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New York Learning Hub Professional Studies Par Excellence

New York Learning Hub: Professional Studies Par Excellence

November 21, 2022 4:33 am

Not many institutions of higher learning today genuinely believe in adding value to the lives of their students. For most of them, it is just another business opportunity. This situation has often placed students at a disadvantage by denying them the essential nitty-gritty needed for academic excellence. Correcting this anomaly is one of the biggest reasons behind the birthing of the New York Learning Hub.

The New York Learning Hub is a disruptive globally acclaimed learning citadel that is fully out to pose a heavy challenge to conventional business processes and to create a new pathway to excellence through …

Scores Of Students Abducted By Bandits In Kebbi

Scores Of Students Abducted By Bandits In Kebbi

June 18, 2021 1:43 am

A school in Kebbi State identified as the Federal Government College in Birnin-Yauri was yesterday attacked by Bandits who abducted scores of its students and killing a cop.

A policeman who tried to challenge the bandits was gunned down, according to witnesses in the town.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Birnin-Yauri is in Yelwa-Yauri LGA of the state.

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The attack was the latest in a series of group kidnappings at schools in northwest Nigeria, which have been attributed by the authorities to armed bandits seeking ransom payments.

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Terrorism Goes To School

Terrorism Goes To School

March 9, 2020 4:23 pm

I made up my mind long ago that I have had enough education; that is, I was not going to return to school anymore. It was not that I could not do without a doctorate but because I could hardly afford the bill now that I had started raising a family. I felt it was wiser to take a bow and sacrifice my chances in order to give my children the best education as much as I could. Ever since, that has been my singular devotion and I thank God things are falling in pleasant places.

Moreover, some artisan made …

Gunmen Kill 2 FRSC Officers, Kidnap 10 In Nasarawa

FRSC Cautions Driving School Operators

January 11, 2020 5:35 am
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command, has cautioned driving school operators in the state over churning out unqualified drivers.

Oyo State FRSC Sector Commander, Mrs Uche Winifred, gave the warning on Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

Winifred while speaking, said operators of driving schools must ensure that applicants undergo full training before giving permission to go for test and acquire licence.

She said that applicants must not be allowed to stay at home while their names unload into the system by proxy.

“They must undergo proper training for 26 days which is one hour per

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Nigerian Navy School Of Health Conducts Maiden Matric

January 10, 2020 2:50 pm
The Nigerian Navy School of Health Sciences (NNSHS) Offa on Friday, 10 January 2020 held its Maiden Matriculation Ceremony for its National Diploma (ND) students of the 2019/2020 academic session

This is sequel to the School being accredited by various professional Boards and National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and being admitted on the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) portal.

A total number of 67 Students matriculated at the two hours ceremony held at the School premises ended at 11:00 hours.

NNSHS Offa was established and commissioned to train middle-level manpower for Nigerian Navy Medical Services.

The school has

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Gunmen Abduct 4 Seminarians From Catholic School In Kaduna

January 10, 2020 2:22 am

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Wednesday night attacked the Good Shepherd Catholic Major Seminary, situated in Kakau, along Kaduna-Abuja road and made away with four seminarians.

According to the Registrar of the school, Rev Fr (Dr) Joel Usman, the incident happened between 10:30 PM and 11:00 PM on Wednesday night.

He said the, “Good Shepherd Major Seminary was attacked by armed bandits yesterday January 8, 2020, between 10.30-11:00 pm.

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” After headcount of students with security agents, 4 Seminarians have been declared missing. Kindly say a prayer for

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At Least 28 Dead In Raid On Tripoli Military School

January 5, 2020 4:22 pm

At least 28 people were killed and dozens injured on Saturday in an air strike on a military school in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a ministry spokesman said.

“An air raid on the military school of Tripoli killed 28 cadets and injured dozens more,” Amin al-Hashemi, spokesman for the health ministry of the Government of National Accord (GNA) said.

At the time of the strike the cadets were gathered on a parade ground before going to their dormitories, he added.

The military school is in al-Hadba al-Khadra, a residential sector of the Libyan capital.

The GNA health ministry called for …

Explosion Rocks Ebonyi School

December 5, 2019 1:47 pm

An object suspected to be an improvised explosive device has exploded at Glory Land High School,Azugwu, in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

 

The device which exploded during break hour, Thursday, according to sources within the school, shattered the left arm of an SS 2 student simply identified as Chibuike while undisclosed number of students sustained various degree of injuries.

 

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The incident which happened at about 11 am caused serious confusion and panic within the school and its vicinity.

 

THE SUN, NIGERIA…

FG Says School Feeding Programme Remains A Priority

November 26, 2019 3:50 am

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, has said the Home Grown School Feeding programme is one of the Federal Government’s top priorities and must be carried  out with immediate effect. Hajiya Farouq said this in Abuja while reacting to news that the ministry had refused to approve payments for vendors in Lagos, Imo, Kogi and Benue states.

“Since my appointment as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, I have severally reaffirmed my commitment to delivering on the vision of President Muhammadu Buhari to lift 100 million people in …

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Don’t Vest Powers Of Prosecution On School Management –NANS

November 19, 2019 11:13 am

Sex For Marks in tertiary institutions and the Sexual Harassment Bill going through the second reading in the Senate, The education Report sought the views of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

While NANS welcomed the Bill and suggested an amendment to the section which vested the powers of prosecution on the school management, ASUU insists the nation does not need such new laws to tackle the sex scandal rocking tertiary institutions. Rather the union insist that there are existing laws to apply against the scourge.

President, National Association of Nigerian

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Gunman In US School Shooting Dies As Police Hunt Motive

November 17, 2019 3:04 pm

The teenager who gunned down classmates at a California high school before shooting himself died Friday, leaving detectives baffled over the motive of a Boy Scout with no obvious alarm bells in his background.

Nathaniel Berhow died in a hospital one day after shooting himself in the head at the end of a 16th birthday rampage that left two fellow students dead.

Berhow had been in critical condition since police officers storming the campus found him lying among the wounded.

The Los Angeles sheriff’s department confirmed Berhow died shortly after 3:30 pm (2330 GMT) on Friday.

The puzzle of what …

School Proprietor Defiled Student With Special Needs

November 15, 2019 10:49 am
A policewoman, Insp Emem Okon, on Friday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court that a school proprietor, Timothy Onyiriuka, 45, allegedly defiled a 14-year-old student (name withheld) with special needs in his care.
Onyiriuka, 45, who resides at No. 8, Idowu Bale St., Oke-Ira, Kekere, Ajah, Lagos is charged with defilement contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.

He is the proprietor of Apex Schools located at No. 12, Edomia St., Power Line, Oke-Ira, Kekere , Ajah, Lagos.

Okon, the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in the case while being led in evidence

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