Education

From: Ruth David ,Bauchi There was pandemonium Monday night at the female Hostel of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi when a fire outbreak razed a section of the female hostel at the Yelwa campus. Confirming to the disaster to newsman in Bauchi, the Public Relations Officer of the University, …

The Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has appointed the third richest woman of African descent in the world, Mrs. Folorunso Alakija, the Chancellor of Osun State University, Osogbo. The Governor, in a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, office of the Governor, Mr. …

From Ruth David, Bauchi President Muhammadu Buhari has said there is need for all stakeholders in the country to join hands to save the education system from collapse. He said this on Saturday in Bauchi at the combined 19th to 22nd convocation ceremony of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, …

From:Ruth David, Bauchi The New Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Belawa University (ATBU), Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, has appealed to Bauchi state indigenes who are well-to-do to invest more in the education of their children and not wait on the Federal or state government to provide everything for them that will …

Federal tertiary institutions will henceforth be given priority in terms of infrastructural and staff development in tandem with President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve to reposition the education sector for better productivity. Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, disclosed this in Pankshin, Plateau State, during the 25th–33rd convocation ceremony of Federal College …

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Tuesday flagged off an enrollment program which seeks to admit one million, two hundred and sixty eight thousand (1,268,000) new pupils into primary and junior secondary schools across the state. The ambitious program, flagged off at Bodinga Local Government Area of the state, seeks to enhance …

Enugu state government and the authorities of the Dublin City University, Ireland at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to promote mutual relations between the two parties for purposes of developing education in the state in a manner that would also offer value to the university. …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday said the priority of his administration for educational institutions at the tertiary level is for them to nurture students to become wealth creators and innovators capable of contributing positively to the communities and the nation. Ambode, who spoke at the Lagos House …

From: RUTH DAVID, Bauchi Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi has graduated 7,688 students with 34 students obtaining first class. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Saminu Abdulrahman Ibrahim, revealed this at the pre-convocation press briefing in Bauchi, saying that all arrangements have been concluded by the management of …

From Ruth David Bauchi The Vice Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Professor Abdulrahman Ibrahim, has revealed that the University has resuscitated the dying ATBU Trust Investment Limited (ATIL) ‎ through establishment of a Community Micro-Finance Bank, 3 star Hotel, bottled water factory and a printing press to generate …

The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the passion with which his administration pursues its goal in the education sector arises from the conviction that education is the fulcrum upon which life and living rest. Governor Aregbesola stated this while receiving a 35 year old compilation of …

The Governing Council of the Gombe State University has expressed satisfaction with the quality and standard of three gigantic hostels undertaken by TETFUND and capable of accommodating no fewer than 1.500 students. The three students’ hostels which are expected to be occupied by the students as soon as they resume …

Sokoto State government has said it will not sack any teacher from the state’s civil service, but will not fail to reassign any that does not have the requisite qualifications to be in the classroom. Making this known while addressing the annual national congress of his alma mata, the Dogon …

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has attributed the rot in the state’s education sector to the failure of the immediate past administration to pay attention to the problems therein. Umahi stated this in his country home, Umunaga- Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area when members of the State Universal Basic …

The enrolment of 8,000 students who benefitted from the Sokoto government’s free tertiary institutions’ admission forms began Thursday, in Sokoto, the state capital. The enrolment, which got underway at the Sokoto North local government secretariat, saw a huge turn-out of both male and female students seeking to further their education. …

Governor of State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said that building state-of-the-art schools to impart knowledge and build strong characters in the Osun children is a priceless legacy his administration is determined to leave behind in the state. The Governor, while commissioning the newly completed N130 million Olufi Government …

As part of measures put in place to ensure the success of the State of Emergency declared in the education sector in Sokoto, the state government will from next year build special estates, known as teachers’ villages, in various districts across the state. In addition, monetary and other incentives will …

Although some schools reopening, insecurity remains an obstacle to education as violence and attacks against civilian populations in northeastern parts of the country and its neighbouring countries have forced more than 1 million children out of school, UNICEF said Tuesday. The number of children missing out on their education due …

Senior Staff Association of the Nigerian Universities (SSANU), weekend, alerted that President Muhammadu Buhari has orderd the sack of 2,000 university workers across the country by next month, January 2016. National President of the union, Mr. Samson Ugwoke, who disclosed this Saturday at a press briefing in the country’s capital, …

Pupils of the Innercity Mission School, Lagos were proud hosts of a Christmas party organised by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) on Monday (December 14). In keeping with the mood of the Yuletide, the pupils and the school received a variety of gifts including school bags, book shelves, …

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has threatened to declare an indefinite strike over a directive by the Federal Government for universities to retrench workers of university staff schools. The National President of the association, Mr Samson Ugwoke made the plan known at a news conference in Abuja …

  The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, Thursday, in Lagos released November/December 2015 WASSCE results, concealing the statistical data of candidates who scored five credits in English Language and Mathematics.  Announcing the results at its head office at Yaba, the new appointed Head of National Office , HNO, Nigeria, Mr  …

Education minister, Adamu Adamu, will surely be numbered among the top three ministers that will be bombarded with dozens of petitions about the wrong doings of critical actors and stakeholders in his sector; memos on the way forward; lamentations about the sheer rot to be confronted or addressed and words- …

The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has called on Nigerian youths and students not to see excellence in academic performance and better life accomplishment as unachievable but a result of determination and deep commitment. The governor stated this while receiving the 2015 best graduating student of the University of …

The Government of the state of Osun on Sunday said it will not relent on its various reforms until violence is completely rooted out of its public schools. It said part of the rots created by the long years of abandoned education sector in the state is that schools had …