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The Federal Government has said it would embark on a mass education programme to cater to the rising population of out-of-school children and illiterate adults in the country. The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Prof Abubakar Haladu, stated this in Abuja at a press briefing, noting …

The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that over 2,295 teachers lost their lives and 19,000 people were displaced in the North-East since the Boko Haram insurgency started in 2009. Also, the organisation, in a statement issued by its Deputy Executive Director, Justin Forsyth and obtained by our correspondent, noted …

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has donated N300,000 to 15 teachers who were present when he paid an unscheduled visit to Community Primary School, Amazu, in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state. The governor had expressed displeasure about the way the teachers were dressed, saying the N300,000 he donated to …

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, is to conduct the 2017 post-University Tertiary Matriculation Examination from Oct. 3 to Oct. 9, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Prof. Charles Igwe, has said. Igwe made the disclosure in Nsukka, Enugu State, on Friday.. He said that measures had been put in place to ensure …