By Elizabeth Osayande  Barely six months after a book launch in his honour, Professor Ademola S. Tayo, Babcock University’s immediate past President/Vice-Chancellor, has pledged the proceeds to fund an educational support initiative for indigent students.  The initiative will provide an annual sponsorship for 10 students from Oke-Ila Orangun and 5 others from Inisha both in Osun […]

By Peter Duru, MAKURDI Thousands of students, staff and residents have been stranded following the collapse of a major culvert along the access road linking the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JoSTUM), formerly the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, with neighbouring communities in Benue State.  The culvert, located at Ake River between Antsah and Anini villages, […]

With over one million candidates unable to secure admission into tertiary institutions yearly in the country, over 300,000 admission spaces are always unfilled

Seplat Energy Plc has joined the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2026 as official Theme Partner for the Education Session, as the summit prepares to convene Africa’s largest cross-sector gathering at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos from 22 to 24 July 2026. Under the partnership, Seplat Energy Plc will lead the Education Session at ASIS […]

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA: The Federal Government has concluded plans to distribute massive Information and Communication Technology, ICT equipment to 15 federal and state colleges of education across Nigeria under a major education support initiative funded by the Government of Japan. The development is part of “The Project for Capacity-building of Teachers to Promote Continuous […]

“When Beulah was born, the diagnosis made it clear that amputation was the best option following the congenital deformity of her right limb”

By Adesina Wahab After 10 years of serving as the Registrar/ Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede is taking his leave. His exit, after two tenures of five years each, has to come to an end. President Bola Tinubu, has since announced the appointment of another Professor, Segun […]

Parents were also advised to demand transparency in school fee structures and report exploitative practices to the education authorities.

NCCE has launched an overhaul of Nigeria’s teacher education system and competitive and professionally respected teachers

… after what it described as the “failure of management to engage in further negotiations concerning our demands.”