About N200 billion unutilised Universal Basic Education (UBE) matching grant is lying with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) due to inability of states to meet stipulated conditions and provide 50 per cent counterpart funding for projects. But the Jonathan administration has now come to their rescue.

Africa’s leading poet, Professor Niyi Osundare, recently criticised the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) led by the chairman of the National Colleges of Education Commission and former Education Minister (State) Dr. Jerry Agada as behaving like a political group.

The whole world stood still for Master Dieko Elebiju recently when he emerged the best in world mathematics competition to rekindle hope in the education sector and to also serve as encouragement to stakeholders in the sector.
As already known, students all over the world especially in Nigeria, are shying away from mathematics.

For over four months that Lagos State Government set up a Visitation Panel to look into the whole crisis rocking the Lagos State University, LASU, its reports is yet to be submitted. The panel was given six months in the first instance and later extended by two months to give report which elapsed four months ago.

As a way of Access Bank’s fulfilment of one of its social responsibilities to its community and with clearly developed strategy for facilitating societal development and well being, recently donated a refurbished block of class rooms to the pupils and staff of Herbert Macaulay Girls Senior High School, Yaba.

WHEN Daniel Kolawole Olukoya registered at the Saint John Primary School, Akure in 1964, neither the headmaster nor even the young boy had any idea of what the future held for him. Like other pupils, the little Daniel just wanted to start a foundation for his education.

May 1; workers day was an opportunity for union leaders to state the views of workers on a number of issues. The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress did not fall short of this expectation.

Below are some of the placards displayed by workers at the rallies.
Justice for telecom workers, Govt respect your citizens, NITEL workers , 25 months salary arrears now!

DIRECTOR of University of Lagos, UNILAG, Distance Learning Institute, Professor Victor Owhotu, has called for full integration of distant learning education system in the country and described it as critical to national development.

The announcement of the endowment of Chief M.F. Lababidi Fellowship Fund at Columbia Business School (CBS) in New York, United States of America has opened a new window of opportunity to Nigerian students.