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Experts sound discordant tunes over Nigeria’s out-of-school children

ON Saturday, Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian President, was widely reported by Nigerian national newspapers to have declared that in Nigeria, over 14 million children...

Samad UTHMAN - August 28, 2020

FG seeks World Bank help to reduce the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria

By Vincent Ufuoma THE Federal Government has called on the World Bank to assist Nigeria in reducing the number of out-of-school children from 10 to...

Editorial - July 8, 2020

State govts failed to access N86b UBEC grants

DESPITE complaints of paucity of funds to manage the nation’s education sector, a whopping N86billion matching grant provided by the Universal Basic Education Commission...

YEKEEN Akinwale - December 6, 2018

Ezekwesili faults ICIR’s fact check on her out-of-school children’s claim

OBY Ezekwesili, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has faulted The ICIR’s fact check on her claim that from...

Chikezie OMEJE - November 16, 2018

FACT CHECK: Oby Ezekwesili’s claim on out-of-school children is inaccurate

OBY Ezekwesili, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) says that from the year 2000 till date, Nigeria has never...

Chikezie OMEJE - November 14, 2018

Nigeria out-of-school children population increases to 13.2m- UBEC

THE population of out-of-school children in Nigeria has increased from 10.5million to 13.2million, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has said. With 10.5million children roaming...

YEKEEN Akinwale - October 4, 2018

Group to monitor spending of World Bank’s $611m grant for Nigeria’s out-of-school kids

A civil society organisation, Connected Development (CODE) says it will monitor the spending of the $611 million (N221 billion) World Bank grant to the...

Kingsley OBIEJESI - September 26, 2018

When parents are given money in Sokoto State, they let girls go to school

NO girl has ever transited to secondary school in more than 40 years history of Mazangari Primary School in Bodinga, Sokoto State, until recently....

Chikezie OMEJE - August 1, 2018

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