Education
Rejuvenating admission regime in varsities, others
Twenty-two days after he was appointed Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, in what looks like his first major assignment, held the …
Rejuvenating admission regime in varsities, others Read MoreStakeholders target education of 131, 000 adolescent Northern girls
Wives of northern state governors have keyed into the Adolescent Girl Initiative programme of the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) in conjunction with Canadian Embassy to train131, 000 adolescent girls …
Stakeholders target education of 131, 000 adolescent Northern girls Read MoreEl-Rufai raises alarm over poor adolescents’ education
By AbdulRaheem Aodu Kaduna Kaduna state Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has advised that adolescents, who constitute 31.7 percent of the Nigerian population, should be given quality education to avoid …
El-Rufai raises alarm over poor adolescents’ education Read MoreNOUN gets new principal officers
By Martin Paul Abuja Authorities of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has appointed key principal officers to run the affairs of the West Africa’s foremost Open and Distance …
NOUN gets new principal officers Read MoreHope dims on private tertiary institutions’ quest for TETFund
By Martin Paul Abuja Hope of private tertiary institution owners to talk the new Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Dr. Abdullahi Baffa into including them in interventions, …
Hope dims on private tertiary institutions’ quest for TETFund Read MoreTRCN wants inclusion in teachers’ recruitment
By Our Correspondent Teachers Research Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has pledged its readiness to participate in the recruitment of 500,000 graduate teachers proposed by the federal government. The newly appointed …
TRCN wants inclusion in teachers’ recruitment Read MoreTeacher arraigned for alleged oral sex with student in Ogun
The police within the week arraigned a 21-year-old teacher, Matthew Sodake, at an Ota Magistrates’ Court for allegedly having oral sex with a 14-year old student. The prosecutor, Chudu Gbesi, …
Teacher arraigned for alleged oral sex with student in Ogun Read MorePupil sues Fayose over right to free education
A pupil of Divine Academy in Ekiti state, Amidat Akingbolu, has sued the Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose for imposing N1, 000 and N500 for pupils of private schools and …
Pupil sues Fayose over right to free education Read MoreStudents strike over ban on mini-skirt, tight trousers
By Martin Paul with agency report At a time the law prohibiting indecent dressing is prevailing in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions, secondary school students are violently protesting against the ban on …
Students strike over ban on mini-skirt, tight trousers Read MoreWhy candidates fail English in NECO, WAEC exams – Don
By Aideloje Ojo Minna Deputy vice-chancellor and lecturer at the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University, Lapai, Professor Samuel Kolo Tswanya, have attributed mass failure of English Language in public examinations to …
Why candidates fail English in NECO, WAEC exams – Don Read MoreEducation, a priority to Gombe – Dankwambo
By Muhammad Tanko Shittu Jos Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Plateau state has said that his administration is according priority to education. Dankwambo said the fact that his state was …
Education, a priority to Gombe – Dankwambo Read More‘New FX regime forces drop in demands for UK schools’
By Martin Paul Abuja Indications have emerged that the new FX regime has affected demands for United Kingdom (UK) schools by Nigerian parents. Marketing director of Abbey DLD group of …
‘New FX regime forces drop in demands for UK schools’ Read MoreEFCC arraigns two for using forged ND certificates
By Our Corresponent The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two persons, Mr Animashaun Sadiq Abimbola and Miss Adeniji Olamide Modupeoluwa, for allegedly forging National Diploma (ND) of …
EFCC arraigns two for using forged ND certificates Read MoreLagos refutes reports on death among teachers
Tope Musowo Lagos The Lagos state government has refuted the claim in some print and online media that 10 teachers in the school system in the state die monthly. A …
Lagos refutes reports on death among teachers Read More