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Maristella Okpalla, the 'Miss Earth Nigeria 2018 Queen', on Thursday in Lagos said she would support 20 kids drop outs back to class through her pet undertaking. Okpalla told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that she assumed up the liability through a program labeled: 'Pick that Plastic and Stay in School,' which she propelled at the Morit International School, Ajegunle, Lagos. As indicated by Okpalla, the task is related to the RecyclesPay Educational Program of the African Clean Up Initiative (ACI). 'The objective of ACI through the RecyclesPay Educational Program is to keep 10,000 youngsters from dropping out of school by 2025, a multi year objective," she said. The pet venture of the Miss Earth Nigeria 2018 is in-accordance with the RecyclesPay Educational Program focused to accomplish eight out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The objectives include: Goal (1) No Poverty, (3) Good Health (4) Quality Education (6) Clean Water and...

NYSC 2019 Batch A Newly Updated Full NYSC Timetable The NYSC management updated the official mobilization timetable for NYSC 2019 batch A. They have been quiet for sometime since the portal refused to open on the date in the first timetable. But now, we have the completely refreshed NYSC official timetable for 2019 Batch A and I am going to show you below. The NYSC 2019 Batch A NYSC registration Portal will open from 4th March 2019. Every prospective Corps members that skipped the last batch due to one reason or the other will be able to revalidate and remobilize once the portal is open. Every NYSC 2019 Batch A whose higher institutions have uploaded their senate list on the NYSC portal will also be able to register smoothly. The only people that will not be able to register are the Prospective Corps mmebers from higher institutions who are yet to see their names on the NYSC portal. Although, a lot of institutions are already hastening their senate list upload since...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has discharged a circular indicating full corps members election duties benefits, and furthermore guided all the NYSC state coordinators to guarantee that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) release in full required funds to all corps members who served as Ad-hoc Staff  without tricking any of them. In the circular that NYSC discharged yesterday (27th Feb), the Corps Members' Election Duties allawances are as follows l. Training allawance => N4,500 II. Feeding allowance => N3,000 lll. Transport to RAC => N1,000 IV. Election day honorarium => N9,000 Complete => N17,500 The image below confirms it.

Irritated by the rate of out-of-school kids in our nation, partners have expressed that one of the measures to diminish the descending pattern is to start and pass a bill that would rebuff any parent who neglects to sent his kid to class. They noticed that the activity would likewise decrease the rate at which couples conceive an offspring, in this way control our populace blast. Nigeria populace for 2050 is anticipated at 411 million. As per the United Nations, by 2050 (medium variation), India will have 1.73 billion individuals, China 1.46 billion, Nigeria 411 million, United States 398 million, Indonesia 327 million, Pakistan 309 million, Bangladesh 265.8 million, Brazil 232 million, Democratic Republic of Congo 195.3 million, Ethiopia 188.5 million and Mexico 164 million. Talking in this respects, Director of Greensprings School, Mrs Lai Koiki said that to actualise the vision of obligatory instruction for Nigerian citizenry, our administration should set up laws that control bi...

The government has uncovered the amount it spent on tertiary establishments in Nigeria between 2015 and 2018 - The Minister of Education, Adamu, said that at least N727,225,862,128.86 were utilized for different undertakings in schools - Adamu likewise uncovered that distributions were additionally made to a few schools from all geo-political zones The government has said that somewhere in the range of 2015 and 2018, it discharged at the very least N727,225,862,128.86 for framework improvement in tertiary foundations through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Daily Trust reports. Peruse ALSO: NAIJ.com moves up to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda The priest of instruction, Adamu, said that the assets were spent on physical foundation, venture upkeep, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) support, business enterprise, library improvement and uncommon high effect ventures, scholarly staff preparing and advancement, and research, among othe...

