Nigeria: Poly Expels 11 Students, Withdraws 373 for Exam Malpractices
Vanguard (Lagos)-Authorities of Federal Polytechnic, Bida in Niger, has expelled 11 students for various examination malpractices during its 2010/2011 academic session.
View ArticleZimbabwe: EMA Embarks On Environmental Schools Debates
The Herald (Harare)-Environmental schools debates have been adopted by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) as an avenue to cascade environmental information.
View ArticleNigeria: 2012 - FG to Work More With States
This Day (Lagos)-In an interview by Bukola Olatunji, Minister of Education, Prof. Ruquyyatu Ahmed Rufa'i gave a review of the ministry's activities in 2011 and plans for the new year
View ArticleNigeria: Fuel Subsidy Removal - I'll Only Go to Work at My Convenience - Civil
Daily Trust (Abuja)-Mr. Ode is a civil servant residing in Mararaba, a town in Nasarawa State, close to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Before the subsidy was removed from petroleum on Sunday, he...
View ArticleNigeria: Labour Unions Declare Strike Date
This Day (Lagos)-Barring last minute reversal of the Federal Government decision to remove subsidy on fuel, the organised labour has fixed January 11 for the commencement of a nationwide strike.
View ArticleLiberia: Concerned House Employees Speak Hearts Out
Heritage (Monrovia)-A group under the banner of Concerned Employees of the House of Representatives has rejected the re-election bid of Alex Tyler as Speaker of the 53rd Legislature. In a four-count...
View ArticleUganda: LDC Extends Re-Opening Over Lack of Lecturers
Monitor (Kampala)-The Law Development Centre (LDC) has extended the reporting date for continuing post-graduate law students by two weeks amid reports of lack of teaching staff, Daily Monitor has...
View ArticleGambia: Serrekunda LBS Bids Farewell to John C Ndow
Daily Observer (Banjul)-Serrekunda Lower Basic School recently bade farewell to their outgoing headmaster, John C Ndow, who is going on retirement. Speaking at the ceremony held at the school grounds,...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Nuer Students Meet Youth Minister, Ask for Sport Materials
Citizen (Juba)-A group of eight Nuer Youth belonging to an organization called the NAATH Universities and Colleges Students Union in Uganda yesterday met the Minister Of Youth, Culture And Sports, Dr....
View ArticleKenya: Kwanza Parents Furious At Head Teacher
Nairobi Star (Nairobi)-Parents from Namanjalala secondary school in Kwanza have petitioned the Ministry of Education to stop the new head teacher from introducing boarding education until enough...
View ArticleKenya: Postal Employees Return to Work As Court Resolves Row
Business Daily (Nairobi)-Unionisable workers of the Postal Corporation of Kenya returned to work yesterday after the Industrial Court ordered their reinstatement following a two-week strike.
View ArticleNamibia: Botswana Nurses Eye Local Jobs
Namibian (Windhoek)-AT least 30 Botswana nurses are looking for greener pastures in Namibia after they were fired following a civil servants' strike in Botswana last year.
View ArticleNigeria: FG Plans Free Education for Madalla Blast Orphans
The Moment (London)-THE federal government has announced free education for children of those who lost their parents in the Christmas Day blast in Madalla, Suleja, in Niger State.
View ArticleNigeria: Oil Subsidy Removal - NANS Gives Jonathan 24-Hour Ultimatum
Vanguard (Lagos)-THE National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Joint Campus Committee, Ondo State and the Senate of the National Association of Ondo State Students, NAOSS, yesterday gave...
View ArticleKenya: Sureya Tells Students to Be Positive
Nairobi Star (Nairobi)-MAENDELEO ya Wanawake chair Sureya Hersi has challenged Coast students to have a positive attitude towards education.
View ArticleEgypt: Israeli Foreign Ministry - Envoy in Cairo Did Not Approach Islamists
Aswat Masriya (London)-Israel is not interfering in Egyptian affairs and is waiting to see the nature of the new regime, sources in the Israeli foreign ministry said. They denied that their ambassador...
View ArticleNigeria: Fayemi, Ekiti Religious Leaders Preach Peace
Leadership (Abuja)-Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and religious leaders in the state have called on Nigerians, irrespective of their religious persuasions, to embrace peace, love and live...
View ArticleNigeria: Sultan Cautions Islamic Preachers
Vanguard (Lagos)-Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, has cautioned Islamic preachers against preaching in the way and manner that could confuse their followers on their relationship with the...
View ArticleNew FAO Director-General Links Hunger, Global Challenges
This Day (Lagos)-José Graziano da Silva has formally taken the helm of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), an agency of the United Nations (UN), as the eighth Director-General.
View ArticleNigeria: The Muslim is Not Your Enemy
Daily Trust (Abuja)-A few years ago, I served as a pastor of a Methodist Church in a sub-urban neighbourhood in Portland Oregon, in the United States. I was young and just graduated from seminary.
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