Education

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has stated that the vital role of education in the society is the reason he listed it as one of the four-point agenda of his administration. The governor stated this through his deputy, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo, on the occasion of the opening ceremony of …

By Joan Nwagwu   The Federal Government has pleaded with the Non-Teaching Staff of the Nigerian Universities to suspend the three months strike they embarked upon since Dec.10 2017. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment made the appeal in a statement signed by Mr Samuel Olowookere, Director, Press …

By Mohammed Lawal   The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian University (SSANU), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) branch Zaria, Kaduna State, is in crisis following a directive by a faction asking its members to end the ongoing strike and resume work on Wednesday. The factional chairman, Mr Iliyasu Bello, announced this …

“My name is Bayode Treasures Olawunmi. I have just finished reading aloud for 120 hours non-stop! I did it for the culture!”  With this statement, Lagos boy Bayode announced his entry into the global hall of fame as he breaks the existing record in world reading marathon. Before his record …

By Adebola Adegoke A computer programming expert, Adedipo Olagbegi, has urged the Federal Government to incorporate computer programming in the primary and secondary school curricula, to boost ICT knowledge among Nigerians. Olagbegi, who is an ICT consultant, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

Public Lecture presented at Bayero University, Kano March 05, 2018  A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE FUNDING OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA Plagiarism Alert This paper is an updated and revised version of my earlier paper presented publicly in 2008 and  published in 2009 by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) …

Immediate past Director General of Nigeria’s Debt Management Office, DMO, Dr. Abraham Nwankwo will today, Monday, March 5, 2018 deliver a Public Lecture at the Musa Abdullahi Auditorium of the Bayero University Kano, Kano State. The Lecture, with the theme: ‘A Frame Work for Sustainable Funding of Education in Nigeria,’ …

Taraba State youths have been urged to embrace digital communication tools to develop themselves and make necessary impact in the society. Malam Imam Imam, a youth activist and Special Adviser on Media to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, stated this when he spoke at the 2018 orientation exercise for Taraba students …

The Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Marine Engineering and Offshore Technology established by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC)-operated joint venture at the Rivers State University (RSU) is set to open its doors to the pioneer students who are currently being screened in an elaborate admission process. …

The ongoing search for the 110 girls who were abducted from the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State, has been extended to neighbouring countries, the Federal Government has announced. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, …

By Philip Yatai The Kaduna State Government on Thursday warned vendors supplying food to pupils under the Federal Government school feeding programme to desist from supplying low quality food or face prosecution. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Malam Ja’afaru Sani, gave the warning when he visited some …

As part of her initiative to rekindle interest in reading, ‘You Read Initiative,’ one of the CSR programmes of GTBank launched in 2017 has given support to a 40-year old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi who is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the Longest Marathon Read Aloud from …

By Reporter Former House of Representatives lawmaker from Akwa Ibom, Hon. Dan Akpan has threatened to sue the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), for not allowing his JAMB center to register candidates for the just concluded 2017/2918 UTME registration exercise. This is even as he alleged that, over 6000 …

The survivors of a deadly shooting at a Florida High School earlier this month returned to school on Wednesday as one of the country’s largest sports retailers announced it would end the sale of semi-automatic weapons. The Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has asked security agencies to take responsibility for failing to stop the abduction of 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe State, adding that the buck passing between the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force is unacceptable. In a press statement, Hon …

Anita Eboigbe  Nigerians on twitter reacted to reports that parents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) pay extra fees for their children to learn British accent. The story by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), which broke out on Monday, sparked a conversation on Twitter around the social implications of …

Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima, Sunday, paid a sympathy visit to Damaturu, capital of Yobe State, where he paid courtesy call on Governor Ibrahim Gaidam with his message meant to strengthen his host following recent attacks on Government Girls’ Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, headquarters of Bursari local government area in …

A mother found one of the world’s deadliest snakes hiding in her child’s lunchbox in a town in the state of South Australia, local media reported Tuesday. “The child’s mother was preparing food at home in Hahndorf when she found the juvenile eastern brown snake hiding in the lunchbox’s lid,’’ …

The Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos has expressed the desire of the University to have closer ties with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in the area of Research and Development (R&D). The Vice Chancellor, who was represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Development Services, Prof Folasade …

The Yobe State government has apologised for announcing the rescue, by officers and men of the Nigerian Army, of some of the students of Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi who went missing after Boko Haram terrorists stormed their school last Monday. A statement by Abdullahi Bego, Director-General, Press …

By Our Reporter Students of the Federal Government Girls College in Mkpat Enin, Akwa Ibom State have been charged to commit themselves to sports development as a means of developing the girl-child. Principal of the College, Engr. (Mrs) Dasoye Opute said this during the 25th Annual Inter-House Sports Competition of …

The management and students of Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu led by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Christian Anieke have paid a “Thank You” visit to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for releasing the sum of N500 million agreed upon as the state government’s contribution for the construction of the Ugwuomu-Nkwubor-Godfrey …

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, condemned in strong terms the attack on Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, in Yobe State by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. Saraki in statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, described the attack as one …

The Sokoto State Agency for Female Education has distributed 900 school desks to various girls colleges in four local government areas of the state. Presenting the items to representatives of the schools, the Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on female education, Dr. Amamatu Yusuf, said the items have …

Danjuma James, Sokoto Sokoto government-owned Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic has been granted approval by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to begin National Diploma programs in Building Technology and Civil Technology/Institutional Administration. Disclosing this in an interview in Sokoto, the Rector of the Polytechnic, Professor Aminu Ibrahim, said the …