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President Muhammadu Buhari declared on Wednesday that Nigeria’s oil reserve estimate as per reserve has been estimated to dry up in the next 25 years to 30 years at most. To this end, the President said the focus of the government must be on gas which is also estimated to last for over 60 years, adding that his government must ensure a dramatic movement into gas production. President Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu spoke yesterday at the 5th triennial delegates conference of the Petroleum & Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) in Abuja. He also cleared the air on the argument surrounding the sale of the nation’s refineries, declaring that there is no plan or attempt to sell or concession the refineries as being speculated “by those who should know better.” President Buhari’s Keynote address on the theme: “Emerging Trends in the oil and gas industry and its impacts on Labour movement in Nigeria,...

108 oldest secondary schools in Nigeria 1. CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos (1859) – CMS 2. Methodist Boys High School, Victoria Island, Lagos (1878) – Methodist 3. Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, Lagos (1879) – Methodist 4. Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos (1885) – Baptist – The primary school arm was established in 1855 but was not changed into secondary school 5. Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar (1895) – United Presbyterian 6. St. Anne’s School, (Old Kudeti Girls’ School) Ibadan (1896)*- CMS 7. Oron Boy’s High School, (Old Oron Training Institute) Oron (1897)*- CMS 8. Wesley College of Science (old Wesley College), Elekuro, Ibadan (1905)* – Methodist 9. St. Paul’s College, Iyenu, Awka (1900)* – CMS 10. Methodist Boy’s High School, Oron (1905) – Methodist 11. Abeokuta Grammar School, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta (1908) – CMS 12. King’s College, Catholic Mission street, Lagos (1909) – Government 13. St. John’s School, Bida (1909)* – CMS 14. Alhuda-Huda College(Old Gove...

 Nigerian Universities increase tuition fees No fewer than 38 universities across the country have increased their tuition fees as a result of poor funding by the Federal and State governments. The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan Chapter, Dr Deji Omole, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. The statement which assessed the two years of President Muhammadu Buhari in office, lamented that the current government had made Nigerians poorer. Omole said that the public education was not taken seriously because most children of the rich and those in high offices do not attend school in Nigeria. “The latest increment might be attributed to poor funding by the federal and state governments as ASUU poorly rated the President Muhammadu Buhari in the area of funding of university education. ASUU also noted that it would be difficult for any Nigeria university to effectively compete g...