[Leadership] Media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has raised doubts about the circumstances surrounding the abduction and release of students from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Niger State.
[New Times] A group of young Rwandans living in Poland on Monday, December 22, visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial and the Campaign Against Genocide Museum as part of a cultural heritage initiative aimed at strengthening their understanding of Rwanda’s history, identity, and national journey.
The Department of Education is looking at whether security at Brown University, including its surveillance system, was up to standard. Brown said it would conduct its own investigation.
Governor calls accusations that students with disabilities may have been confined in boxes ‘highly disturbing’
A school district board in upstate New York is investigating school officials amid accusations that the district may have confined elementary school students inside wooden “timeout” boxes.
Images of the boxes, which resemble tiny padded cells, first spread on social media last week,...
[Nile Post] President Museveni has urged young people to embrace hard work, innovation and discipline, cautioning them against what he described as diversionary criticism and destructive ideologies that threaten Uganda’s peace and development.
A spokesman for the Nigerian government said that the “remaining” students from a Catholic school had been freed, but the Diocese said only that a “second batch” had been released.
[Ghanaian Times] The International Conference on Bridging Employment and Inclusive Education/TVET was successfully held virtually on Saturday, December 6, 2025, bringing together 992 participants from around the world. The conference focused on transforming education, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), and employment for learners with autism, intellectual, and developmental...
[Vanguard] All the schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri community, Niger State, have now been released, following the freedom of the final group of 130 victims, bringing the total number of rescued pupils to 230.
Office for Students accused of ‘glacial’ response to allegations of fraud, bullying and mismanagement
England’s universities regulator has been attacked for being “asleep at the wheel” over its delays in investigating suspected fraud, bullying and mismanagement at the University of Greater Manchester.
Phil Brickell, the MP for Bolton West whose constituency includes the campus, has accused the...
[Leadership] All the schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri community, Agwara local government area of Niger State, have been released, following the rescue of the final batch of 130 victims, bringing the total number of freed pupils and teachers to 230.
[This Day] State forces, coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), have successfully secured the release of the remaining students and teachers abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, sources familiar with the operation, have said.
An upstate New York district, where most students are Native American, placed its superintendent on leave after images of a wooden box in a classroom spread on social media.