Kwara Education Stakeholders Push Digital Shift to Transform Learning, School Management Education stakeholders in Kwara State have called for wider adoption of digital technology in teaching, examination preparation and school administration, saying technology has become essential to improving efficiency and preparing Nigerian students for the demands of the modern economy. The call was made at...
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For Nigeria’s displaced elderly, survival comes with a cost
By Prosper Okoye For some elderly Nigerians, growing old was supposed to mean spending more time with family, drawing on decades of experience and enjoying the security of a home they had spent years building.Instead, some are spending their later years in internally displaced persons camps, after violence forced them from communities they may never...
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Women Rights Groups Condemn Bayelsa Gov Over Removal of Sagbama Council Chairman
By Prosper Okoye The Women for 35% Initiative of Aju Morgan Elumelu Foundation has joined several other pro-women and rights groups to strongly condemn what it described as the “purported impeachment” of Hon. Mrs. Alice Tangi Allen, the Executive Chairman of Sagbama Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.Rather than an impeachment, the pro-women initiative said the...
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1996 Old Students of FGC Ilorin donate solar-powered borehole, sports equipment to alma mater
The 1996 set of Federal Government College (FGC) Ilorin has commissioned a Solar-powered borehole, new sports equipment, and a 3-D printing machine for their alma mater. Speaking on the sidelines of the commissioning in Ilorin, Barr. Chukwuyere Izuogu, the President of FGC College Ilorin, Class of 1996 stated that the initiative was aimed at solving...
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Kwara Stakeholders Unite to Expand Women’s Economic Opportunities, Leadership
A broad coalition of government officials, civil society organisations, development partners and private sector representatives has launched the Kwara State Project Steering Committee for the Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Nigeria Project, with a renewed focus on strengthening women’s participation in leadership and boosting their economic empowerment. Speaking during the inauguration, Chairperson and Chief...
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Ejigbo: Where Survival Competes With Nature
By Prosper Okoye The first thing that catches the eye in Ejigbo is not what is there, but what is missing. Along dusty roads that wind through the ancient Yoruba town in Osun State, tree stumps protrude from the earth like unfinished sentences. In some places, bare patches of land stretch toward the horizon where...
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NDC Shifts Activities Over Eid Holidays, Confirms Nationwide Primaries for May 29
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has confirmed that its presidential, governorship, National Assembly and state assembly primaries will hold nationwide on May 29 despite disruptions caused by the Eid-el-Kabir holidays. The party said logistical challenges linked to the public holidays, including limited flight availability, had left many aspirants and members of its screening committees stranded...
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Al-Hikmah Varsity Founder, Oladimeji hails Olofa’s 16th anniversary on throne
Founder of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr) Abdur-Raheem Oladimeji, has congratulated the Olofa of Offa, HRM Oba Mufutau Mohammed Gbadamosi Oloyede Okikiola, Ajagungbade I, Esuwoye II, on his 16th coronation anniversary on the throne of his forebears. Oladimeji, who is the Jagunmolu of Igbomina land, Arogundade of Lagos and Baba Oba of Offa, said this...
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Saraki Foundation Empowers Hundreds of Small Business Owners in Ilorin
The Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation has continued to deepen its commitment to grassroots empowerment and economic development through strategic interventions aimed at supporting small business owners, women, farmers, and underserved communities across Kwara State. According to the Executive Director of the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation, Dr. Audu Idowu Musa, the Foundation remains focused on improving...
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Alumni Intervention Revives Auchi College
A major transformation has taken place at Auchi College in Edo State following a large-scale reconstruction project executed by members of the Association of Great Achievers, Class of 1991, bringing renewed hope to students, staff and the host community. The once-declining institution, which had reportedly suffered years of neglect and infrastructural decay, has now been...
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