•New hostel at the University of Lagos On or off-campus accommodation is fast becoming students’ worst nightmare in higher institutions. The modern malaise, especially in cities, is not far-flung from problems of the high cost of land, financing and bureaucratic disincentives for private investments in the housing sector, reports The Guardian....
•Late Buhari and UNIMAID gate Lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Maiduguri chapter, have “vehemently rejected and strongly condemned” the federal government’s decision to rename the institution after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, vowing to challenge the move in court. In a stateme...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The federal government has described as misleading and inaccurate reports in some sections of the media that it has set a new minimum age of 12 years for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1). Specifically, it emphasised that the minimum age for admission into JSS 1 remains 10 years. […]
Despite an official ban placed on the controversial ‘sign-out’ tradition by the management of the Kwara State Polytechnic, some graduating students of the institution have continued to engage in the act. The situation has prompted fresh moves by the school authorities to deepen collaboration with security agencies, reports Daily Trust. The sig...
•Peter Obi with the UNICAL dental students Former Anambra governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has donated ₦20 million to the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) to support over 400 dental students facing potential expulsion due to accreditation challenges. The donation, announced yesterday, ...
•Education minister, Tunji Alausa The federal government has introduced a new guideline setting 12 years as the minimum age for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1), following the completion of six years of primary education. The directive is contained in a newly released policy document on Non-State Schools, which was launched last...
•Government Day Secondary School, Kirfi The Bauchi State Teachers’ Service Commission has ordered the immediate removal and demotion of the Principal of Government Day Secondary School, Kirfi, Musa Ahmed Ningi, over allegations of gross misconduct. He was removed from his position as principal, alongside the Senior Master, Malam Adamu Shehu, w...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has approved a five-week extension of the 2024/2025 third term academic calendar for public primary schools in Abuja, following the prolonged strike action by the Nigeria Union of Teachers. Recall that the NUT had embarked on an indefinite strike on March 24, 2025, which lasted for over three months...
•2025 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) candidates The federal government has released the results for the 2025 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for admission into Junior Secondary School (JSS 1) into Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs) conducted by the National Examinations Council. The government also released the results of ...
•Sign-out ceremony The Management of Federal Polytechnic Idah has banned sign-out ceremonies, which are normally celebrated by students. An internal memo issued by the Dean, Student Affairs, Engr. Omagu F. E., and made available to newsmen today, warned that any attempt by any student or group of students and their so-called guest under any pl...
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