(NABTEB), has communicated fulfillment with the expanded intrigue appeared ongoing occasions by the bureaucratic and state governments in specialized instruction. Prof. Ifeoma Isiogo-Abanihe, Registrar/Chief Executive​ of NABTEB, revealed this Wednesday in Benin, while declaring the arrival of the November/December 2018, NBC/NYC and ANTC examinations results. "It is imperative to see here, considering the moderate improvement in applicants' execution in the NABTEB declaration examinations recently discharged, that the restored enthusiasm of the government and various state governments in specialized and professional training may have begun having effect as far as pulling in contender to TVET, along these lines, NABTEB examinations. "This is in accordance with ongoing arrangement directions​of the government as innovation, scieand TVET comprise one of the real mainstays of the clerical vital arrangement of the administrative service of training," she said. T...

The exhibition that proclaimed the festival of 100 years of Ondo Boys High School appeared to be honorable, and an indication of extraordinary accomplishment. Be that as it may, past understudies and visitors at the event of the open introduction of the book titled: One Century of Ondo Boys' High School: The History of Nigeria's First Community High School, really wanted to regret over the woeful condition of training now. This is as they think back past times worth remembering of value instruction drained of religious and ethnocentric colouration. *Prof. Ropo Sekoni, second right, and visitors at the open introduction of One Century of Ondo Boys' High School:The History of Nigeria's First Community High School, at NECA House, Ikeja, Lagos. At the official dispatch as of late in Lagos, the book, a 174-page gleaming abstract wrote by the trio of Prof. Ropo Sekoni(1962 set), a resigned Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Lincoln University, USA, and fea...

Government funded schools – especially primary and secondary are in a ruins as far as foundation, instructing and learning. With regularly lessening budgetary assets focused on these instructive focuses, the fate of Nigerian children will stay depressing. Be that as it may, because of graduated class relationship in the nation, the schoolchildren 's tomorrow can be splendid, composes Head, Education Desk, Iyabo Lawal The dividers of the structures are climate beaten and spread with all way of waste. A portion of the structures' layered material sheets fly noticeable all around hanging problematically to their wooden help just by a nail or two. The windows have lost their spreads, leaving expanding outlets for some boisterous students to sneak all through the class. Inside a few classrooms, the solid floors have given path with pot-holes all over. A few work areas have lost a leg or two and now just upheld by a few squares. It is the equivalent with the long seats in a fe...

Nigeria's capacity to control the high rate of poisons found in its sustenances to a great extent relies upon farmer's instruction and their adherence to great rural practices, specialists state. Isaac Ogara, a speaker in the bureau of Agronomy, Nasarawa State University said that mycotoxins and different poisons content found in harvests can be radically diminished by mainstreaming control techniques in the nation's cultivating frameworks along the different esteem chains. "Ranchers need mindfulness that there are savage concoction substances that happen normally without their knowing. One of the systems through which ranchers can shield their yields from these poisons is to collect their harvests early. Gathering early decreases the rate of mycotoxins," Ogara said. "Ranchers should likewise guarantee that they complete great cultivating rehearses by guaranteeing that they do all the development works on as indicated by suggestions and dry their yie...

INEC on Monday 25th Feb. 2019 started announcing the presidential election results. So far, INEC had announced the results in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Note: This List will be updated once new results come in.See FULL List Below; 1. EKITI STATE:  APC = 219,231  PDP = 154,032  APC wins with 65,199 more votes  2. OSUN STATE:  APC = 347,634  PDP = 337,377  APC wins with 10,257 more votes  3. FCT:  APC = 152,224  PDP = 259,997  PDP wins with 107,773 more votes  4. KWARA STATE:  APC = 308,984  PDP = 138,184  APC wins with 170,800 more votes  5. NASARAWA STATE:  APC = 289,903  PDP = 283,847  APC wins with 6,056 more votes  6. KOGI STATE:  APC = 285,894  PDP = 218,207  APC wins with 67,687 more votes  7. GOMBE STATE:  APC = 402,961  PDP = 138,484 APC wins with 264,477 more votes...

