Igweship Tussle: ESUT confirms dismissal of contender, Obiora Ngwu
Picking holes in Alausa’s proposal to scrap JSS,SSS education system
LASG releases resumption schedule for 2021/2022 academic session
Ekiti govt monitors schools’ resumption for the 2021/2022 session
Shun fake news, DG urges corps members
Ooni expresses confidence in Polytechnic education
Mixed reactions trail scrapping of UTME benchmark
Admissions: 179,330 spaces lie fallow in universities as 225,926 waste at polytechnics, colleges
(Breaking) UTME: JAMB cancels national cut-off mark
We’re not starting strike Tuesday — ASUU
WAEC begins WASSCE registration for 2nd series
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SubscribeShow down looms as Alex Ekwueme Varsity increases hostel fee from N70,000 to N300,000
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.
College abuse video: Edo Govt suspends principal, housemaster
The Edo Government has suspended the principal of a public Secondary School, Edo College, in Benin, after a video of abuse of Junior students by their Seniors went viral. A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Osarodion Ogie on Tuesday in Benin directed the Principal, Mr Peter Edomwonyi to proceed on […]
13-year-old Taraba varsity graduates first Ph.D. student
The Taraba State University, Jalingo, has recorded its first Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) graduate 13 years after its establishment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this feat was recorded after Hanawa Rufus successfully defended his thesis for Mathematics Education. Prof. Benjamin Imoko, the External Examiner, pronounced Rufus qualified in character and learning, […]
Funding hampering petroleum varsity potentials — VC
VICE Chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE), Delta State, Professor Akpofure Rim-Rukeh has said that funding has become a great challenge in the realization of the full potentials of the specialized institution.
Buhari promises more funds for education sector
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Daura, Katsina State, promised that his administration would allocate an increasing share of resources to improve learning in the country. The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said improving quality of education will continue to be […]
Absorb qualified, confirmed staff into new varsity — SSANIP appeals to Delta Govt
Following the upgrade of Delta State Polytechnic Ozoro, to Delta State University of Science and Technology, by the State Government, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, SSANIP Ozoro Branch, has appealed to the State Government to absorb all qualified and confirmed staff of the Polytechnic into the University taking off September this year
NBTE, Polytechnics to address unemployment by creating vocational skills training
Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje has said that the board together with polytechnics would role out different vocational skills training to address youth unemployment in Nigeria.
(BREAKING) COVID-19: UNILAG closes campus indefinitely, as lectures go virtual
By Adesina Wahab & Elizabeth Osayande The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has announced the indefinite closure of campus from Thursday, 15th July due to the spread of COVID-19. This is as the institution directed that students should leave the hall of residence, noting that henceforth, lectures will be conducted online. A statement […]
Why students shouldn’t be rushed through school — LASG, NUT, school owner
Some stakeholders in the education sector have expressed the need for parents to allow their children to be emotionally and otherwise mature before rushing them to start primary education or even proceeding to university or other tertiary institutions.
Nigeria doesn’t have glut of universities — Afolayan, Anchor varsity VC
With less than 300 public and private universities in Nigeria, it is not appropriate to say the nation has a glut of universities and that more should not be established.
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