By Adesina Wahab A former student of the Lagos State University, LASU, Yusuf Nurudeen Alowonle, alias Omomeewa, has been shot dead by some gunmen not too far from the school main gate in Ojo, Lagos. Alowonle, who two years ago contested the position of the president of the Students Union Government of the university but […]

By Adesina Wahab A PROFESSOR of Parasitology in the Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, Lagos State University, LASU, Omolade Olayinka Okwa, has said an average student in Nigeria loses between 3-12 school days in an academic year to Malaria infection. She put the loss at between 2-6 percent of the academic year. She stated […]

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The lingering security  challenges in the Northeast region is taking a heavy emotional toll on parents and guardians of serving and incoming corps members, as many have appealed to the management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Scheme to redeploy them to more secure and peaceful states, Vanguard findings have […]

The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South-West Zone, has commended the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State.

THE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has lamented that the introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) has adversely affected autonomy for universities and also impoverished it, members, in the university community.

By Umar Yusuf No fewer than 1.3 candidates are currently writing the National Examination Council, NECO, in 18,000 centres across the country, the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Examination Body, Professor Ibrahim Wushishi has disclosed. The examination Council which is an alternate body for senior secondary school students seeking mandatory qualification into universities […]

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Bigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has eulogised the management and staff of NYSC Ondo over the completion of the ultra modern camp clinic and the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) Centre in the State.

Zainab Sulaiman recently bagged 2-Star Doctor of Science (DSc) award in Child Developmental Science. She is the first Nigerian young woman to be conferred the award by Human Rights Education Federation.

By Adesina Wahab The plans by the Lagos State Government to upgrade the Sir Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, MOCPED, Epe, to a University of Education may be thwarted as internal crises of diverse kinds are currently rocking the Institution, checks by Vanguard have shown. The crises range from the faceoff between the management […]

The six programmes that received full accreditation are Agriculture and Hospitality/ Tourism Management in the Faculty of Agriculture, English/Literary Studies and Theatre/Media Arts Studies in the Faculty of Arts, as well as Demography/Social Statistics and Sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences.

…As body launches request management system, chatbot By Elizabeth Osayande The head of the Nigeria national office, West African Examination Council, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan has on Tuesday announced the timetable for the conduct of this West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE for school candidates. According to the body, the examination will run from […]

…Gets Nod for Mass Communication, Accounting, Banking and Finance, Economics, others The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved full accreditation for twenty-three academic programmes at AL-HIKMAH University, Ilorin. The AL-HIKMAH University management announced this on Saturday, in a statement made known on the university’s website. According to the statement, the approval was sequel to the […]

By Elizabeth Osayande The Lagos State government has announced the release of results of the 2021 screening test into the state model colleges and upgraded junior secondary schools. As announced and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Lagos State, Mrs Abosede Adelaja, students can get their results with immediate effect by logging in […]

Kaduna State Government on Friday postponed resumption dates of both Primary and Secondary schools in the state, earlier scheduled to resume academic activities Aug. 9. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the postponement is contained in a statement jointly signed by the Commissioner for Education,Dr Shehu Muhammad and that of Internal Security and […]

Some medical students of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Abakaliki, Ebonyi (AE-FUNAI) have expressed grievances with the recent hike in accommodation fee by the school management.