Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, said the state government will merge the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, and the Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Epe, to form a university of education.

By Henry Umoru The Senate has passed a bill amending the Federal Colleges of Education Act 1998. Senator Sandy Onuh, who presented the report on behalf of the Chairman, Ahmad Babba Kaita, explained that the core objective of the bill was to provide for a legislative framework to support the Federal Colleges of Education Act, 1998. […]

The Trustees of Olashore International School Association, Proprietor of Olashore International School (OIS), a private co-educational boarding secondary school in Iloko-Ijesha, Osun State, has inaugurated a Five-member panel of inquiry into an alleged sexual assault claim by an ex-student of Olashore International School Obiamaka Azubuike.  Ms Azubuike had in December 2021 via a social media […]

Calls for Justice for Hanifa, Sylvester and Keren Former Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki has asked Nigerians to dedicate the International Day of Education to victims of murder, kidnapping, bullying, assaults among other social vices. In a statement released by his Media Office in Abuja, Saraki denounced the recent trend of bullying, abduction, assault, and […]

Authorities of the Elizade University, llara- Mokin, Ondo state has expressed its determination to be a globally competitive institution that produces entrepreneurial, innovative and ethically sound graduates.

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Prof. Aliyu Shugaba says the institution has recently gone into research and innovative programme to develop devices to tackle insecurity challenges on the campus. Shugaba disclosed this when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum in Abuja. He said that the institution brought the innovative idea […]

Osun State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola has disclosed that his administration has attracted over N2billion in alumni contribution across the state since the review of education policy

By Adesina Wahab ACADEMIC activities in the nation’s universities may be disrupted by the end of this month if the Federal Government is unable to implement the Memorandum of Action, MoA, it signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Also, the government is expected to renegotiate the 2007 Agreement it entered into with […]

By Adesina Wahab THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has called for the setting up of an Education Bank that will provide interest-free loans to students in tertiary institutions so as to make funding education at that level convenient for all. He also advocated the setting up a Students Loan Scheme in […]

The Board of Promoters of the University of Kigali (UoK) has appointed Professor Robert E. Hinson, as the university’s acting vice-chancellor, effective 19 January, following the resignation of the substantive holder of the position. Hinson, a Ghanaian, is currently UoK’s deputy vice-chancellor (Academic). He started his academic career on 1 February 2003 as a lecturer […]

By Adesina Wahab Reprieve has come the way of the suspended Registrar of the Lagos State University, LASU,  Mr Olayinka Amuni, as the visitor to the university, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered that he be reinstated into office. A statement on Thursday night by the spokesman of LASU, Mr Ademola Adekoya, said Amuni would resume […]

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City The Edo  State government said it has commenced the process of recruiting teaching fellows into the Edo Supporting Teachers to Achieve Results (EdoSTAR) Teaching Fellows Programme, for schools across the state’s 18 local government areas. In a statement, the state Commissioner for Education, Dr John Oviawe, called for suitably […]

Despite different measures put in place by the Ogun State government to curb the incessant attacks on teachers in its secondary schools, a student of Toyon High School, Ere, Ado-Odo, Joshua Joseph has hired thugs to attack his teachers

The Executive Chairman, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, LASUBEB, Wahab Alawiye-King said the EkoExcel programme of the state government has indeed rescued a lot of children from engaging in various social vices in Lagos State since its inception.

The Management of the Plateau State University, PLASU, Bokkos has commended the local chapter of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities, NASU and National Association of Academic Technologists of Nigeria, NAAT for suspending the strike action it earlier embarked on.