To further demonstrate its commitment to education in Nigeria, Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL), a foremost trade security and facilitation company, has donated amenities and materials worth N6.5million to King’s College, Lagos Island.

The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, have two major goals which currently pre-occupy their minds: to lessen the financial burden on government as regards the funding of the first generation university and to make the institution self-reliant by 2012.

Following its emergence as one of the higher institutions in Nigeria benefitting from the Federal Government’s Special Intervention Funds the management of the 100-year-old Federal School of Surveying, Oyo has pledged to take the delivery of digital surveying education to higher level.

The Co-ordinator, Child’s Rights Advancement Protection Initiative, Barrister Ozioma Onyenweaku has said that only education is capable of addressing the increasing incidence of child abuse and violence against children in Nigeria.
Barrister Onyenweaku made the assertion during a workshop organized by Child’s Rights Advancement Protection at Apata Memorial Schools, Isolo, Lagos.

Thousands of students who are indigenes of Lagos, Ondo, Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa States studying Medical and Engineering courses in various tertiary institutions are currently smiling to banks, courtesy of the N118 million scholarship funds made available by Agbami partners, a group of oil companies.

Confucious Institute has been established at the University of Lagos which will provide Chinese language teaching at various levels, teaching Chinese language instructors and providing Chinese language teaching resources.

The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Ahmed Modibbo Mohammed has said that Basic Education is not only paramount to National Development, but for development to be sustained, it has to be anchored on sound and relevant Education.

WAEC being conservative, unless we go back to the board for change. The examinations are not attached to the months. It’s just a nomenclature. Also Nigeria plays prominent role in WAEC affairs. When we changed to 6-3-3-4 system, others went the same way with Nigeria.

AS tension grips the nation over planned deregulation of the oil sector and the privatisation of the country’s refineries, the Education rights Campaign (ERC) has threatened to mobilise Nigerian students and youths for nationwide protest actions and lecture boycotts should government fail to halt this policy.

THERE is no hiding place anymore for the embattled Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU) Professor Lateef Akanni Hussain whose fate now hangs in the balance as academic, non-academic unions and students are pushing for his removal over sundry allegations which included maladministration, financial and academic frauds, obstinacy and arrogance among others.