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It is important for parents to find out in time the cause of the drop in academic performance and to ensure that the child is motivated to good education. The main reasons for poor academic performance in the student can be either problems with his health, or psychological problems that prevent...

A huge fire from an explosion at Saclux Paints Industry in Umuahia, the Abia capital, on Sunday destroyed a missionary school building in the neighbourhood. Mr Emeka Okereke, the owner of the school, known as Love for Africa Mission, told Newsmen that a tanker, allegedly bearing ‘black oil’...

The management of Queens College, Lagos, has thrown its weight behind one of its teachers accused of sexually assaulting a female student. Olaseni Oshifala‎, a Biology teacher, was purportedly accused by a parent, Chinenye Okoye, of forcefully trying to kiss and touch the private parts of her...

Students of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin are currently on protest over the increment in their academic fees by the school authority. As at the times of filing this report, they have vandalized properties, made a number of bon-fires and chanted war songs while the Police are firing tear...

Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu yesterday in Abuja inaugurated committees to investigate the managements of 10 universities and polytechnics over allegations of abuse of due process, financial mismanagement and sexual harassment. The institutions include the: Federal University...

These are few least educated presidents in Africa, they have the least or no education background at all and are currently ruling on the continent of Africa. They are: 1. Jacob Zuma- Republic of South Africa Zuma received no formal schooling. The debate surrounding South African president...

More than 200 Nigerian students schooling in the Canada are on the brink of deportation as a result of the failure of the River states government to fund their scholarships. Osho Samuel, a graduate student of mechanical engineering in the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, confirmed the...

The school officials of Government Girls Secondary School, Jogana, 20 kilometres from the city of Kano has confirmed the deaths of seven female students, saying their bodies have been deposited at the Muritala Mohammed Specialists Hospital due to fire incident. A source at the school told...

The National University Commission (NUC) had accredited 11 out of 20 postgraduate and undergraduate academic programmes and dis-accredited 5 undergraduate and 3 academic masters of the Lagos State University (LASU). This is contained in the institution’s official bulletin released on Wednesday...

Barewa College is a college in Zaria, Kaduna State, northern Nigeria. Founded in 1921 by British Governor General Hugh Clifford, it was originally known as "Katsina College." It switched its name to "Kaduna College" in 1938 and then "Government College, Zaria" in 1949 before settling on "Barewa...

A student of Government Junior Secondary School, Badarawa, Kaduna may have been killed, while several others sustained various degrees of injuries when hoodlums attacked the school yesterday, causing pandemonium and confusion. LEADERSHIP learnt that students attempted to defend themselves with...

The Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, says military is far better off under democratic dispensation than under the military regime while addressing senior military officers drawn from the Armoured Corps and 33 Artilllery brigade, Bauchi. “The military is far better off under...

Kano state government has shutdown Hassan Ibrahim Gwarzo private boarding school following uproar generated by alleged case of sodomy. Acting Governor of the state, Professor Hafiz Abubakar has directed the Private and secondary schools Board to sealed the college immediately to pave way for...

Students fled Thursday morning from the Kronan school in Trollhattan, near Goteborg, Sweden's second-largest city as a masked man attacked the school before being shot by police. Health authorities in Trollhattan said in a statement that one teacher died after being wounded in the attack and...