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By Rukayat Abdulwahab \In any society, education is the process of acquiring skills and knowledge which will help citizens to know their rights and perform their civic duties. It is …
Still on girl-child education Read MoreKwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has directed the management of the state’s polytechnic, Ilorin to reduce tuition fees payable for the 2017/2018 academic session. The Senior Special Assistant to the …
Ahmed orders reduction in Kwara Polytechnic fees Read MorePro-chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council University of Calabar, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has advised the federal government to stop establishing more universities, but enhance the standard of existing ones. Iwuanyanwu gave …
Opening new varsities not best -Pro-Chancellor Read MoreFor putting up excellent performance in their various academic activities, Eroton Exploration and Production, an oil company, has rewarded 17 pupils and secondary school students in Delta state with cash …
Exceptional performance: 17 pupils get N100, 000 each Read MoreBy Hamidu Sabo Katsina Katsina state governor Aminu Bello Masari has fired his Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Halimatu Idris. A press release by the governor’s spokesperson, Abdu Labaran, quoted a …
Masari fires education commissioner Read MoreBy Bashir Mohammed Kano Imo state indigenes under the aegis of Imo state Indigenes Association, Kano last weekend flagged off an annual education scholarship scheme for indigent children in Kano …
Imo indigenes in Kano introduce scholarship scheme Read MoreBy Raphael Ede Enugu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state yesterday handed over a cheque of N100, 000 to 300 undergraduate students offered scholarship for the 2017/2018 academic session. Presenting …
300 undergraduates get Enugu’s N.1m scholarship Read MoreLast week, the Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, announced the introduction of free and compulsory education policy, to stem the alarming rate of out-of-school children being faced by the state. …
Free, compulsory education as Ganduje’s antidote for mass school dropouts Read MoreThe Northern Senators Forum (NSF), has called for the amendment of the section four of the 1999 Constitution to make primary education compulsory in the Nigeria. This is contained in …
Make primary education compulsory — Northern senators Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari recently organised a special retreat for the Federal Executive Council on challenges in the education sector during which participants urged the government to declare a state of …
NUC to relax criteria to access education fund Read MoreBy Uji Abdullahi iliyasu Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has remitted N7.8 billion to Federal Government coffers from the 2016 University and Tertiary Matriculation Examinations …
JAMB remitted N7.8bn to FG in 2016 – Oloyede Read MoreBy Bashir Mohammed Kano Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje yesterday laid the foundation of classroom blocks, under the government/Universal Basic Education matching grant projects worth N2.2 billion. Speaking …
Ganduje lays foundation for N2bn UBE classrooms project Read MoreEducation is said to be the key to success. Many who made it through today in one way or the other, education played a significant role in the attainment of …
Fortune and misfortune of Nigerian education sector Read MoreZimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has replaced two ministers, two days after announcing his cabinet. Critics said the original line-up showed Mr Mnangagwa had no plans to bring real change …
Mnangagwa replaces ministers after outcry Read MoreMy name is Darell Shaav. I am seven years old and in primary four. I want to be a Field Biologist and a musician when I grow up. I …
Between Darell Shaav & Emeka Ossai, By Ballason Gloria Mabeiam Read MoreInformation Communication Technology (ICT) expert, Oladayo Akinpelumi, has lamented how Nigeria’s education system has out lived its relevance since the 90s. He said to meet up with the time, …
Our education policy outdated – Expert Read MoreVice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Professor Michael Adikwu, has said that the falling standard of education is a global phenomenon. Various nations, however, have put in place several approaches in tackling …
Falling education standards, global problem – Adikwu Read MoreBy Muhammad Tanko Shittu Jos Medical and Health students of the Plateau State School of Nursing and that of Federal College of Laboratory Science yesterday protested against incessant power outrage …
Students protest, block entrance into Plateau nursing school Read MoreTime flies. Rapidly, especially when you are constantly engaged mentally and physically. Time just whizzes. And this is even more so when you are walking with a goal getter like …
100 days of walking with MA Abubakar , By Ali M Ali Read MoreBy Abdullahi Muhammad Teachers under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday stormed the Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) at …
Leave us out of LG autonomy protest – NUT Read MoreAnne Bessong, a passionate and charismatic teacher, is the Head of Schools at Eaglesworld Global Schools in Ajah, Lagos state. In this interview with ENE OSANG, the journalist turned teacher, …
Teaching is my passion Read MoreA High Court sitting in Yenagoa has set aside and declared null and void the rustication of one Micah Diniprema, a 27 years old final year student of the Faculty …
Court orders University to reinstate rusticated student Read MoreThe President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration needs N1 trillion annually over the next four years to fulfil the All Progressive Congress (APC) 13 campaign promises on education, Minister of Education, Mr. …
Buhari needs N4trn to fulfil APC’s 13 education campaign promises – Minister Read MoreBy Ajuma Edwina Ogiri Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the wife of Sen Olusola Adeyeye, representing Osun central, Prof Christiana Adeyeye, as the new Director-General of the National Agency …
Buhari appoints Adeyeye NAFDAC DG Read MoreBy Patrick Andrew Abuja The United Progressive Party (UPP) has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to step up its voter education activities to encourage huge voters’ turnout …
Anambra guber: UPP tasks INEC on voter education, logistics Read More