …

A University Don and Professor of Environmental and Industrial Microbiology at the University of Port Harcourt, Professor  Obioma Kenechukwu Agwa has called on the governments to invest more funds into Waste to Wealth technology to promote industrial innovations in the country. ‎ ‎ ‎Delivering the 203 Inaugural Lecture series of …

By: Mandy Willy   ‎A stakeholder in the education sector and retired Director of Education in the Rivers State Ministry of Education, Reginald Osigbo, has called on the federal and state governments to urgently improve welfare packages for teachers across the country. ‎ ‎Speaking in an interview with our correspondent, …

By Mandy Willy Two 10-year-old innovators from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have made Nigeria and Africa proud by clinching the Grand Prize at the 2025 Technovation Global Summit (Beginner Division) with their revolutionary mobile app, “StayWoke”. The girls, Akachukwu Blessed Nwachukwu and Ifunanya Gabriella Okoye, developed StayWoke an AI-powered application …