Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Sunday expressed gratitude to UNICEF for offering school improvement grant of N105 million to Qu’ranic schools. He donated cash worth hundreds of thousands of Naira and food items to 1,000 Islamic teachers drawn from 1,000 Tsangaya schools across the state. Ganduje also promised to sponsor Qu’aranic teachers for … Read more
The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti has been shut down by authorities and Students Union Government (SUG) has been disbanded. The actions followed the violent protest staged on Friday by the students over alleged meddling of management in the affairs of the SUG, including alleged attempts to install its stooges as leaders of the students’ body … Read more
In a bid to meet international digital hub standards for human per capital development, Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha has commenced the rehabilitation of four technical institutions in the state. Already, German embassy and the British Council have indicated their interest in actualising the goal.The state Government would also partner the Shell Petroleum Company … Read more
Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, owned by foremost lawyer, Afe Babalola, has enacted a new rule demanding any student of the institution caught holding hands or publicly displaying affection for a member of the opposite sex to be severely flogged. The rule was said to have been laid down by Babalola himself through the Dean of … Read more
Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule has directed headmasters and principals of public schools in the state to henceforth stop charging school fees. The Governor gave the directive while speaking during the closing ceremony of a two-day retreat for top government functionaries which held at the Kini Country Guest Inn in Akwanga. Engineer Sule stated categorically … Read more
Twelve primary and secondary schools will feature in the final of the Akintola Williams Debate holding November 2, at the British Council, Ikoyi, Lagos. The essay competition, organised by the Nigeria British Association (NBA) in collaboration with Association of International School Educators (AISEN) would feature primary, junior secondary and senior secondary categories. The 12 finalists … Read more
Babatunde Hunpe, the lawmaker representing Badagry Federal Constituency, has appealed to the Federal Government to establish a polytechnic in the city. He made the plea in a letter he wrote to the Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu. Hunpe said it was disheartening that since 1955, western education had not progressed beyond the secondary school level … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal office on Tuesday October 29, 2019 arraigned one Mustapha Ilyas Abdulwasiu, a Lecturer with the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on a nine count charge bordering on employment scam and obtaining money by … Read more
Prof. Lilian Imuetinyan Salami has received warm regards from the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on her emergence as the 10th substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). In a statement, the governor said he was confident that Prof. Salami would deploy her wealth of experience in lifting the fortunes of the great … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been advised by Human Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) to quit intimidating, harrassing and humiliating students in private hostels in Owerri, Imo State. The development followed a series of complaints by students of tertiary schools in Owerri to the civil rights advocacy group. HURIWA, while supporting a … Read more
JOINT Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has decided that all prospective candidates and examination officials (both permanent and adhoc) for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) would require the unique National Identification Number (NIN) issued by NIMC for registration and participation in examination and in all exercises relating to the … Read more
Following an inferno, which razed a block of three classrooms at Cannon Okusehinde Memorial Primary School, School 1, Aremo, Ibadan, Oyo State Government has vowed to bring those involved to book. Executive Chairman , Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board , Dr . Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, disclosed this yesterday when he visited the school to … Read more
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof Idowu Olayinka has handed over six officials of its Distance Learning Center to the Department of the State Security over examination malpractice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the officials were arrested last Friday and had been cooling their heels in the custody of … Read more
The Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) sixth biennial lecture will hold on Thursday at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos. Chairman of FASMICRO Group, who also writes regularly in the Harvard Business Review, Prof. Ndubuisi Ekekwe, will deliver the keynote address. He will discuss ‘The Pursuit of Exponential Development’. His topic becomes germane … Read more
The Governing Council of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), has announced the appointment of Prof. Uduma Orji Uduma of the Department of Philosophy as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic). The institution has also approved 15 new courses for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Prof. Peter Okebukola, the Chairman, Governing Council, NOUN, told newsmen in … Read more
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has appointed Mr. Pateh Bah as its new Registrar/Chief Executive Officer for a five-year tenure. Bah, from The Gambia, begins his tenure in October 2019 till September 2024. He succeeds Dr. Iyi Uwadiae, from Nigeria who retired last September. Mr. Pateh Bah is a graduate of Pune University, Maharashtra, … Read more
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has advised all 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates not yet enrolled for the National Identification Number (NIN) to visit any NIMC office nationwide and enrol. Mr Chuks Onyepunuka, the Information Technology/Identity Database Officer, NIMC gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria … Read more
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has urged the federal government to formulate a deliberate policy aimed at promoting discipline and a culture of honesty among teachers, school administrators and students. Also, it revealed that the menace of examination malpractice continues to hunt public examinations across the country, with NECO recording over 40,000 cases in its … Read more
The Federal University Oye Ekiti ( FUOYE ) , Ekiti State , said it has tackled challenges of infrastructure deficit in the institution by partnering sister universities who have such facilities . Dean of the Post Graduate School, Prof . Ojo Bakare , who disclosed this , said in less than eight years of existence … Read more
The Kaduna State College of Education, KSCOE Gidan Waya in Jema’a local government has established demonstration Secondary School to sanitize the quality of students gaining entrance into the college for effective service delivery The Deputy provost of the college Mr.Suleiman Abubakar during the inauguration ceremony said the establishment of the school became imperative following the … Read more