•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has critised the recent policy of the Tinubu-led federal government, pegging age limits for entry into tertiary institutions. It was reported how the federal government barred individuals under the age of 18 from taking part in the National Examinations Council (NECO) and West African Exam...
Suspected kidnappers are demanding a ransom for the release of Christiana Idowu, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, who was abducted on August 19 along the Ikorodu-Yaba Road. Christiana was on her way from her home in Itaoluwo, Ikorodu, to the University of Lagos, Yaba, where she was undergoing industrial t...
Poor registration and incomplete information provided in relevant forms have been identified as reasons Southeast students have not benefitted from Students Loans. House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, who made the clarification, said the identified lapses were already being addressed, reports The Nation. The lawmaker assured ...
•Students during examination session Critical stakeholders in the education sector have condemned the decision of the federal government to peg the age at which students can write the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, at 18, saying it will simply draw the education sector back. The groups reacted to the comment by the Min...
•Exam candidates Education Minister Tahir Mamman says underage candidates will no longer be allowed to sit for secondary school leaving examinations. The minister stated this on Channels Television last night. He said the federal government has instructed the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) which administers the West African Senior Sc...
•Nigerian graduates The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has disclosed that over 22,500 Nigerians are parading fake certificates from Benin Republic and Togo between 2019 and 2023. He said that over 21,600 obtained the certificates from unaccredited universities in Benin Republic within the time frame while about 1,105 also obtained t...
•Abducted Akwa Ibom Youth Corps members Thr last of the Eight prospective National Youth Service, NYSC, member, from Akwa Ibom State, Solomon Bassey Daniel, kidnapped in Zamfara state has finally regained his freedom. A family member, Mr Umoh who confirmed this to our correspondent, said he received the good news today morning in Eket Local [&...
•Governor Adeleke of Osun State The Osun State Government has informed teachers in public schools across the state who have served for over five years in their current positions to expect a transfer to another school. The government hinted at the upcoming transfers in a circular addressed to all teachers in the state, reports The […]
The federal government has scheduled a meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leadership for Monday to address the union’s grievances and the strike notice. It was earlier reported that ASUU had given the government a 21-day strike notice on Wednesday, calling on the President Bola Tinubu administration to resolve lingeri...
•OAU main gate The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, today, announced the death of a final year student of the Department of Foreign Languages, Esu Ema. Ema was reportedly killed by a driver, identified as Lasisi Sodiq, near the campus of the institution, reports The PUNCH. A release by the Public […]
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