The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced today, Wednesday, November 20, the removal of Ohieku Salami from his position as pro-chancellor and chairman of the governing council of the Federal University of Health Sciences in Otukpo, Benue State. The decision was made due to actions considered “unbecoming of his office” and violatio...
•Governor Mbah Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, has called for a paradigm shift in Nigeria’s current education model, saying it cannot deliver the much-needed speedy development and economic transformation. Mbah therefore, advocated for a shift from rote or memorisation to experiential learning, which he described as the missing link between ...
•Prof John Laah Nigeria needs 800 universities to meet the academic requirements of its growing population, a university don and member, Southern Kaduna Professors’ Forum, Professor John Laah, has said. Laah, a professor of Geography from the Kaduna State University (KASU), said this while speaking with journalists, today. He said the establis...
Canada has adjusted its regulations to allow eligible Nigerians and other international students to work up to 24 hours per week off-campus during academic terms, an increase from the previous limit of 20 hours. Marc Miller, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, explained that the decision strikes a balance between enabling s...
•Bayelsa school flood The Bayelsa State Government through the Ministry of Education has extended the 2024 flood break resumption date by one week. This is to allow flood water that took over most schools in the state recede, reports Daily Trust. The state government had earlier scheduled the schools to resume from flood break on […]
The Governing Council of the Federal University, Lokoja, has approved the dismissal of four lecturers on account of examination misconduct and sexual misconduct. Our correspondent gathered that the governing council gave the approval at its Second Council Meeting yesterday, reports The PUNCH. This is coming on the heels of the investigation fo...
Islamic scholars and other stakeholders have converged on Maiduguri, Borno State capital, to upscale a strategy that will give ‘Almajiri’ a chance for a better life. The 2-day summit titled: Almajiri Education Reform Summit, aims to provide the stakeholders with a platform to discuss innovative strategies to integrate Tsangaya into the mainstr...
•Prof Niyi Akingbe The National Industrial Court in Akure has ordered the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), to pay N40 million to Professor Niyi Akingbe, the former Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts, for wrongful dismissal. The court found that Akingbe’s termination in 2018 was unjust and based on unfounded allegations of plagiarism, rep...
The Commonwealth Institute for Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS) will host an international one-day workshop on class action law. According to the organisers in a statement issued today and made available to The Frontier, the workshop is the first of its kind in Africa. “The programme is designed for individuals and entities that...
•Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa The federal government has suspended 13 students of Federal Government College, Enugu, following the recent bullying incident in the school. Recall that a trending video on social media captured a gang assault of an SS1 student (a day student) by a group of students on November 7, 2024. Reacting [&helli...
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