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Private Varsities Hit 149 As NUC Approves 2 More
The Federal Government has approved the establishment of two new universities, bringing the number of private universities to 149 and a total number of universities in the country to 274. The institutions are Lighthouse University, Evbuobanosa, Edo State and the African School of Economics, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Speaking at the presentation of Provisional […]
Check This Education NewsSenate Moves for Nigerian Graduates from Ukraine, Sudan to Write MDCN Exam
Sunday Aborisade in Abuja The Senate, yesterday, urged the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) to allow Nigerian medical graduates from Ukraine and Sudan, where war did not affect
Check This Education NewsUI Denies Having Fake Professors, Says Premier University Won’t Compromise Standard
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Check This Education NewsSUBEB Boss Defends Alia On Accusation Of Lopsided Appointments
Executive chairman, Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Grace Adagba, has described Benue State National Assembly Caucus accusation that Governor Hyacinth Alia gave all key appointments to his immediate constituency as mischievous allegation meant to tarnish the image of the governor. Dr Adagba in a statement through the Board’s public relations officer Erdoo […]
Check This Education NewsGov appoints new VC for Jigawa varsity
Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, has approved the appointment of Prof. Muhammad Ibrahim-Yakasai as the new Vice-Chancellor of Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa. The statement added that Yakasai has “demonstrated academic leadership and provided community service,” adding that “he has served as Head of Department, Deputy Dean Student Affairs Department, and Dean, Faculty of Education […]
Check This Education NewsUNIMED Teaching Hospital debunks looting of ICU equipment in Ondo
The University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo (UNIMEDTHC), on Wednesday, refuted the allegation of looting equipment donated to the hospital by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and other donor agencies, deeming it false and baseless. The Chief Medical Director of the Teaching Hospital, Prof. Oluwole Ige, who denied the allegations, expressed that […]
Check This Education NewsWAUG 2023: OAU Releases Schedule Of Activities
The Management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife has released schedule of activities for the 2023 West African Universities Games. In a statement made available to our correspondent, the OAU Students Union Director Of Sports, Sumade Saudiq, disclosed that sport activities to be played include Basketball, Table Tennis, Long Tennis, Javelin, High Jump, Long Jump, […]
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Bauchi govt holds two-day summit to revamp education sector
Worried by the dilapidation in the education sector of the state leading to increasing number of out-of-school children, Bauchi State Government has organised a 2-day Education Summit to reshape and improve the sector. The Summit which began on Monday, holding at the Conference Room of the Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar International Hajj Camp, has a theme: […]
Check This Education NewsFEC approves ASUU’s removal from IPPIS
The Federal Executive Council FEC, has approved the removal of University staff from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System
Check This Education NewsUNICEF, Bauchi govt collaboration to determine number of out-of-school children
Bauchi Field Office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the State Government have deployed a total of 325 Enumerators and 40 Supervisors across the State to determine the number of pupils that are yet to be enrolled in primary schools. The development is part of efforts to ensure that all out-of-school […]
Check This Education NewsTuition fee hike: NANS vows to fight, reverse arbitrary increments
The new leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the recent arbitrary hike of tuition fees by some tertiary institutions, especially public universities, and vowed to ensure that all such increments are reversed. NANS President, Comrade Lucky Emonefe, spoke at a news conference on Monday in Abuja, where four presidential candidates […]
Check This Education NewsWAEC honours Anambra visually impaired student in Abuja
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has honoured an Anambra State visually impaired student for her brilliance in the 2022 Senior Secondary School Certificate examination conducted by the Council. The former Anambra State Commissioner for information, Mr C. Don Adinuba in a statement on Sunday, said the candidate, Miss Precious Nzube Mbajiorgu, performed brilliantly in […]
Check This Education NewsJoseph Babalola varsity appoints Adegbulugbe as chancellor
The Chief Executive of Green Energy Limited, Professor Anthony Adegbulugbe, has been appointed the third Chancellor of Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU), Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State.
