President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N 6 b for the effective takeoff of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko , Delta State. The amount comprise N 3 b added to the initial N 2 b earlier announced for the university,…
The Benue State House of Assembly has passed the Examination Malpractice Prohibition Bill 2017. It did so during its plenary in Makurdi. The Chairman, Committee on Education, Mrs Ngunan Addingi, had said that the state needed a legal framework that would aid…
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has rejected the seven per cent allocated to education by President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2018 Budget proposal proposal presented on Tuesday to a Joint Session of the National Assembly. The group in a statement…
Federal Government has requested the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to pass a resolution to create Commission for Global Youth Engagements within the organisation. The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Solomon Dalung, made the request on Thursday…
The Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has revealed that the Federal Government through the body had set up Teachers’ Information System (TIS). This revelation came from the TRCN Registrar, Professor Olusegun Ajiboye, at the South West stakeholders meeting held at the University of Ibadan with…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a bill making the teaching of Yoruba language compulsory in schools in the state. The bill was passed into law on Thursday, 20th October, 2017 after it successfully scaled through the third reading on…
