Education

LASU best graduating student, Oluolamide, wins N10m prize

By Elizabeth Osayande EPE, LAGOS — The overall best graduating student of Lagos State University (LASU) for the 2025/2026 academic session, Adebanjo Samuel Oluolamide, has received a N10 million cash prize from the Sunbeth Excellence Partnership Programme (SEPP). Oluolamide, of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.97, […]
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Strike: Our NEC will decide – Osodeke, ASUU president

The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the National Executive Council, NEC, of the union will decide whether members should go on strike or not over some demands made.

Sylvester Oromoni: Dowen College founder, board members step down

By Adesina Wahab The Founder of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Dr. Olumide Phillips, and members of the school’s board have stepped down from office. Phillips served as the Chairman of the board. The retirement of the board members and their chairman was contained in a statement signed by Tomi Borisade on behalf of the school […]

IPPIS is proof of FG’s insincerity to our push for better university system ― ASUU

By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has stated that the introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, was proof that the Federal Government is insincere to Nigerians in the struggle for a better university system. ASUU which made the disclosure at the Ignatius Ajuru University […]

OOU VC advises universities against indiscriminate award of first-class degree

By Adesina Wahab The Vice Chancellor, Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago Iwoye, Prof. Ganiyu Olatunde, has advised universities in the country against indiscriminate award of first-class degree to their students, saying a situation where some universities would have a significant number of their graduating students bagging such is becoming worrisome. This is just as he […]

Assessment: Lagos EKOEXCEL records impressive performance in 2yrs- Report

By Olasunkanmi Akoni A report has revealed that EKOEXCEL, the basic education reform programme of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration, is improving pupils, its main target. Recall, Sanwo-Olu launched EKOEXCEL in 2019 to provide quality education to both the rich and the poor and upskill teachers leveraging technology. So far, over 18,000 headteachers and teachers […]

Youth group rallies support for TASUED VC, seeks for his confirmation

James Ogunnaike The national leadership of Ijebu Youth Association (IYA) has sent their appeal to the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, pleading for the confirmation of Prof Wole Banjo as the substantive Vice Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) Ijagun, Ogun State. Professor Wole Banjo is said to have been appointed […]

Lagos gets 2 new universities, merges colleges of education

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.

Senate passes bill to amend Federal Colleges of Education Act

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. […]

Trustees of Olashore International School inaugurates independent panel into ex-student claims

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 […]

International Day of Education: Let’s dedicate today to victims of bullying, assault, kidnapping in schools – Saraki

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 […]

We are developing devices to tackle insecurity, says UNIMAID VC

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 […]

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