Education

By Usman Aliyu Benin, March 25, 2023 The University of Benin has won the Africa Outstanding University Award of the Year for 2023 in Rwanda. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Lilian Salami, was also honoured as Africa Pillar of Education for her impact in education development on the continent. …

By Adenike Ayodele Ikeja March 25, 2023 The Lagos State government says it will prosecute Chrisland School, Ikeja, for alleged involuntary manslaughter, reckless and negligent act over the death of a 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran, who died from electrocution during inter house sports. According to a statement signed by the Director …

By Folasade Akpan Enugu, March 23, 2023 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has began a five-year strategic plan to help Nigerian children who are left behind in developmental strides to meet up with their counterparts in other parts of the world. UNICEF Communication Specialist, Mr. Geoffrey Njoku, said this …

President Muhammadu Buhari sent salutations to Saheed Aderinto, a Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University, for winning the prestigious Dan David Prize – the largest financial reward for excellence in the historical discipline in the world. The President, in a statement, commended the selection …

By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, March 5, 2023 Prof Charles Adias, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s State Collation Officer for Rivers at the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly elections has raised the alarm again on Sunday in Yenagoa over unending threat to his life. Prof Adias, Vice-Chancellor at the Federal …

By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu Lagos, March. 5, 2023 Chrisland High School, Lagos, where a student died during its inter-house sports competition on Feb. 9, remains shut, Lagos State government declared on Sunday. It stated that the continued closure of the school after the death of the 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran, was …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto March 4, 2023 The Sokoto State Government on Friday constituted a committee for the implementation of Primary school Teachers’ promotion in the state. This development is contained in a statement issued by Abbas Sanyinna, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB). According to …

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday shared N734m alongside books and grains in thousands of bags to over 4,945 traditional Islamic schools referred to as ‘Sangaya’ in Borno State, and more famously called ‘Almajiri’ system across Nigeria. The 4,945 schools were drawn from across the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) …

By Angela Atabo Abuja, Feb. 20, 2023 Coalition for Good Governance (CGG), the umbrella body of Former Presidential candidates and 24 Former National Chairmen of political parties, has endorsed the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate ahead of the Feb. 25 election. The National Coordinator, CGG, Okey Chikwendu, in a statement, …

By Dorcas Elusogbon Ile-Ife (Osun), Feb 18, 2023 The Former Head of Department, Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Prof Adeolu Ayanwale, has tasked youths on promoting agriculture through technology. Ayanwale threw the challenge during a Training/Capacity Building Workshop on “Scaling-up Lifelong learning for Farmers (L3F) in …

By George Odok Calabar, Feb. 20, 2023 The Senate of the University of Calabar has approved the suspension of academic activities from Feb. 22 to March 14, to enable its staffers participate in the forthcoming general elections. The directive is contained in a statement signed by the Registrar of the …

By Usman Aliyu Benin, Feb. 19, 2023 Vice-Chancellor of University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Lilian Salami has directed the closure of the institution for academic activities for the 2023 general elections. The institution’s Registrar, Mr. Ademola Bobola, announced this in a notice obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

A female gender activist, Hauwa Mustapha Babura, has called on Nigerians to come to the aid of the 11 female students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State, who are still in bandits’ captivity. The students, kidnapped in 2021, have spent over 18 months in their captors’ den. …

Quietude sits well with Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, and calmness is the word for her, but the music was so compelling that she had to stand up and dance. The mellifluous music issuing forth from Gerald Eze and his Ichoku Ensemble put a smooth smile on the face of Prof Akachi …

Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR has received in audience students who are Maritime Forum members from the University of Lagos (UNILAG). During the visit, Dr Jamoh described the Maritime industry as the best industry, noting that the time has come for proper delineation …

By Sixtus Uket (Calabar) The Student Union Government (SUG) of the University of Calabar (Unical), has directed all Point Of Sale/Service (POS) operators in the University to temporarily revert to the old charges for their services in the university. The Student Union Government gave the directive Monday in a statement …

By Ifeoma Aka Enugu Feb.11, 2023 The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, on Saturday donated educational materials to the Heart of Love Children Foundation Orphanage in Enugu State. Presenting the items at the orphanage located at Ebe in Udi Local Government Area, Onyeama said that the gesture was …

By Sixtus Uket (Calabar) The Cross River State Government has denied widely circulated reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) shot to death, a student of the University of Cross River (UNICROSS), within the university’s premises. There were reports in some national newspapers and social media platforms of the …

By Funmilayo Adeyemi Abuja, Feb. 11, 2023 The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says that over 1.16 million tertiary institutions admission seekers have so far registered to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday, …

The Ife Youths Organization (IYO) has commended Prof. Afolabi Owojuyigbe, the Acting Chief Medical Director (CMD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, for his commitment to youth development. The apex body of Ile-Ife youths, IYO presented Drop Banners of Prof Owojuyigbe and his acting Director of Administration, Alhaji …

By Sixtus Uket (Calabar) The Executive Chairman, Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Senator Stephen Odey, has charged newly inducted teachers to continue to acquire knowledge to enable them excel in their profession. Senator Odey gave the charge while presenting the Induction Lecture on: “Professional Knowledge: Essential vitamin …

  By Funmilayo Adeyemi Abuja, Feb. 9, 2023 The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered a closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the 2023 general elections. This is contained in a letter addressed to Vice-Chancellors of all universities and Directors of Inter-University Centres, and …

A leading Nigerian academic in the United States, Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu of Princeton University, has assumed duties at Oxford University, one of the oldest and most respected educational institutions in the world, as a distinguished professor. Though announced last year as Slade Professor of Art for the 2023 academic session, …

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke will on Friday February 3 deliver the 14th edition of the Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture at Akin Deko Memorial Lecture Auditorium, University of Benin, Benin, Edo State. Prof Osodeke will be speaking on the theme: “State of …

… Approves dollars as parting gifts  Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday bided farewell to 19 youths, most of them grew up as orphans and vulnerable indigenes of Borno State. The students will soon be departing for Suez City in Egypt, to study and obtain Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery …