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Rauf Oyewole, Bauchi Controversy has erupted over the plan of the management of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi to drop all non-science and non-technology related faculty and programmes from the institution. Speaking on Tuesday at a press conference, Bauchi State Citizens Forum, which comprises professors, lawyers and activists rejected the plan, describing it as ...
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has prohibited all social events on campus from taking place after 6:00 p.m. This immediate ban follows the fatal stabbing of a businessman, Mr. Chiebonam Nweze, during a bonfire event on September 12. The event, organized by the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, was allegedly hijacked by "miscreants ...
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has warned that government reforms in the basic education sector risk failure unless they are clearly and effectively communicated to the public. Speaking at a two-day training workshop for heads of public relations of State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs), the Executive Secretary, Aisha Garba hailed the participants as gatekeepers of ...
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe has called for urgent and collaborative action to reduce the number of out-of-school children in the state. Yahaya stated this during a one-day stakeholder engagement for the 2025 Enrolment Drive Campaign in Gombe. News Men report that the programme was organised by the state government in collaboration with the Universal ...
The management of Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, has dismissed as false a report alleging sexual infidelity against a Vice-Chancellor candidate, Afolarin Ojewole, a former university pastor and Associate Vice President for Spiritual Life. In a statement signed on Monday by the institution’s Director of Marketing and Communication, Joshua Suleiman, the report was described as ...
By Muyideen Aliyu, Ilorin Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has redeemed his pledge to reward the state’s representatives at the 2025 Presidential Schools Debate, presenting cheques worth N7 million to the victorious students and their teachers. The presentation, performed on behalf of the Governor by the State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, ...
…Reviews agriculture, infrastructure policies The Ondo State Executive Council has approved the transfer of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Teaching Hospital complex in Akure to the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), to serve as its College of Medicine and Teaching Hospital. Briefing newsmen after the Council meeting, presided over by Governor Lucky Orimisan ...
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) has released the results of its 2025 June/July National Business Certificate (NBC) and National Technical Certificate (NTC) examinations, with 68.18 per cent of candidates recording a minimum of five credits including English Language and Mathematics. Registrar of NABTEB, Mr. Mohammed Aminu, announced the results in Abuja on ...
The Federal Government has approved 26 tradepreneur courses under a reformed technical education curriculum for tertiary institutions across the country. The approval was announced in a statement signed by Boriewo Folasade, Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Education, on Thursday. According to the ministry, the curriculum was unveiled in Abuja by the Minister ...
Nigeria and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela have renewed their commitment to deepening bilateral ties, placing education and cultural exchange at the centre of their cooperation. During a meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Olatunji Alausa, and the Venezuelan Ambassador, Mr Alberto Castellar Padilla, pledged to accelerate collaboration by consolidating existing agreements ...
The Federal Ministry of Education has announced that a revised curriculum for basic and senior secondary schools will take full effect from the 2025/2026 academic session, ushering in sweeping reforms for Nigeria’s education system. The overhaul, developed by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), moves away from the long-standing 6-3-3-4 model by reducing ...
The University of Lagos has dismissed insinuations that cases of examination malpractice recorded during the 2025/2026 Post-UTME screening exercise were caused by technical errors, insisting that the violations were genuine and detected through strict monitoring. This was contained in a statement signed by Mrs Adejoke R. Alaga-Ibraheem, Head, Communication Unit, for the University of Lagos ...
By Sodiq Adelakun 21-year-old Adesola Adegbite, a second-year Chemistry student at Lagos State University, in an interaction with our correspondent, revealed that when she was preparing for her exams, she reached for an unusual study tool. Instead of relying only on her textbooks, she turned to an AI-powered app on her laptop to guide her ...
By Austine Agbo Emmanuel, Kaduna The Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority (KSSQAA) has cautioned private school proprietors and proprietresses against raising tuition fees without formal approval from the authority. In a circular issued on September 7, 2025, and addressed to all private school owners, the Director of the Private Schools Department, Mercy Bainta Kude, ...
Nigeria’s First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has urged scholarship beneficiaries to develop skills beyond classrooms, urging that academic excellence must be complemented with practical knowledge for national development. She gave the advice during the National Scholarship Programme (NASP) Tertiary Education: Mid-Term Assessment and Interactive Session with the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Scholars in Abuja on ...
The Federal Government has begun a nationwide data-mapping exercise to identify out-of-school children, non-literate youth and adults, in a bid to expand literacy access and achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.6 by 2030. Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Ahmad, disclosed this on Monday during a press briefing to mark the 2025 International ...
…As over 5,000 Ibadan students benefit The Federal Government has reaffirmed that the Nigerian Educational Loan Fund (NELFUND) is a pivotal programme designed to guarantee that no child is denied access to quality higher education. The assurance was given at a town hall meeting in Ibadan, convened by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation ...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has exposed widespread examination malpractice in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with more than 4,000 biometric fraud cases detected across test centres nationwide. According to findings from its Special Committee on Examination Infractions (SCEI), 4,251 cases of “finger blending,” a biometric manipulation technique devised to bypass ...
By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo The Osun State Government has launched Imole Wi-Fi, a free internet service designed to give residents, students, businesses, and communities wider access to digital connectivity. Commissioner for Information and Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, confirmed the development in a statement, noting that the initiative was rolled out by the Innovation, Science, Technology ...
Ebonyi Government has announced a new education policy aimed at reforming the school system in line with Gov. Francis Nwifuru’s “People’s Charter of Needs” agenda. The Commissioner for Education (Primary and Secondary), Dr Donatus Ilang, disclosed this in a statement in Abakaliki on Thursday. He said the policy sought to standardise teaching and learning across ...
....Calls for urgent collaboration to curb rising deaths The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has sounded the alarm over the rising trend of extreme “sign-out” celebrations among Nigerian school leavers, warning that the practice has become dangerous following reports of deaths and severe injuries linked to the tradition. At a press conference in Ibadan, the Director-General ...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Professor Yahaya Isa Bunkure as the new Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Education, Zaria (FUEZ), Kaduna State. Professor Bunkure, a respected scholar in science education, currently serves as Vice Chancellor of Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kano. His appointment to lead FUEZ was confirmed ...
Nigeria has approved sweeping reforms to its secondary school curriculum, introducing journalism, computer programming, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and fact-checking as part of a drive to modernise education. Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Social Media, Mr Dada Olusegun, shared excerpts of the yet-to-be-released document on Wednesday, detailing the scope of the ...
