UNICEF Warns Millions of Nigerian Children Lack Basic Literacy Skills Amid Education Crisis

(Nigerian Children. Photo by UNICEF) UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, has bemoaned the fact that, by the time they are 14 years old, just one in four Nigerian schoolchildren can read correctly and perform basic math. During a two-day media dialogue on digital learning, artificial intelligence (AI), and skill development for out-of-school children…

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Joe Eszterhas To Write ‘Basic Instinct’ Reboot In Amazon MGM Blockbuster Deal

The ice pick is back. Over three decades after Basic Instinct seduced audiences and ignited controversy, screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is officially returning to the franchise that made him Hollywood’s highest-paid scribe. Amazon MGM Studios, and United Artists have acquired the rights to relaunch the 1992 erotic thriller, with Eszterhas set to pen the reboot in…

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FG to Scrap JSS, SSS and Introduce 12-Year Basic School System Amid Pressing Issues

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to abolish the Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS) structure and replace it with a 12-year uninterrupted basic education system. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Thursday at the 2025 extraordinary National Council on Education (NCE) meeting in Abuja. He…

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Plateau To Spend N7.6billion On Assembly Guest House, Vehicles And Speaker, Deputy Speaker’s Houses; Lesser On Healthcare, Basic Education

Additionally, N3.9 billion was budgeted for 12 Hilux vehicles, averaging a striking N325 million per vehicle. A review of Plateau State’s budget performance reveals staggering N3.7 billion has been earmarked for the House of Assembly’s Guest House and residence for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker.   Additionally, N3.9 billion was budgeted for 12 Hilux vehicles,…

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Yobe Government Spends N3.8billion On Sitting Allowances, Presidential Chalets, Records Zero Expenditure On Basic Education

An analysis of the budget performance document showed that the state earned N8.1billion as internally generated revenue in the period under review. A SaharaReporters’ review of the third quarter budget performance reports of Yobe state has shown that it spent N2.6 billion on honorarium and refreshments in the first nine months of 2024.   This…

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