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Facilities in various schools across Enugu State are in deplorable state despite government interventions in basic education. ABDUSSALAM AMOO visited such schools spread across the state in September. Excerpts of his report are presented…

In July last year, the mood of Nigerians was livened up, then some fresh hope followed. President Muhammadu Buhari had just announced a new plan with German tech giant Siemens AG to reverse the hex that is electricity supply in the country…

Mokwa community in Niger state has now been connected to the grid The community had been in darkness since March 2018 when the substation broke down Legit.ng in a report published last year December chronicled efforts made by…

Muazu Ibrahim, 9, attends Kofar Hausa Government Primary School in Keffi, Nasarawa State, North-Central, Nigeria. Although he goes to school in a clean uniform, Muazu usually returns home appearing scruffy because he learns in a dusty…

Toilet facilities are critical elements of any society, especially in a learning environment. This is because the state of toilets could help students or pupils stay in school, especially females. This is why some argue that school…

The pupils hurriedly picked up their respective belongings as sounds of the assembly bell echoed from a distance. They had walked about two kilometres from Olowojeunjeje axis, through the Ikotun-Igando road, in order to arrive at school…

Adamu Ibrahim operates a provision shop in Durumi-Mpape, near Maitama in Abuja. His shop was one of those that benefited from free solar power in 2014 when Operation Light Up Rural Nigeria (OLRN) came up. Three years after, Ibrahim said the…

ur society desires that physical education will assist the individual to develop cooperation, respect for others, health knowledge, democratic behaviour, sound character and economic efficiency,” Ukacha Aminu, a 14-year-old Junior Secondary…

Eight-year-old Zainab Danburdi’s academic prowess became noticeable at the Burdi Primary school in Gwabadawa local government area of Sokoto State. The orphan distinguished herself as an outstanding pupil, topping her Primary Two class.…

If truly Ekiti wants to remain a state that values education, and achieve its targets for free and compulsory universal basic education, then, it is high time it woke up to address the infrastructural decay plaguing schools across the…

Six years ago, the Federal Government unbundled the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and handed over 18 utility firms to private investors. Government raked in $2.5 billion (about N916.575bn) from the transaction involving six…

In April 2017, Aliyu Umar, 27, began his day at dawn. He started by carefully preparing charcoal fire with which he would prepare breakfast of noodles, fried eggs, bread and tea for his early morning customers. His shop was a hotspot for…

Nigerians woke up on Wednesday, May 8, to a nationwide outage that cut off power from many homes and factories, leading to reduced load allocations to the distribution companies (DisCos). About 5:29 am the following day (Thursday, May 9,…