In what looks like setback to the on going evacuation of Nigerian students in Sudan,it had been reported that one of the vehicles conveying the students caught fire with no casualty and no cause for alarm. As part of the second batch of Federal Government of Nigeria evacuation, one of the buses carrying about 50 […]
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The Egyptian authorities have opened the Aswan border to Nigerians evacuated from war-ravaged Sudan to be airlifted back to Nigeria. The chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa gave the update on Twitter earlier today. According to Dabiri-Erewa, President Muhammadu Buhari had to intervene to get the Egyptian authorities to open its border
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Labour Day or May Day, also called Workers’ Day or International Workers’ Day, is the day set aside to commemorate the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement, observed in many countries on May 1st but several countries observe it on other dates. Other names for May Day and brief history
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Bishop Hassan has identified that Quality education is a solution to Nigeria’s leadership problems. This was mentioned according to the Bishop when he spoke at the Edo Parents Summit, part of activities to mark the Edo Education Week Gathered for the maiden edition of Edo Parents summit were parents , guardians and other stakeholders in
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African Development Bank Group (AfDB) president, Akinwumi Adesina, has remarked that Africa should be a powerhouse full of renewable energy. He made this remark while speaking on Saturday at Calvin University, Michigan, United States of America. Earlier in April, the AfDB president was selected as the commencement speaker for Calvin’s Spring 2023 Commencement ceremony, scheduled
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The Lagos state university (LASU) has launched trekk scooters as alternative model of transportation on its main campus in Ojo. While introducing the innovation, the Director, LASU Ventures Limited, Prof. Tosin Adu, said the innovation was berthed as a product of the partnership between LASU Ventures Limited and the TREKK Scooters company. According to Adu,
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Group CEO of Airtel Africa, Segun Ogunsanya, has reiterated the joint commitment by Airtel Africa and UNICEF to accelerate access to quality education to millions of children in Africa, through digital learning. Ogunsanya, who was speaking during a visit to Kitende Secondary School, Entebbe, one of the schools connected to the internet by the mobile
Governor of Edo state,Godwin Obaseki, has sustained basic education sector transformation agenda is distributing 1.5 million books to elementary schools. He gave the assurance during the unveiling of the over one million, five hundred books to be distributed to schools across the state. In 2018, Obaseki’s administration introduced the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation (EdoBEST)
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has announced plans to invest N6 billion in the reconstruction of secondary schools in the state between May 2023 and September 2024. He made this statement during a press conference held in Benin on Sunday, marking the conclusion of the 2023 Edo Education Week, as reported by the News
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Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba Group, a prominent Chinese e-commerce company, has been appointed as a visiting professor at Tokyo College, an esteemed research institute affiliated with the University of Tokyo. The university made this announcement on Monday. Ma’s research focus during his tenure will be sustainable agriculture and food production, as stated in
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In what looks like a release of tension for candidates,the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday said it would commence the release of results of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Board on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. This was comtained, in the minutes which was made available to Edugist correspondent on Monday morning, the board
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Five Nigerian Nollywood celebrities hold doctor of philosophy degrees making them Nigeria film-making industry’s most educated. Helen Paul, Joke Muyiwa, Actor Eniola Olaniyan,Doyin Hassan, and Olayiwola Rasaq Ojopagogo are Nigeria’s most educated movie industry stars. A doctor of philosophy (PhD) requires a lot of dedication as it is an extremely rigorous process but it appears
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