ON the night of April 14, 2014, some innocent girls at a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State, were abducted from the school by Boko Haram insurgents.

By Demola Akinyemi SHE is married with young children but up until now, never had the opportunity of a formal education. It was not until few years ago that she attended Adult Education class to at least be able to read and write a few things. But her resolve has always been to acquire formal […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The National Universities Commission, NUC, has given approval to the Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu to proceed with its undergraduate degree programmes. A statement issued by Mr. Omololu Ogunmade, Head, Public Relations of the institution, stated that the approval has changed the status of the college which […]

By Chinedu Adonu The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, has suspended its lecturer who was recently arrested for allegedly impregnating and threatening one of its female students. The accused, a senior lecturer at the Archeology and tourism Department, Dr. Chigozie Odum was arrested by the police for allegedly impregnating a student and going ahead to […]

The Vice-Chancellor of the Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Prof. Olukayode Amund, has told the 435 newly-matriculated students that the institution would not tolerate hooliganism, drug abuse, stealing, prostitution and indecent conduct.

By Ike Uchechukwu MEMBERS of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Calabar branch, yesterday, demanded the unconditional release of their colleague, Dr David Ugwu, who has been in captivity since February 14, 2020. Addressing newsmen during the peaceful procession at the main gate of the University of Calabar, Chairman ASUU, UNICAL, Dr Edor […]

Results of 5,548 candidates who participated at the 2020 Second Series of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates have been withheld over various cases of malpractice. Mr Patrick Areghan, Head of National Office (HNO), West African Examinations Council (WAEC),  organisers of the examination, disclosed this while announcing the release of […]

By Joseph Erunke THE National Steering Committee on Alternate School Programme held its inaugural meeting yesterday in Abuja. The meeting, according to a statement by Nneka Anibeze, Special Assistant to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, “set the ball rolling for mapping out strategies and an action plan to […]

By Elizabeth Osayande The West African Examinations Council has announced the results of the 2020 second series West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates. The Head of National Office of WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan made the disclosure on Monday in Lagos at a news conference. Giving a breakdown of the results, he said […]

Five Cowries Arts Education Initiative has launched an E-Learning Platform  that enable SDG action in line with Nigeria’s education curriculum to supplement the printed worksheets released in 2020. In 2020, while schools across Nigeria were closed to stem the spread of COVID-19, Five Cowries Arts Education Initiative rose to the challenge and provided alternative learning […]

Over 11 million girls in low and middle-income nations such as Nigeria may not return after the reopening of schools following their closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report by the World Bank has noted.

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has renewed call for the establishment of a National Polytechnics Commission to regulate and oversee the affairs of polytechnic education in the country. Mr Anderson Nzebe, ASUP National President, made the call while rounding off his working visit to the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, on Sunday. Nzebe said the […]

…As JAC meets with branch leaders Wednesday to consider FG’s offer By Johnbosco Agbakwuru CONTRARY to statement credited to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige that the striking non teaching staff in the universities were given timeline of Monday February 15, 2021 to call off the ongoing strike following the Memorandum of […]

The Oyo State government has pledged to do all necessary to improve the state’s rating and move from the 11th position to single digit in subsequent WAEC results. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State stated this in Ibadan on Saturday at the Diamond Anniversary of Methodist High […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Federal Government yesterday threatened to invoke the policy of no work, no pay against the striking non-teaching staff in the universities. But the non-teaching staff have told the government that it is impossible to beat a child and ask him not to cry, accusing the government of being the […]