Educators for conference on reducing the digital divide

The Global Initiative for Entrepreneurship and Capacity Development, an ICLED NGO, and ICLED xBusiness School, Lekki, Lagos, (IBS) in collaboration with her...

MURIC seeks equity for Muslims in Lagos education sector

A human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has appealed to the Lagos State government (LASG) to revisit the education sector...

Almajiranchi, a ticking time bomb needing reforms

By Rukayyah Aliyu Almajiranchi is a system of education practised in Northern Nigeria. It involves acquiring Islamic knowledge where...

Man to spend 50 years in jail for raping UNILAG student

A surveyor, John Otema has been convicted and sentenced to 50-years imprisonment on Monday for raping a 19-year-old student of the University...

Some universities award degrees, PhDs in six months – NUC

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has lamented the rate at which some tertiary institutions across the country were awarding higher degrees within...

Christianisation: Oyo assures Muslims of equity in teachers test

The Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has reacted to an allegation levelled against it by a human rights organization named Muslim...

Kaduna govt announces resumption date for JSS3

The Kaduna State Government has announced Sunday 16th and Monday, 17th August 2020, as resumption dates for Junior Secondary School students (SS3).

MURIC accuses Oyo of including CRK questions in teacher recruitment test

A human rights group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has accused the Oyo State Government of including questions on Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK)...

Students give Abiodun ultimatum to appoint education commissioner

Student bodies under the umbrella of National Association of Nigerians Students (NANS) Joint Campus Committee(JCC) and National Association of Ogun State Students...

What the law says about appointment, removal of vice-chancellors

This piece by Professor Ehi Oshio (now late) presents a juridical anatomy of the true legal prescription on the appointment and removal...

Babalakin gives details of why UNILAG council sacked VC

Dr Wale Babalakin, Chairman, Governing Council of University of Lagos (Unilag), on Friday, said the council relieved Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the...

Eight IBB University lecturers resign

Eight lecturers at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai have resigned over alleged non-payment of earned allowances, poor handling of staff...

I’ve resumed office – UNILAG acting VC declares

The recently appointed acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Professor Omololu Soyombo on Friday said he has resumed his...

Nigerian students to protest over continuous closure of schools

Nigerian students' associations have decided to embark on a "non-stop" protest following the Federal Government's refusal to reopen schools across the country.

Govt says it’s not yet safe to reopen universities

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared that tertiary institutions would remain under lock indefinitely to protect students and lecturers from contracting...

Sacked UNILAG VC heads to court

The recently sacked Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has headed to the court over his removal from...

UNILAG: ‘Sacked’ VC resumes office, despite appointment of Acting VC

The embattled Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe on Thursday returned to his office amidst cheers from members...

Free and quality education for African youth abroad

StudyFree is an international Edtech startup that was founded in 2018, to help ambitious and goal-seeking students from anywhere in the world...

Controversy trails council’s removal of UNILAG Vice-Chancellor

The Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Wednesday announced that it had relieved the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, of...

IYD 2020: Just so we are ready

Like the dream of every incoming year, they come with their own prospects and expectations, upon which a lot of people plan...