•A class teacher Eighteen states of the federation have failed to recruit teachers in five years, data exclusively obtained by our correspondent from the National Union of Teachers in Abuja has revealed. This comes amidst the outcry over the shortage of teachers across the country, reports Sunday PUNCH. Recently, the Universal Basic Education ...
The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Tanko Sununu, has launched the construction of seven new state offices for the National Examinations Council (NECO) to enhance its operational activities. The groundbreaking ceremony for the permanent NECO state office in Lafia, Nasarawa state, along with the symbolic inauguration of offices in other ...
•SSANU and NASU members protest The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has threatened to shut down varsities across the nation and will on Tuesday protest country-wide to press home its demands. SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have been in talks with the federal go...
•Haruna, Saidu and David The University of Maiduguri in Borno State is in grief as it has again recorded the fourth loss of yet another professor – all within a spate of two months. In a similar development, two lecturers – one with the Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina State and the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, […]
•A group photo of EU officials, and all recipients of the Erasmus+ Scholarship The European Union (EU) has awarded postgraduate scholarships to 142 young Nigerians for the 2024-25 academic session under its prestigious Erasmus+ program. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Nigeria has led in Africa as the top recipient of these scholarsh...
•Governor Seyi Makinde The Oyo State Government has disclosed that interested job seekers without the licence of the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) can apply on the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board job portal. The Executive Chairman of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, stated thi...
A Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in the Ogba area, has ordered the remand of the Proprietress of Cradle of Wisdom School, Igando, Clifford Ikpikpini and her two children at the Kirikiri Correctional Center, over alleged torture and inhuman treatment of a 10-year-old pupil of the school. Magistrate Bola Osunsanmi ordered the remand of the trio ...
Tragedy struck at Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun, yesterday as suspected cultists killed a final year student, Ahmed Ayinla Fabiyi, during his final exams. According to eyewitnesses, Fabiyi, a History and Diplomatic Studies major, was dragged out of the examination hall by the cult group, who disguised themselves as...
•Tertiary institution students In furtherance to its efforts at purging the Nigerian educational system, the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has raised the alarm, saying it had uncovered 3,000 fake graduates in possession of illegal certificates across the country. The Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, who made this known in a report ...
The Senate of the University of Benin has shut down academic activities at the institution following yesterday s protests. Disclosing this in a statement today, the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Benedicta Ehanire, said the shutdown does not affect the non-academic staff. The university also ordered students to vacate their hostels im...
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