Latest in
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, has debunked claims that the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) English Language paper has been cancelled, amid mounting backlash over examination leaks and logistical failures. A widely circulated fake press release, dated May 30, 2025, falsely claimed that the May 28 English Language paper had ...
The Federal Government has commenced payment of the N44,000 minimum wage arrears to former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), fulfilling an earlier promise linked to the recent upward revision of the monthly allowance for serving corps members. The payment aims to balance the difference following the recent increase in the minimum wage ...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kogi, has organised a workshop for corps employers aimed at fostering cordial relationship between corps members and their employers. Speaking at the workshop on Tuesday in Lokoja, Mr Femi Osungbohun, State Coordinator of NYSC, said that the essence was to bring together employers of labour and corps members ...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has advised members of the 2024 Batch B Stream I, who have just concluded their service year, to focus on wealth creation. Mr Moses Oleghe, NYSC Coordinator in Rivers, gave the charge on Tuesday during the passing-out ceremony of corps members held in Port Harcourt. He reminded the corps ...
The Minister of State for Regional Planning, Alhaji Uba Ahmadu, has inaugurated a mega school built by the North East Development Commission (NEDC) in Potiskum, Yobe. News Men reports that the four blocks of one-story building contained 96 classrooms for primary and junior secondary schools sections. Other structures in the school include: administrative block, store, ...
The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad says no student whether in the urban or rural communities will be left behind in the Computer-Based Test transition. Ahmad was speaking during the monitoring of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in some selected schools in Abuja on Tuesday. ”We will not roll ...
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa has revealed that more than 90,000 applications have applied for the Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET). Aluasa said that the applications were received, less than a week after the portal for the initiative was launched. He made this known via his X handle on Tuesday, describing the ...
In a significant boost to efforts aimed at improving foundational education in Nigeria, Her Excellency, Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Josephine Piyo, has commended the Oando Foundation for its ongoing commitment to reintegrating out-of-school children through its LEARNOVATE-FLIP (Foundational Learning Improvement Programme) initiative. Speaking at the official handover ceremony of back-to-school materials in Jos, the ...
The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies has requested comprehensive guidelines and a detailed report on the conduct of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). This demand followed the adoption of a motion by Representative Mary Ibikake (PDP, Bayelsa) during an investigative hearing held by the committee on ...
Billionaire philanthropist and Gates Foundation Chair, Bill Gates, has announced that the majority of his $200 billion pledge set to be disbursed over the next 20 years will be directed toward Africa. The announcement was made during a high-profile address to over 12,000 attendees at the African Union’s Nelson Mandela Hall in Addis Ababa on ...
Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Josephine Piyo, has commended the Oando Foundation for its ongoing commitment to reintegrating out-of-school children through its LEARNOVATE-FLIP (Foundational Learning Improvement Programme) initiative. Speaking at the official handover ceremony of back-to-school materials in Jos, the Deputy Governor praised the Foundation’s intervention as a vital step toward expanding inclusive and equitable ...
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences (FUTES), Iyin-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Professor Olugbenga Aribisala, has urged prospective staff to enhance their computer skills, stressing that the university will be driven by information and communication technology (ICT). Professor Aribisala made the remarks over the weekend during a reception held in his ...
By Sodiq Adelakun Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) has taken a decisive step in Nigeria’s battle against institutional corruption with the official launch of an Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU). The unit is tasked with enforcing ethical conduct and accountability throughout the college. On Sunday, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) ...
…as FUTES VC pledges giving priority to staff, students' welfare The Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Ekiti State University, Professor Olumide Moses Ogundipe, pointed out that Aribisala is one of the funding members of the faculty. He said they were not surprised when President Bola Tinubu decided to appoint him as the pioneer Vice Chancellor of ...
By Sodiq Adelakun Yaba College of Technology has been drawn into the national fight against institutional graft, with the official launch of an Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) mandated to enforce ethical conduct and accountability across the institution. On Sunday, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) inaugurated the ACTU at Yaba ...
The Katsina State Government says it has unveiled a new policy guideline aimed at regulating private and community schools across the 34 local government areas (LGAs) of the state. The state’s Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Hajiya Zainab Musa-Musawa said this at a stakeholders’ town hall meeting made up of proprietors of schools in ...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disassociated itself from a fraudulent site requesting payments from candidates who missed the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board said that the site, “Copyrightwriter Personal J Rescheduling Flw” and account number 8520641017 at Sterling Bank, associated with it, are scam. The disclaimer is contained ...
The University of Benin has appointed Prof. Gabriel Arishe as its new Orator. His appointment was announced on Thursday in Benin via a statement by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire. Ehanire said the appointment approved by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, SAN, took effect from May 2, 2025, and would last ...
The Federal Government has formally granted operating licences to 11 newly approved private universities, a move it says is aimed at expanding access to quality tertiary education and aligning academic output with national development priorities. At a ceremony held on Wednesday in Abuja, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, handed over the licences following ...
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folashade Ogunshola, on Wednesday charged students to be innovative and problem-solving. Ogunsola gave the charge at a public lecture and inauguration of an innovation and resource hub at the Faculty of Engineering, UNILAG. The hub was donated to the faculty by the Association of Professional Women Engineers ...
The Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has charged students sitting for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the state to avoid malpractice. The Commissioner, Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, gave the charge in an interview with News Men on Wednesday. News Men reports that 2025 WASSCE began on April 24 ...
The Federal Government has deployed N110 billion Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) High Impact Intervention Project for medical schools rehabilitation project in 18 institutions. The project, which forms a key pillar of the Nigeria educational sector renewal initiative, was unveiled during an inauguration of Ministerial Committee on TETFund High Impact Intervention Project in Abuja on ...
National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 18 full-time programmes for the newly established Federal University of Applied Sciences Kachia (FUASK) in southern part of Kaduna State. The pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. William Qurix, announced the approvalin a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Qurix said that the programmes, which would begin from the 2025/2026 ...
