With the world gradually coming out of lockdown and getting back to normal, news of school resumption in Nigeria is not something that will go without many dropping one comment or the other. While there has not been any official announcement on the date of resumption in the country, many Nigerian have aired their views... Read More

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August 17, 2017

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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 17th of August

Read the full stories and analyses here: We didn’t fulfil our promises to ASUU | FG admits Anambra church killing: ‘Bishop’ asks monarchs to use traditional means to reveal the perpetrators Trump appoints Hope Hicks as interim communications director

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July 19, 2016

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FG cancels common entrance interview test into unity schools

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Monday, announced the scrapping of interview test for National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Government colleges. According to a statement by Bem Goong, deputy director of press in the ministry of education, the cancellation of the common entrance test will begin from the 2017/2018 academic year. The statement pointed... Read More

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July 15, 2014

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Square holes, round pegs – and more, in today’s news round up with Cheta Nwanze

But Mallam Shekarau appears not to be the only round peg in a round hole these days. The NMA tends to insist that only doctors be made minister of health, so one would expect some more concern from the current occupant regarding the Ebola thing that is rampaging across our sub-region. Read More

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September 13, 2013

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#YouCare: “I am going back to teach” – Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, sacked education minister

by ‘Jola Sotubo The former Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, who was one of the affected nine relieved of their duties has said that she will be going back to her university teaching days. Rufai was a resident professor of Curriculum Studies at the Bayero University, Kano before she was appointed as a minister.... Read More

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June 5, 2013

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Dirty, dirty: Israeli Education minister erupt into laughter after saying the word ‘penetration’ in speech about prisons (WATCH)

99KNESSET/VIA YOUTUBE Israeli Education Minister Shai Piron was reduced to fits of giggles after being given a speech to read that contained the word “penetration” in reference to a new law against smuggling cell phones into prisons. Talk of sex got a top Israeli politician giggling like a schoolboy during a serious parliamentary debate. Education... Read More

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