•My son came home malnourished, I hadly recognised him —Parent•We’re hungry, restless —Students•Something has to be done —NAPTAN•Reintroduce subsidised meals for students —NANS•Students can apply for Upkeep Allowance Loan —NELFUND By Adesina Wahab LAGOS: When Elisha (other names withheld), a student in one of the public universities in Lagos State came home during a break, […]

THE governing council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has sacked Professor Joseph Ikechebelu after two months in office. In his place, the Council appointed a law teacher, Prof Carol Umobi as as the Acting Vice-Chancellor.

“Failure to heed this clarion call will lead to workers of FCET, Akoka embarking on full blown strike action, which may spread to other Federal and State Colleges of Education in Nigeria.”

The Federal Government delegation and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), are in a closed-door meeting to discuss the lingering crisis and avert a strike by the Union.

West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Nigeria says it would gradually eliminate the use of papers in the conduct of its examinations. Dr Amos Dangut, Head of National Office, disclosed this on Thursday after monitoring the conduct of the ongoing West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Abeokuta. The WAEC boss, who was […]

Chairman, House Committee on Polytechnic and Technical Education, Fuad Laguda representing Surulere Constituency 1 has introduced a Bill seeking to “break and criminalize the dichotomy and discrimination of holders of the Higher National Diploma (HND).”

By Adesina Wahab Just like the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, which is meant to be an intervention agency in the education sector, especially at the tertiary level, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has been set up to also provide succour for the sector. However, both agencies are not for the benefit of private […]

As some candidates lament the glitches they encountered while writing the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination,UTME, on Friday,Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has called on the to calm and not panic.

Times Higher Education, THE, has come out with its 2024 rankings of universities with Oxford University, England retaining its position as the number one in the world.

The National Examinations Council (NECO) says it has concluded arrangements to conduct the Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) internally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Following the inability of the Federal Government to pay the withheld salaries of non-academic staff in public universities in the country, the workers on Monday shut down activities in those universities.Following the inability of the Federal Government to pay the withheld salaries of non-academic staff in public universities in the country, the workers on Monday shut down activities in those universities.

“The Vice Chancellor’s approval of their expulsion was sequel to the recommendations of the Students’ Disciplinary Committee at its 219th meeting held on Wednesday and Thursday, January 10 and 11, 2024 respectively.”

By being ranked as the seventh best university on the continent of Africa, the University of Ibadan, UI, has emerged as the best university in Nigeria.

A Canadian educational institution, Western Pinnacle University has appointed a Canada-based Nigerian don, Dr Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi as its Chancellor

By Adesina Wahab LAGOS — As the investigative panel constituted by the Federal Government to probe fake universities selling credentials to Nigerians begins its work, critical stakeholders in the sector have called for a thorough job that must not spare anybody or organisation found culpable. They have also charged the Prof. Jibrila Amin-led panel to […]