Author: Esther Aye

The United States Government Exchange Alumni Association, Nigeria (USGEAA), a non-profit organization, has taught more than 100 Ondo State secondary school girls how to create reusable sanitary pads and manage their menstruation. Speaking at the training, Yemisi Jeff-Agboola, the Team Exchange Project Manager and Financial Secretary of the US Government Exchange Alumni Association, explained that the program’s goal was to teach girls in Ondo State’s secondary schools how to make reusable sanitary towel pads in order to address menstrual health issues that affect women and girls in the Igoba community. We concentrate on female pupils in secondary education.In an effort…

The World Health Organization (WHO) voiced alarm about the ongoing global cholera outbreak, which resulted in 40,900 cases and 775 fatalities in January.It noted that 17 countries across four regions reported significant cases of oral cholera in January, highlighting the ongoing impact of the vaccine shortfall on the global response to combat the illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States of America defined cholera as an acute diarrheal sickness brought on by a toxin-producing bacterial infection of the gut, which is contracted by the consumption of tainted food and water. It further stated that between…

According to reports, men acting under suspicion as agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission conducted an operation around midnight at the Federal University of Technology in Akure, Ondo State. Students’ lodges were reportedly attacked at about 2am, a few students posted videos on social media claimed that the men broke into rooms and took some of the students into custody. Social media users have been sharing videos of shattered window frames that appear to be from a forced entrance attempt. J Brandy posted on social media, saying, “I thought they said EFCC should not raid at night again.”…

Amidst the nationwide economic crisis, a number of secondary school students in Ibadan have voiced their discontent at the rising cost of sanitary pads, which they are unable to purchase.In a recent survey in Ibadan, some revealed that they had turned to using tissues and garments instead of sanitary pads due to price increases. Adekunle Ifeoluwa, an SS1 student, was one of the responders who stated she was unable to purchase sanitary pads due to the sudden increase in price from ₦600 to ₦1000. “Occasionally, when I begged my mother for the money to buy sanitary pads, she would instruct…

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have received over sixteen million naira from the Chinedu Ogah Foundation, a non-governmental organization, for the registration of one thousand and seven impoverished candidates in public and private schools throughout Ebonyi State. The confirmation was given at Girls High School, Agubia, in the Ikwo local government area of the state, during the distribution of checks to the two examination bodies by Ebonyi State Controller of WAEC, Mrs. Gloria Mgbike, and the State Coordinator of JAMB, Mrs. Doris Enoch Mgbike claims she was paid more than ₦13million…

Esa-Oke, the rural home of well-known late politician Chief Bola Oke in Osun, was the scene of numerous protests on Monday from irate young people in the town over the purported approval of a new state College of Technology satellite campus located a few kilometers outside of Esa-Oke. Armed with signs that said things like, “We condemn the move of Prince Diran Odeyemi to relocate the school campus to another town,” and “We condemn in totality an approval of a new satellite campus of the state College of Technology, Esa-Oke at Ibokun,” they vowed to resist the move with everything…

In an interview, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, National President of ASUU, expressed dissatisfaction over the Federal Government’s failure to fulfill its commitment to remove tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System platform. He further stated that the February salary was paid through IPPIS. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has stated that the Federal Government continues to pay lecturers’ salaries through the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System. A government effort called the IPPIS was announced in 2006 with the goal of streamlining payroll for government departments, agencies, and ministries. Later, it was expanded to include colleges and institutions,…

Trinity University’s inaugural convocation ceremonies are set to take place in Yaba, Lagos. It is planned to take place on the campus of the university on Wednesday, February 21, and Friday, February 23, 2024. The university’s convocation ceremony has “Convoking a Galaxy of Trinity Stars” as its theme. Since its founding in 2018, the fully accredited university by the National Universities Commission has graduated two sets of students who will be recognized at upcoming ceremonies, and it has matriculated five sets of students. According to an announcement from the organization, the festivities will start on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at…

On Monday, February 12, Kemi Badenoch, the Minister of Business and Trade for the United Kingdom (UK), paid a visit to Charterhouse School, which is the first British independent school in West Africa. The purpose of the visit is to strengthen Nigeria’s ambition to provide high-quality education at home by means of the UK government’s support. Badenoch and Helen Grant, the prime minister’s special envoy for girls’ education, visited the new campus’s building site in Lekki Ajah, Lagos. She was excited about the first British independent school in West Africa, but she was also complimenting the development of the building…

Mrs. Ibironke Adeagbo, the founder of IA-Foundation which is a UK-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) dedicated to lowering the number of Nigerian children not in school, has pleaded with the Federal Government to give newly created parastatals for out- of-school children more authority to ensure that all our children get the chance to access education and reach their full potential. Mrs. Ibironke Adeagbo, a chartered accountant and the founder of the IA-Foundation, in collaboration with Councilor Micheal Situ, the mayor of Southwark, to raise money and awareness to assist in removing vulnerable children off the streets of Nigeria. According to Adeagbo,…