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UI Don Advocates Urbanization Masterplan For Iseyin Development
….As Pioneer Movement Awards Outstanding Students, Teachers A Professor of Urban and Regional Planning in the University of Ibadan, Prof. Bolanle Wahab has charged stakeholders in the development of Iseyin community to evolve an urbanization masterplan that will speed up needed growth of the people. Wahab states this at the Pioneer Movement Iseyin (PMI)’s annual […]
Check This Education NewsTY Danjuma donates $1.36m to UI College of Medicine
A former Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma, has donated a total of $1,363,108.43 to the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (CoMUI), the highest individual donation so far to build a hostel block for students. The donation made through the T.Y. Danjuma Foundation was in response to an earlier request by […]
Check This Education NewsTinubu seeks support for varsities
President Bola Tinubu has called on stakeholders to join hands with the government in assisting universities in the country. The President noted that the education sector should not be left in the hands of the government alone, saying all stakeholders must develop the sector. He made the call on Saturday, during his presidential address delivered […]
Check This Education NewsFG to include Almajiris in School Feeding Program
The Federal Government on Friday said plans are underway to conduct headcounts of Almajiris in the country and enroll them into the homegrown school feeding programme by the present administration. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Schools Feeding, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji, revealed this during a courtesy call on the Executive Governor of Nasarawa […]
Check This Education NewsRelease revitalisation funds for varsities, don urges Tinubu
A research fellow at the Institute of Project Management Jos and a University Lecturer, Dr. Tunde Olagunjembi, has called on President Bola Tinubu to approve the immediate release of funds for the continuation of critical projects in institutions being executed under the intervention funds for the revitalisation of universities. The Federal Government had in 2009 […]
Check This Education NewsNigerian man burns his educational certificates; gives reasons for his action (VIDEO)
A Nigerian man has been recorded burning his educational certificates. According to the man, the certificates are USELESS, because all his life, the jobs he has done are jobs meant for illiterates. He says, he sees no reason keeping the certificates. He says he has never for once used them to get a job, and […]
Check This Education NewsNUC approves more programmes for Kogi varsity
The National Universities Commission has approved the establishment of eight Science and Technology Education programmes at the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Kogi State. The registrar of CUSTECH, Olufunke Hudson, who disclosed this in a statement released on Monday, said the newly approved undergraduate programmes include Biology Education, Chemistry Education, Mathematics Education, Physics […]
Check This Education NewsNigerian Olalere bags MSc in Law and Finance at Oxford, gets PhD scholarship in same varsity
A first-class Law alumnus of the University of Ibadan, Yusuf Asamu Olalere, has recently graduated from the University of Oxford with an MSc in Law and Finance (MLF) degree and will soon be starting his PhD in Law at the same university. Olalere made this known in his online article titled ‘Journey of grace and […]
Check This Education NewsUK govt pledges more support for educational reform in Jigawa
Through the British High Commission in Nigeria, the UK government has pledged continued support to the Jigawa state government to reform its educational system and improve human capital development in the state. This commitment was stated in a communique issued after a one-day education reform dialogue with critical stakeholders at the Three Star Hotel in […]
Check This Education NewsOgun TESCOM appoints five zonal education secretaries
The Chairman of the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission, Olalekan Ifede, has appointed five zonal education secretaries to fill the void left by the elevation of some of the secretaries to the positions of principals and vice principals of secondary schools. Ifede, at the swearing-in held at the TESCOM conference room, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, said the […]
Check This Education NewsLagos counsels teachers on best practices
The Lagos State Ministry for Basic and Secondary Education has charged teachers to conform their teaching practices to meet the demands of the rapidly changing educational landscape. The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, gave the charge on Wednesday at the opening ceremony of a capacity-building programme for public and private secondary […]
Check This Education News11 OAU students face fraud trial, varsity meets EFCC
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife said it was meeting the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following the arrest of 69 suspected Internet fraudsters, many of whom are students of the university. Fifty eight of the students were later released late Wednesday. Officials of the EFCC in a midnight raid stormed […]
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