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“You can have these,” says Professor Fidelis Okafor, handing me over a gift of two books and a glossy magazine entitled Mantras of Hope and Footprints in the Sands of Time, and COOU Times respectively. I quickly flip through the pages, nodding my head. The last time we met was …

The Oyo state ministry of justice and its educational counterpart have been summoned by the State House of Assembly over the ownership status of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. They are slated to appear before the assembly on Tuesday, September 27. The summon was followed by a motion titled, …

  When Nigerian teenager Zara John was rescued from Boko Haram captivity last year, she was delighted to learn she was pregnant with the baby of the Islamic militant who abducted her and forced her into marriage. Seven months ago, the 18-year-old said she was still in love with the …

  You probably just finished your first degree and are interested in starting your Master’s Degree immediately. Well, this lawyer and expert in corporate and financial law thinks you need to chill. Oluwakemi Makun is advising young Nigerians to take a break before rushing to do their Master’s, as is …

  The children born in 2013 are the high school graduates of 2030. This cohort of learners will exit education into a world very different from the one they were born into. How will we ensure their schooling sets them on a path that will allow them to thrive? One …

Do-It-Yourself activities(DIY) help us discover our talents and develop our problem-solving skills. Some of our textbooks have interesting activities encouraging us to do by ourselves. Some need material and technology. This is where schools can pitch in. These types of activities really help us in our academics because we learn …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New York, United States stated his administration’s readiness to swap the abducted schoolgirls, who Boko Haram abducted more than two years ago. He has, therefore, extended an invitation to the United Nations as a negotiator to demonstrate its commitment to the release of the …

Chairman of the Committee on Participatory Management of Schools in Oyo State, Prof. Adeniyi Gbadegesin has said the panel’s report has vindicated Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s move to save the education sector from decay. He said this recently while speaking to newsmen about the recent observations, reports and recommendations submitted by …

LAGOS—A mother of six, arrested by operatives of Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit Task Force for using her 11-year-old son to beg, while pretending to be victims of a fire incident. She did not show any sign of remorse, saying begging was a lucrative business. The suspect, identified …

From the National Agency for Mass Literacy, Adult And Non-Formal Education yesterday came a startling disclosure that 11 million children are out of school nationwide. Its Executive Director, Professor Abba Abubakar Haladu, who made the disclosure during a visit to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in Umuahia, Abia State, decried the country’s …