•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has asked the federal government to rescind its blanket invalidation of degree certificates obtained from the Republics of Benin and Togo. The green chamber made the decision following the consideration and approval of reports from its Committee on Public Petitions, which reviewed concerns...
•Dr. Tunji Alausa Minister of Education, Dr. TunÂji Alausa, has hinted of plans to remove existing dichotomy in Higher National Diploma (HND) by allowing polytechnics to award degrees. He gave the hint while speakÂing at a high-level retreat held in Abuja yesterday, for edÂucation stakeholders across the country, reports Daily Independent. Acc...
•Kuje Prison, Abuja The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has presented degree certificates to six inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja. Speaking at the event in Abuja, the Controller General, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr Sylvester Nwakuche commended the graduates for their resilience and determinati...
Stakeholders in the education sector have advised students to move beyond paper qualifications and develop skills that will help them meet the demands of the modern job market. They noted that the key to tackling the nation’s unemployment challenges is to ensure Nigerian graduates acquire skills relevant to 21st-century needs, reports The Guar...
•Tinubu The federal government has fired some civil servants with degrees from private tertiary institutions in Benin Republic and Togo. The directive affected federal workers who graduated from the institutions from 2017 to date, reports The PUNCH. The Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Governme...
•Federal Secretariat, Abuja Some federal civil servants at the weekend were gripped with fear over the security of their jobs following claims that the government has started weeding out those who obtained their degree certificates from unrecognised universities in Benin Republic and Togo. The situation was heightened by a post on the verified...
•Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman The decision to invalidate degree certificates obtained from some universities in Togo and Benin Republic from 2017 till date has left over 22,000 Nigerian graduates of the institutions confused and with their fate hanging in the balance, it was gathered. A group, the Coalition of Stakeholders in Educa...
Mr Emmanuel Ahmadu, a Nigerian graduate who failed the West Africa School Certificate of Education (WASCE) 17 times, has urged youths to remain resilient and never lose hope, regardless of challenges they face. Ahmadu, who was recently honoured with two doctorate degrees in the U.S., gave the advice in a telephone interview with our correspond...
•Fake degrees The federal government has invited memoranda from the public as it begins the probe of private universities established in the last 15 years. The federal government initiated the probe following an investigative report by Daily Nigerian journalist, Umar Audu, uncovering certificate racketeering in neighbouring Benin Republic and ...
•Education minister, Prof. Tahir Mamman The federal government has set up a committee to investigate the activities of private universities established in the last 15 years. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman who spoke during the inauguration of the inter-ministerial committee on degree mills in the country, today, said this would s...
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