Varsity Cup, Nigeria’s first annual national university football championships for men’s and women’s teams has announced the universities that will participate in its inaugural Varsity Men’s Football 2024 season. Having undergone a rigorous selection phase and completed a month-long accreditation process, these universities ably led by their S...
•Dr. Nsikak Akpan A Nigerian academic, Dr. Nsikak Akpan, has received approval from Guinness World Records to attempt a staggering 150-hour non-stop lecture. Akpan aims to break the existing record held by Indian Professor Arvin Mishra, who delivered a 139-hour, 52-minute, and 42-second lecture in 2014, reports Saturday Vanguard. The marathon ...
•Gunmen At least 28 undergraduate students have been killed and 78 others kidnapped from various tertiary institutions across Nigeria in the last 20 months, data from reported cases in the media have shown. The data, which is specific to attacks on students within the campuses, does not include attacks or kidnappings of students on highways, [...
•Candidates in exam hall 828,284 candidates secured credit in English Language and Mathematics representing 60.55% of the candidates who sat for the 2024 Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) internal examination conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO). Announcing the results at the headquarters of the council in Minna, the N...
•Students trek to school in Lagos One week after schools resumed for the 2024/2025 academic session, there has been a noticeable decline in student turnout across primary and secondary schools in major cities nationwide. Many schools started classes on September 9 following a break of over a month, while others resumed on Tuesday, September 17...
Teachers in public primary schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have declared an indefinite strike due to the refusal of the six Area Council chairmen to pay arrears of their minimum wage and meet other obligations. Comrade Abdullahi Shafa, FCT Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), announced the decision, which was part [&...
•Governor Usman Ododo Some Lecturers of Kogi State Polytechnic have been sacked by the State Government over alleged sexual harassment of Students on campus. The Senior Special Assistant to Kogi State Governor Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo on Students Affairs Comrade Isah Emmanuel Ojodunwene disclosed this today at a one-day convening of the Minist...
•Governor Seyi makinde The Oyo State Government, today, placed a ban on any form of meeting by Head teachers or teachers, during school hours, within or outside any public school premises in the state, saying whoever indulges in such an act will be severely dealt with. The Chairman of the state Universal Basic Education Board, […]
•Model college The Lagos State Government (LASG) says increase in boarding fees in its model colleges is inevitable, to ensure better welfare of the students. Mr Ganiu Lawal, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Lagos State, said this in a statement made available yesterday. Lawal noted that students in t...
As the September 20 deadline for the payment of school fees approaches at the University of Ibadan, many student groups in the institution have reached out to the public to crowdfund to pay for the tuition fees of their members. The University of Ibadan Student Union (UISU), along with the Faculties of Pharmacy and Nursing, […]
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