Education Archives - Page 19 of 27

Mar

13

2023

Another 25 Nigerian nurses face forgery charges in the US

Education, Health, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsAmerica, Education, Health, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria, Nurses

Following high-end investigations, the Texas Board of Nursing, United States, has announced that it has charged no fewer than 75 nurses to court over issues bordering on falsification of certificates. On the list posted on the website of the board, 43 of the names were identified as nurses of Nigerian origin. The PUNCH had in February reported that 18 Nigerian nurses in the US were charged with certificate forgery. The US authorities had said that list would be updated continuously as the board received additional information about “the fraudulent diploma/transcript scheme.” Checks by our correspondent revealed that the list had grown…

Mar

13

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Dad says daughter was preparing for master’s in UK before dying in a train crash

Lifestyle, MetroAccident, Education, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria, RIP, Security

By Dayo Oyewo Oreoluwa Aina, a National Youth Service Corps member, was one of those who died on Thursday when a Lagos State Government staff bus collided with a train in the PWD area of the state. In this interview with DAYO OYEWO, her father, Femi Aina, speaks on her daughter’s plans after the service year How did you receive the news of your daughter’s death? I was in Abuja watching the television around 9 am when I saw the incident. An hour after that, I got a call that my daughter was involved in it. That was when I…

Feb

20

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia 2023: Accord Candidate, Nwankpa, Offers Instant Scholarship To Indigent Students

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Education, Lifestyle, Metro, Politics2023, Abia State, Education, Emeka Nwankpa, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

It was a celebration galore and joy in Isiala Ngwa a few days back as the ACCORD candidate for Abia governorship race to Lion House, Bishop Dr. Emeka Michael Nwankpa took the supporters by surprise when he instantaneously gave scholarships to about 4 indigent students up to the University level during a campaign tour of the area. It is no longer strange the way he has been going about doing things outside the known norms of political promises of average Nigerian politicians, promises that are always a condition to receive the people's votes in return. But Dr. Nwankoa had always…

Dec

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Taliban bans women from attending universities in Afghanistan

Education, Lifestyle, NewsAfghanistan, Education, Taliban, World News, World Peace

The Taliban regime has announced the closure of universities to women in Afghanistan, BBC reports. A letter by the higher education minister indicated that the move is until further notice and is expected to take effect immediately. It further restricts women’s access to formal education, as they were already excluded from most secondary schools. One Kabul University student told the BBC that she had been crying since she heard the news. After the Taliban took over the mantle of leadership of the war-torn country last year, universities introduced gender-segregated classrooms and entrances, where only female students could be taught by…

Dec

08

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Beneficiaries of OUK’s Free Education Scheme, IHS Sets, Throws Weight Behind Mascot Uzor

Abia State, Education, Ohafia, Politics2023, Education, Mascot Uzor Kalu, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

A group of concerned sets of the Ibeku High School, Umuahia, whom according to them, were beneficiaries of the Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, free education scheme, had called on Chief Mascot Kalu, not to relent in his mission to restore the lost glory of Abia State, following the attack on him, by opponents that he’s Dr Orji Uzor Kalu’s brother. Speaking in their meeting that inaugurated the committee for the planning and preparation for their end of year gatherings scheduled for 26th December 2022, majority, among the set of the classes of Ibeku High School Umuahia, said that identifying with…