•Students and Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has approved reintroducing History as a mandatory subject for primary and secondary school students, effective 2025. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, made this known on Channels Television last night. History was reportedly removed from Nigeria’s basic school curriculum in 2007, attracting critici...
•Prof. Aisha Maikudi The University of Abuja has announced the appointment of Prof. Aisha Maikudi as Vice Chancellor amidst controversies and protests. This was disclosed in a statement by the acting Director of Public Affairs of the institution, Habib Yakoob today. Controversies trailed the appointment process of the new substantive VC for th...
High-level intrigues and drama have continued to characterise the selection process of a new vice chancellor of the University of Abuja. Since the exit of the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Professor Abdulrasheed Na’Allah, on July 1, 2024, the university that prides itself as the ‘symbol of Unity and Scholarship’ ha...
•Okpebholo Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo has approved the change of name of the Edo State University, Uzairue to Edo University, Iyamho. This is contained in a statement today in Benin, by the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Ikhilor. According to Ikhilor, the change of name takes immediate effect. The SSG noted that all […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has explained why it had not declared a nationwide strike yet after several months of threat to do so. The President of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed to our correspondent in an exclusive interview at the weekend that the union deliberately delayed the proposed industrial action...
Senator representing Kwara Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Saliu Mustapha, hosted 200 beneficiaries of his university scholarship programme to a dinner in Ilorin last night. The event, themed “Securing the Future Today,” featured prominent personalities and community leaders from the district, reports Saturday Tribune. Sp...
•Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Two months after a 10-year-old pupil of Blessed Peace School in Egbeda, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, was allegedly sodomised by his teacher, the Lagos State Government has yet to disclose the findings of its investigation. This is just as the survivor’s mother, Seedo Joseph, expressed...
The Governing Council of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) has approved the promotion of 154 members of staff to various ranks. Among those promoted are 33 academic staff who have been elevated to professorial ranks, reports Nigerian Tribune. The Council chaired by Air Vice Marshal Saddiq Ismaila Kaita (rtd), approved the promotion of the aff...
•Tinubu The federal government has proposed to spend N100bn on the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Analysis of the 2025 budget showed the programme is under the Service Wide Vote (SVW) and domiciled in the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, reports Daily Trust. It would be recalled that the feeding programme was [...
Primary schools in Nasarawa State are affected by the challenge of poor infrastructure despite huge financial allocations to the education sector yearly. Recall that a visit to TA’AL Modern Nursery and Primary School in Lafia, last year, also showed how 90 per cent of pupils from primary one to six were seen sitting on the […]
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