By Chikezie OMEJE. A video emerged online Wednesday, showing a scene where Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), was struggling to read his speech at an event. The video recording was done on Monday in Kano where Idris went …
By ‘Kunle ADEBAJO. The mood in Nigeria has generally been celebratory since Wednesday, following the release of 105 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Yobe State. But this has not stopped allegations, counter-allegations and even conspiracy theories …
By Chikezie OMEJE. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently reported that the number of children who enrolled in public early childhood education dropped from 4,672,908 in 2015 to 2,694,787 in 2016. Enrolment in private early childhood education also reduced from …
Mounir Gwarzo, the suspended Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on Tuesday insisted that Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance, has no power to remove him from office. Gwarzo stated this during the House of Representatives hearing into …
By Kingsley OBIEJESI. On Friday, Goodluck Jonathan, former President, told a gathering in Malaysia that the education sector in Nigeria recorded significant improvement during his time in office. Jonathan said this while presenting a paper at the International Summit on Peace, …
By Kingsley OBIEJESI. At a public lecture in Lagos, earlier in the week, Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC), accused legislators of earning way higher than the US President. SAGAY’S CLAIMS “While the United States President earns …
By Kingsley OBIEJESI. Last week, the Christian Association for Nigeria (CAN) alleged that out of all the parastatals in the ministry of education, only four are headed by Christians. Samson Ayokunle, the CAN President, made the allegation when criticising some of …
By Kingsley OBIEJESI. Discussions about the “removal” of Christian Religious Studies (CRS) from Nigeria’s secondary school curriculum have been ongoing since June 14 when a delegation of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) paid a courtesy call on Acting President Yemi Osinbajo …
Roughly one month ago, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said one of the reasons the revised curriculum of primary and secondary schools cannot stand is that it contains satanic topics, such as ‘Is Jesus the son of God?’ While condemning the new …