Today, the NYSC DG affirmed fourteenth March, 2019 as the official date for 2018 Batch 'A' POP. The following is the "Round" that NYSC discharged: " 1. I wish to illuminate you that the Director-General has affirmed Thursday fourteenth March, 2019 as date for the going out of the 2018 Batch 'A Corps individuals from the National Service. The activity is to be serene. The Certificates of National Service are to be dispersed to meriting Corps individuals at the Local Government level. 2. Accordingly, if it's not too much trouble find beneath the endorsed program of exercises for the occasion: I. Tuesday twelfth - Wednesday thirteenth March, 2019 a) Registration of Passing-out Corps individuals and marking of their last freedom by Zonal Inspectors b) Administration of Questioners from (48) on 30% of the Passing-out Corps individuals. II. Thursday fourteenth March, 2019: Distribution of Certificates of National support of meriting Corps ind...

Since one of the country's lawful illuminator, Chief Afe Babalola put forth a defense for the renaming of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) after the previous Late President Shehu Shagari; the call is creating swells the same number of partners of the foundation have kicked against the recommendation by Babalola. In any case, a few people are in help of the recommendation by Chief Babalola and they hauled their weight behind renaming the college after the late president, asserting that Shagari merits the respect since his organization built up the college.  Babalola himself's identity a college author had in his tribute to Shagari portrayed the previous president as devoted, humble, and an admirer of training. The scholarly legal advisor reviewed how through Shagari's instrumentality, FUTA was built up in 1980 in Ado-Ekiti, in the past piece of Ondo State however was in the long run migrated to Akure.  The lawful symbol said "Shagari...

Religion is a basic piece of our day by day lives. Its reality is assorted: there are distinctive organizations, heads, and petitions. In any case, the objective mission of the religious associations remains the equivalent – to furnish an association with God and develop confidence in the hearts of the "lost spirits". How would you think, which church has the most noteworthy populace on the planet? What nation has the biggest assembly on the planet? Peruse our article to know the appropriate responses! Amid late years, the confidence in God has significantly reinforced and pulled in loads of new parishioners to pick up the "places of God". The issue is that there are such a large number of recently fabricated associations that view themselves as "religious" that one can barely characterize what religious structure they really have a place with. Besides, there are no official reports, which can demonstrate individuals' enrollment. In any case, we...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) has charged Heart Victor Nonso to court for purportedly producing a Diploma Certificate in Public Administration of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi. The commission, in a six-tally charge, recorded before Justice U.I. Bello, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, saw that Nonso produced the testament with the aim to obtain a phony transcript from the Federal Ministry of Education, to facilitate his visa application with the United Arab Emirates. The supposed offense, which was submitted in 2018, negated Section 363 and culpable under Section 364 of the Penal Code Law, Cap 532 Laws of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The blamed argued not blameworthy, as his guidance, Mr. Chijoke Kanu, begged the court to give him safeguard. Equity Bello decided that the blamed be remanded in Kuje Prisons until decision on the safeguard application which has been set for sixth March, 2019.

The administration of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) wishes to educate every planned corp individuals that the NYSC 2018 Batch 'An' Orientation Course have been booked as pursues: Beginning of Registration: Thursday, nineteenth April 2018 The cut-off date for Registration: 12 midnight, Friday, twentieth April 2018 Swearing-In Ceremony: Monday, 23rd April 2018 (d) Official Closing Ceremony: Wednesday, ninth May 2018. Forthcoming Corps Members slated for the 2018 Batch 'An' Orientation Course are encouraged to continue to their particular Camps as expressed in their Call-up Letters. Outside prepared alumni are to answer to the Camp with their voyaging Passport for Identification just as their Transcript for check. In case of any loss of Call-up Letter, the Corps part who gathered the Call-up letter from his/her Institution is encouraged to get Police Report and Sworn Affidavit, from that point, answer to the Institution of graduation for further vital ac...

