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Save the Date for the Kwara Education Futures Summit
Education in Kwara State faces numerous challenges specifically: Insufficient funding, irregular promotion of teachers, inadequate infrastructure, shortage of teaching aids, absence of operational vehicles, unequal distribution of teaching staff and unfavourable learning conditions.
To address these issues, Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has declared a state of emergency in the education sector – calling on relevant stakeholders to define an agenda and program of interventions to make high quality education available and accessible for all.
One of which is the Kwara Education Futures Summit set to hold on the 5th of August, 2021. Visit KwaraEducationFutures.com to register to attend and find out more information on the summit.
Local Stories
Third wave: Nigeria records 590 new cases of covid-19, highest in over 4 months
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Friday, 30th July 2021 that 590 new cases of the covid-19 were confirmed and 8 covid-related deaths were recorded. Read more…
Northern Nigeria, 22 others placed on Hunger Alert List – WFP, FAO
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) identified Northern Nigeria and 22 other conflict areas as hunger alert hotspots for the next four months due to covid-19 and conflict. Read more…
2022: Delta State proposes budget of N425 billion
The Delta State Government has announced that it is proposing the sum of N425 billion for its appropriation bill of 2022, which will be transferred for approval. Read more…
International Stories
UK is reopening and scientists are confused to what's happening
Coronavirus cases in the UK are dropping and whether it's due to the vaccine rollout or something else, scientists are confused. CNN's Phil Black reports. Read more…
Amazon hit by record $887 million EU privacy fine
Amazon (AMZN) faces a record-breaking €746 million (roughly $887 million) fine after a European Union data privacy regulator said the e-commerce giant had violated the bloc's signature privacy law, known as GDPR, in an advertising-related decision. Read more…
Business
ExxonMobil reports earnings of $4.7 billion in Q2, Chemical division posted its best-ever quarter
ExxonMobil Corporation announced second-quarter 2021 earnings estimates of $4.7 billion or $1.10 a share, up from a loss of $1.1 billion in the second quarter of 2020. Read more…
Google founders cash in $1 billion after earning $75 billion in barely 7 months
Sergey Brin, 47, and Larry Page, 48, both founders of Google, have sold more than $1 billion worth of stocks combined since May 2021. Read more…
Lagos to demolish structures for Ikeja, Ikorodu roundabout, underpass projects
The Lagos State Government has said that it needs to demolish some structures to recover the Right of Way (RoW) to successfully execute the junction improvement works at the Ikeja underpass and Ikorodo roundabout. Read more…
Metro
Veteran actress Rachael Oniga is dead
Popular Nollywood actress, Rachael Oniga, is dead, The PUNCH has learnt. Read more…
Blessing Okagbare suspended for doping, out of Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Nigerian top athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has been “provisionally” suspended for doping on Saturday. Read more…
Simone Biles: Tokyo Olympics gymnast withdraws from two more events
Simone Biles has pulled out of Sunday's vault and uneven bars gymnastics finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Read more…
Tokyo Olympics: Novak Djokovic loses to Pablo Carreno Busta in bronze-medal match
Novak Djokovic threw one racquet and smashed another as his bid for an Olympic medal ended in defeat by Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta. Read more…
Doctors remove twins from newborn baby girl's stomach (photos)
Doctors have successfully removed embryos of a growing twin from the stomach of a newborn baby girl. Read more…
AGS Quote of the Day
When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.
Carol Burnett