ASUU TASU suspends two-month old strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba University Chapter has suspended its two months old strike following the agreement between the union and...

Court frees Lagos teacher of sexual assault charges

A Magistrate Court in Ikeja has discharged and acquitted a Lagos school teacher, Akintunde Ajayi accused of sexually assaulting a 17 year old student,...

Emir Sanusi appointed Ekiti State University Chancellor

Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has been appointed Chancellor of Ekiti State University. Confirming this development in an...

Borno governor suspends 42 teachers for absconding duty post

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State on Wednesday recommended the suspension of 42 primary school teachers for allegedly “absconding” from their duty posts...

NCC awards research grants to universities

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given out a grant of N65 million to 11 universities in Nigeria to boost the telecommunication sector. NCC Executive...

OBITUARY: Samuel Ade-Ali (1960-2019)

Samuel Ade-Ali is dead. Until his demise, he was a professor of African Philosophy and Aesthetics at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU),...

EEI launches Media and Information Literacy (MIL) clubs in schools

Educand Education Initiative (EEI), organisers of the annual SPELL&THRILL! competition intervention project has in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...

Persons with disabilities, foreign candidates exempted from Post-UTME

Persons living with disabilities have been exempted from writing the post- Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) tests during the 2019 tertiary education admissions exercise. The...

JAMB, higher institutions fix 2019 UTME cutoff marks

Cutoff marks for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) admissions exercise have been fixed. This was at...

Boost your print career with postgraduate education in Industrial Design

After years of back-breaking undergraduate studies, not a few people are just content with going into the labour market to earn a...

TRCN runs ‘interior furnishing’ N75 million TIS website

It appears that the Teachers' Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) runs a website worth over N75 million that is dedicated to interior furnishing. TRCN is...

Shortlisted finalists for 2019 Cowbellpedia mathematics competition

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of candidates shortlisted for the 2019 Cowbellpedia mathematics competition. Those...

Govt to replace unqualified teachers after December deadline

The Federal Government said it would be replacing unqualified teachers with qualified ones after the expiration of the December deadline for teachers...

Nigerian vice-chancellors elect BUK VC as association chairman

The Committee of Vice-Chancellors (CVC) has elected Professor Muhammad Yahuza Bello as its new chairman. Bello, the current Vice-Chancellor...

Lecturer arraigned for ‘dishonestly converting’ TETFUND study grant

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Office on Friday, 7th June, 2019 arraigned a lecturer named Moses Peter...

Quality of teachers reflects on education quality – Finland envoy

Finland Ambassador to Nigeria, Jyurki Pulkkinen has challenged the Nigerian government on improving the quality of education in the country through teachers. He recommended that...

AAUA to resume June 9 after ‘mid-semester break’

The management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba (AAUA) have announced that students would now resume on 9th June after what it had earlier termed...

Despite assurances, FG owes two year scholarship arrears

The Federal Government of Nigeria is still owing beneficiaries of part of its various scholarship schemes in the Ministry of Education two years of...

How attention can get students better grades

How attention can get students better grades By Bhushan Shaligram One of...
Sexuality education policy UNESCO GEM

‘Sexuality education essential part of good quality education’

A new policy paper jointly produced by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Global Education Monitoring Report...