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By Matthew Denis The Federal Government has debunked against the speculations on scrapping Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS) education system. It says it's misleading and false report. In a statement signed by Boriowo Folasade, Director of Press and Public Relations on Friday clarified that the government is proposing for 12-year uninterrupted ...
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has approved the appointment of Prof. Onyeka Chijioke as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, Owerri. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the Director, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry, Mrs Folasade Boriowo. In ...
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Ebonyi chapter, has commenced an indefinite strike in seven Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state over unpaid three months salaries. Secretary of the Union in Ebonyi, Mr Bassey Asuquo, listed the affected LGAs to include Ebonyi, Edda, Ezza South, Ezza North, Ivo, Ishielu and Ohaukwu. Asuquo explained that ...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, dissolved the entire governing council of the Yakubu Gowon University (formerly UniAbuja), and relieved Professor Aisha Maikudi of her duties as its Vice-Chancellor with immediate effect. “To succeed Maikudi, President Tinubu appointed Professor Patricia Manko as Acting Vice Chancellor at the Yakubu Gowon University for a six-month term,” Tinubu’s Special ...
The Governing Council of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has officially approved the appointment of Professor Adamu Ahmed as the new Vice-Chancellor of the prestigious institution. This decision was made following the 209th Special Council meeting held on Wednesday, and presided over by the Council Chairman, Alhaji Mahmud Yayale-Ahmed. A statement issued by Malam Auwalu ...
The Bauchi State Government has approved a total of N793,626,000 for the 2025 National Examination Council (NECO) and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration fees for secondary school students across the state. The funding also includes the registration fees for students sitting for the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) and the National Board ...
By Sodiq Adelakun The School of Agricultural Technology, Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Epe Campus, Lagos State, has called for innovative and sustainable strategies to overcome the growing challenges threatening Nigeria’s food production. Speaking at a conference themed ‘Rethinking Food Production in Nigeria: Addressing Insecurity and Economic and Climatic Constraints,’ experts emphasised the urgent need ...
The Provost, Federal College of Education (Technical), (FCE(T), Asaba, Delta State, Prof. Josephine Anene-Okeakwa, has said that the federal government is working towards addressing the issue of low enrollment in Colleges of Education across the country. She made the observation while reacting to findings that teaching and non-teaching staff were more than students studying at ...
By Austine Agbo Emmanuel, Kaduna The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) branch, has announced plans to embark on an indefinite strike beginning February 11 over unresolved welfare issues. In a letter addressed to the national body, signed by the branch Chairman, Dr. Peter Adamu, and Secretary, Dr. Peter Waziri, the ...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended the Federal College of Education (Technical) Potiskum CBT Centre 2 in Yobe State and the CBT Centre, Otukpo, Benue State, for a period of 14 days, effective today, Tuesday, February 4, 2025. This suspension follows a significant procedural breach that jeopardizes the security measures implemented to ...
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, on Tuesday inaugurated five newly appointed commissioners as well as Chairmen and members of Governing Councils for three state-owned tertiary institutions. Mutfwang during the inauguration congratulated the appointees, and charged them to uphold the sanctity of their new offices. He advised them to operate in tandem with the vision of ...
By Sodiq Adelakun The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has successfully disbursed a total of N20,074,050,000 to 192,906 students across various tertiary institutions in Nigeria as of February 3, 2025. The funds, allocated for institutional fees, are part of NELFUND’s ongoing efforts to enhance access to higher education for deserving students. This is contained in ...
The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, on Friday, said that between 2011 and 2024, TetFund supported funding of tertiary education in Nigeria to the tune of N1,838,747,307,222.98. Echono said, “The universities have benefitted to the tune of N918,733,823,138.22, polytechnics received N461,060,365,586.06 while Colleges of Education have received N 458,953,118,498.70 making ...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has expressed deep concern over the ongoing administrative crisis at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), citing the Registrar's deliberate obstruction of student-centered projects and abuse of office. This was contained in a statement signed by the President of the Senate, NANS HQ, Dist. Sen. Akinteye Afeez Babatunde. ...
By Omolola Dede Adeyanju The International Day for Education globally commemorated on the 24th January also marked a special Day for a great citadel of learning in Lagos state, Dansol High School. The institution began her Noble journey to raising godly, total children on the same day twenty nine years ago and is set to ...
By Sodiq Adelakun The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that admissions into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme for the 2025/2026 academic session will not be processed for eight Nigerian universities. This decision follows the suspension of law programmes at these institutions by the Council of Legal Education (CLE), the body responsible ...
…Vows to ensure Rivers benefits from scheme By Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has applauded President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for conceiving the idea of setting up the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), which it said has opened up opportunities for our youths to acquire tertiary education irrespective of their financial status. The ...
No fewer than 27 Nigerian youths will travel abroad for skills training through the Nigerian Youth Skills Empowerment (NYSE) II programme in Poland and Denmark. At the presentation of the selected apprentices in Abuja on Tuesday, Prof. Idris Bugaje, Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), stated that the training would provide ...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged corps members to utilise the opportunities provided by the scheme through the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) to become job creators. SAED National Director, Mr Kehinde Aremu, made the call on Monday at the flag-off ceremony of the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II SAED in-camp training ...
By Sodiq Adelakun The Senate of Lagos State University (LASU) has elected Prof. Opebi Afisi the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the university. Deputy Registrar and Coordinator, Centre for Information and Public Relations, LASU, Mrs Oluwayemisi Thomas-Onashile, made this known in a statement on Monday. “Afisi, a Professor of Philosophy. He will succeed Prof. Olufunsho ...
…New databank to provide real-time monitoring of education system — Minister Alausa The federal government, on Monday in Abuja, inaugurated a 25-member committee for the Nigerian Education Data Initiative (NEDI), aimed at establishing a comprehensive educational data bank for the country. In his address during the inauguration, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, explained that ...
The Senate of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has approved the appointment of two of the university’s lecturers as deputy vice-chancellors (DVCs). The duo are Taibat Odunola-Bakare, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Mukhtar Etudaiye, Faculty of Law. They succeeded Prof. Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho and Prof. Sulaiman Folorunsho Ambali, whose tenures as Deputy Vice-Chancellors expired on ...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has introduced a new loan product, the Vocational Skills Loan Initiative, aimed at supporting individuals seeking to acquire vocational skills. The Chief Executive Officer of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, stated on Friday that the loan products are designed to assist students in achieving their aspirations. Sawyerr made this announcement in a ...
