The James Hope College (JHC) has announced the acquisition of the American International School Lagos (AISL) Lekki Campus facility to establish James Hope College in Lagos. Â This was disclosed at the signing ceremony held yesterday at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The event had the Governor of Lagos, His Excellency Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the United…
The Group Executive Director of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr Liadi Ayoku, has called for the overhaul of the training curriculum in financial institutions across Africa to reflect current technological realities, which according to him will reflect the modern business expectations and ensure the relevance of graduates to the continent’s economic growth and aspiration. Ayoku,…
As the country marks the 2019 Children’s Day, leading Nigerian Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) has launched a nationwide initiative, tagged #BeatTheDistance, to improve educational outcomes for children in rural communities by easing the difficulties they face with mobility to school and back. Through the initiative, the Bank is providing students in remote parts…
The BON Children’s Day Reading, 2019 series, is gathering clout, as corporate brands including P &G, makers of Pampers, Muka Foam, and Dufil, makers of INDOMIE through their weight of support behind the one day event scheduled for, scheduled for May 27. With these supports, the event promises to be exciting for the kids as…
Digital Transformation Leader, Globacom has implored school girls across the country to take active interest in science subjects that could help them play prominent roles in the technology world in the future. Globacom’s representative at this year’s commemoration of the International Girls in ICT Day by eBusinessLife magazine, Mrs. Justina Abdulateef, who is also the Account Manager,…
The Lagos State Government has clarified that the payment of examination fees by the present administration is only for JSS3 State Public Secondary Schools students who will sit for the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Adebunmi Adekanye stated this in a media chat held at Ikeja on…
Lagos State Government has called on parents of JSS3 students who will sit for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the State not to pay any sum of money to anyone under any guise as all fees relating to the examination have been fully paid by the government. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education,…
The Chairman, Ovation Media Group, Dr Dele Momodu, returns to his first love, academia, in February 2019, as an Academic Visitor, at the instance of University of Oxford, England. The Director of The African Studies Centre, and The Rhodes Professor of Race Relations at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, Professor Wale Adebanwi…
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) reached possible agreement on Monday toward resolving the ongoing lecturers’ strike. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this after a reconciliatory meeting with ASUU in Abuja. Ngige said the meeting was fruitful as an agreement had been reached between the Federal…
Afolabi Williams, team leader, Olubusiyi Famobiwo, Menashi Mordi and Osagumwenro Naaman Ugbo, members of Team Neon from Whitesands School, Lagos, have emerged as the 2018 Power Pitch Winner of the Smoke-Free World category of the Conrad Foundation Spirit of Innovation challenge summit held at the Kennedy Space Centre, Visitor Complex, Florida, USA. The four junior…
