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 […]

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 […]

Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State, yesterday, dismissed the Federal Government’s plan to reduce the number of out-of-school children in the country, claiming it was an effort in futility.

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 […]