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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]