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has said it is irritated by the unacceptable pictures and stories of troubles experienced by numerous corps individuals allocated for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, obligations in a few states the nation over on the eve of the delayed general decisions. In an announcement made accessible to DAILY POST, Monday night, by Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi, the Scheme's Director of Press and Public Relations, the NYSC said the stories of troubles by the corps individuals have been affirmed as evident circumstance report which is at difference with the soul of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) among INEC and the Scheme. The announcement peruses to some extent: "While these episodes have been illustrated to the strategic difficulties which the INEC encountered, the NYSC wishes to take note of that the disagreeable events are absolutely at difference with the soul of our MoU with INEC. "In this manner, we are as of n...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has suspended 17 Computer-Based Test focuses from enlisting possibility for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for including in various types of acts of neglect. The board additionally said it would not expand the enlistment of applicants which will finish on Thursday, February 21, with over 1.6 million people presently enrolled for the test. The Chairman of JAMB's Governing Board, Dr Emmanuel Ndukwe, expressed this in a notice from the Office of the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, discharged by the board on Monday. Ndukwe said the board had directed the enrollment with controlling principles and controls to keep Nigerians from being blackmailed by false CBT focuses. The executive stated, "The 2019 enlistment started on Thursday, January 10, and is relied upon to finish on Thursday, February 21. There would be no expansion of the activity as the due date stays consecrated. "To guarantee that Nig...

Reports has it that some of AD-HOC STAFF who are due to work in the 2019 presidential elections have to sleep outside without protection and proper accommodation.  

The Benue State University Makurdi, has released its revised academic calendar for the 2017/2018 academic session. Lectures are finally set to kick-off after the three months strike on the 18th of February 2019. The academic calendar had to be revised in order to fit into session which has been affected by the protracted ASUU strike. The school senate has directed all students to resume classes on the 18th as lectures and clearance commence the same day as well as the opening of the hostels. Lectures would terminate on Friday, 10th May 2019 while the second semester examinations, by this approval, is scheduled to commence on Monday, 13th of May 2019 – 15th June, 2019. The next academic session is scheduled to commence on Saturday, 29th June 2019 after the duration of two weeks break.

The Vice-Chancellor, for the University Authorities, has endorsed a Mid-Semester Break for all understudies to empty the University Campuses from Monday, eleventh February to Tuesday fifth March, 2019, to empower the University set out on significant fixes over the Campuses, particularly at Igwi River, the primary wellspring of water supply to the University which has separated.  This is to maintain a strategic distance from intense lack of water on Campus and ensuing natural debasement.  Understudies are offered up to Tuesday twelfth February, 2019, to clear the University Campuses.  There will be no instructor amid this break period. All understudies are required to profit to their Campuses for Tuesday, fifth March, 2019, when ordinary Academic exercises will continue.  Understudies, Parents, Guardians, Sponsors and Stakeholders of the University are encouraged to be legitimately guided.  Dr. (Mrs) Evelyn N. Iheukwumere  Regi...

This is to inform the general public and most especially all the students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) that the management of the institution has released ther evised academic calendar for the first semester, 2018/2019 academic session. UNILAG Academic Calendar. Sunday 3rd March, 2019 Registration Ends To be Determined Orientation Programme for Fresh Students To be Determined Matriculation Ceremony Monday, 1st April, – Friday, 5th April, 2019 Convocation Week Monday, 18th Feb., 2019 Lectures Begin Monday, 11th Mar., 2019 – Sunday, 24th Mar., 2019 (2 weeks) Editing of Registered Courses Friday, 24th May, 2019 (14 weeks) Lectures End Monday, 27th May – Friday, 31st May, 2019 (1 week) Lecture Free Week/GST Examination Monday, 3rd June – Friday, 14th June, 2019 (2 weeks) Undergraduate Examination in all Faculties Monday, 17th June, – Saturday, 22nd June, 2019 (1 week) Examination in Core Courses in Faculty of Education Saturday, 22nd June, 2019 End of Semeste...