By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Parents of students in Osun public schools have called on the State Government to take tough measures against miscreants disrupting academic activities in schools across the state. A statement issued by Ministry of Education Information Officer, Roseline Olawuni, disclosed that the parents under the aegis of Forum of Parents of […]

Polytechnic lecturers on Thursday claimed that the institutions had suffered continued neglect and urged the Federal Government to change the tide so as to improve the quality of technical manpower in the country. Mr Anderson Ezeibe, National President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), while briefing journalists at ASUP’s 98th NEC meeting in Jos, regretted […]

Polytechnic lecturers on Thursday claimed that the institutions had suffered continued neglect and urged the Federal Government to change the tide so as to improve the quality of technical manpower in the country. Mr Anderson Ezeibe, National President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), while briefing journalists at ASUP’s 98th NEC meeting in Jos, regretted […]

By Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives on Thursday, summoned the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu and other directors at his Ministry, to appear before it, over alleged frustration of the submission of financial audit reports of 2018 and 2019 by the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Imo State. The Public Accounts Committee, led by […]

FAME Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, NGO, has launched the first-ever sportsbook for Internally-Displaced Girls, IDPs, in Nigeria, entitled “The Success Tips for Internally Displaced Girls in Sports, a Play It Dream It Initiative”.

By Demola Akinyemi The Chairman Board of Trustees Tertiary Education Trust Fund(TETFund) Kashim Imam has said that 226 tertiary institutions, in Nigeria, including federal and states universities and polytechnics and colleges of education are to benefit from N500 billion Education Tax in 2021. He said this at the TETfund/FIRS 2020 joint interactive forum held in […]

The Ebonyi chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has urged the state government to prioritise development of the state’s educational sector. Mr Francis Elechi, Chairman, NUT Ebonyi said in Abakaliki on Thursday that prioritising the sector would enhance plans for better standards. Elechi described education as imperative to nation-building as improving the sector […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano Kano State government says it has disbursed over N100 million school improvement grants from the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF to not fewer than 720 primary and Integrated Qur’anic and Islammiyya Schools in the state. The Director Planning Research and Statistics, Kano State Qur’anic and Islammiyya School Management Board, QISMB, […]

In this interview with journalists on the sideline of the Second Lagos State University, LASU, Research Fair, the Vice Chancellor, LASU, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, SAN, speaks on some issues. Excerpts. By Adesina Wahab YOUR tenure as the VC of LASU will soon come to an end. What is your plan for the nearest future? And […]

THE emergence of Prof. Andy Egwunyenga as the seventh substantive Vice Chancellor of Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka on December 1, 2019, elicited immense joy and jubilation among staff, students and other stakeholders of the state owned citadel of higher learning. In fact, the host community of Abraka literally burst into a festive mood as soon as the appointment of the erudite professor was announced.

By Adesina Wahab, Joseph Erunke, Shina Abubakar, Adeola Badru & James Ogunnaike Even if the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, calls off its eight-month-old strike now, federal universities in the country are not likely to reopen until early next year, findings by Vanguard have revealed. READ ALSO: We have met six of nine demands […]

By Adesina Wahab The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it is still consulting on what its reply will be to the offers the Federal Government made for it to end its eight-month-old strike. The National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said this on Tuesday in a chat with Vanguard. […]

….As Makinde flays critics over LAUTECH ownership By Ola Ajayi, Adeola Badru & Shina Abubakar SEQUEL to the directive by the Ministry of Education, through the National Universities Commission, NUC, that the Senate of the University of Ibadan should select someone for the position of Acting Vice-Chancellor, the university’s, Senate, yesterday, recommended Professor Adebola Babatunde […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Transparency Advocacy For Development Initiative, TADI, has faulted alleged job racketeering in Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State. This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Director of the organisation, Yomi David, where the CSO described the allegations as misleading and baseless with […]

The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Nomadic Education, NCNE, Professor Bashir Usman, on Monday, said 3.5 million children of nomads were out of school.