•Students The Federal Ministry of Education has banned the admission and transfer of students into Senior Secondary School Three (SS3) in all public and private secondary schools nationwide. “Admission or transfer into SS3 will no longer be permitted under any circumstance,” the ministry said in a statement issued today by its Director, Press ...
•Kwara State University convocation yesterday Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has warned parents against placing undue pressure on fresh graduates. He further urged them to allow their children time to navigate life after school. The governor gave the advice at the 13th convocation ceremony of Kwara State University, Malete, yes...
•2024 NYSC Orientation Camp The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said it is overhauling its Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) training for corps members through standardisation of the curriculum for deeper impact. A statement by the body said the Director General (DG) of the Scheme, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, ...
•LASU main gate The management of Lagos State University has warned students, staff, and visitors against producing offensive or unauthorised skits on its campuses, following Wednesday’s scare caused by a prank video that mimicked a bandit attack. The December 5 incident, captured in a skit titled “Bandits Prank on Lasuites”, showed individual...
The Abiola Ajimobi Technical University, Ibadan, has emphasised that strengthening technical and applied science education remains central to Nigeria’s development, insisting that universities must evolve into hubs of practical innovation rather than centres of theoretical learning. The specialised institution noted that its core mandate as a ...
•Victims One of the survivors of the auto crash that killed students of the University of Jos, Plateau State, yesterday narrated how the incident occurred. Speaking to our correspondent, Dominic Dantala said, “The accident occurred when we were coming back from a welcome-back party. There were two buses – one was conveying the female students ...
•Governor Bala Mohammed The Bauchi government has fixed Jan. 4, 2026, for the reopening of schools in the state. The schools were shut in November due to insecurity and attacks on schools in some states, reports NAN. Muhammed Lawal, Commissioner for Education, said this in a statement in Bauchi today. He said the measure was […]
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu flanked by members of the new council, today Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, today formally inaugurated the newly appointed Chairman and members of the Lagos State University Governing Council at Lagos House, Ikeja. The event, which brought together senior state officials and university leaders, marked a...
•Students writing SSCE The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) and parent associations have criticised the Federal Ministry of Education for issuing what they described as an inadequate clarification on subject selection for the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Specifically, the groups insisted that the ministry’s ...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The federal government today unveiled three new national education policies, shifting the sector’s focus from policy formulation to practical implementation. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, at the unveiling in Abuja, said the ministry had adopted an 80 per cent implementation and 20 per cent pol...

