Education
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Sokoto flags off Nigeria’s largest school enrollment drive
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has flagged off Nigeria’s largest school enrollment drive which targets 1.4 million new intakes in…
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Security, stability of Nigeria depends largely on provision of functional education – President Buhari declares at Special Retreat of Federal Executive Council on Challenges facing Educational Sector
REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, AT THE PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT ON EDUCATION, NOVEMBER 13, 2017 AT OLD BANQUET…
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JAMB meets with “critical stakeholders” to review UTME
By Chinyere Nwachukwu The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will meet with “critical” stakeholders in education on…
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CodeLagos expands to Out-of-School residents
As part of efforts by the Lagos State Government to further broaden access to coding education for Lagos residents,…
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Between a supposed ‘silly Governor’ and a very ignorant Professor By Imam Imam
In a bid to justify the action of Kaduna State Government to sack certain class of its teachers who it…
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Bishop Oyedepo advocates rejuvenation of nation’s education system
The Chancellor, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara, Bishop David Oyedepo, has advocated review of the nation’s education system for Nigeria to…
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UNILAG to admit only 8,000 – VC
By Chinyere Nwachukwu No fewer than 24,000 applicants to the University of Lagos who scored 200 marks and above will…
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Niger ministry suspends vice principal for impregnating student
By Rita Iliya The Niger State Ministry of Education has suspended Malam Mohammed Mohammed, a Vice Principal who impregnated a…
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Senate, Education, Health stakeholders endorse University of Health Sciences, Otukpo
A bill seeking for the establishment of the Federal University of Health Sciences Otukpo (FUHSO), Benue state, has received the…
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2018 UTME: JAMB bans pens, wristwatches in centres
By Chinyere Nwachukwu The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), organiser of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has…
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Boarding Schools: Borno Governor to use pupils as dining hall spies
Worried by drop in quality of food served boarding students, Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima on Wednesday inaugurated a special committee…
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Gov. Umahi says agriculture is the only feasible alternative to oil
By Awayi Kuje Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Wednesday said that agriculture remained the only viable alternative in…
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NOUN lists requirements for postgraduate students
The National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, has reacted to a statement pertaining to the inability of some of its…
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Rivers varsity, students laud NDDC for donating 522-bed hostel
The Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) authority and students, have lauded the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)…
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Non-academic staff of FUK on rampage over non-payment of salaries
There was a mild drama Tuesday in the main campus of the Federal University Kashere, Gombe State, over the non-payment…
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ASUP gives strike notice, demands payment of 2016 shortfalls
By Bukola Adewumi The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) says it will embark on an indefinite strike with effect…
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FUNAI/French partnership: First batch of Staff leave for France
The academic partnership between the French Government and the Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State has started…
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Sokoto spends N800m to build women development centres
By Hauwa Muhammad Gold The Sokoto State Government has expended N800 million on the building of Women Development and…
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Nigeria can be net exporter of skills – Gov Ahmed
In the face of the unemployment situation in the country, Nigeria can be a net exporter of skills to the…
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Rivers State Government to roll out Bonny Schools in three weeks
Rivers State Government has declared that the reconstruction of selected basic education schools in Bonny Local Government Area will be…
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Another 104 Nigerian youths receive NNPC/SNEPCo scholarships
More than 100 pupils from Nigeria’s six geo-political zones have been awarded full-board six-year secondary school scholarships by the Shell…
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FG to intervene in universities affected by insurgency–Buhari
By Yakubu Uba President Muhamadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government would support universities affected by the Boko Haram…
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81 students bag first class at Bowen University, Iwo – VC
By Victor Adeoti The Bowen University, Iwo, Osun, on Saturday awarded first class degrees to 81 graduating students at its…
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We establish more tertiary institutions to address education imbalance – Gov. Dankwambo
Gov. Ibrahim Damkwambo of Gombe State on Friday said the establishment of additional tertiary institutions in the state was aimed…
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Saraki directs MDAs to submit outstanding scholarships to Senate …Calls for review of scholarship policy
President of the Senate Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Wednesday met with representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) responsible…
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