10 qualities of an effective press secretary
By Jamiu Ayinde
A press secretary is someone who works for an organisation and makes statements to the press or answer questions for that organisation.
The...
FG to use mobile tech to conduct school census
The Federal Government has said that it would be using mobile technology to gather data from schools during the conduct of the 2018/19 Annual...
UK moves to fine schools for proliferating first-class degrees
The United Kingdom is moving to check the proliferation of first-class degrees by fining higher institutions.
Education Secretary, Damian Hinds has said measures have been...
WAEC donates 1050 chairs, tables to public schools
As part of its efforts towards improving access to education, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has donated 1050 branded student chairs and tables...
What free higher education really means (and doesn’t mean)
By Ariane de Gayardon
Whether or not higher education should be free is a recurring debate the world over, but recently it has intensified and...
Ajimobi appoints principal officers for Ibadan Poly
The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has approved the appointment of new principal officers for The Polytechnic Ibadan.
He appointed Professor Kazeem Adekunle Adebiyi as...
Renowned Nigerian poet, Gabriel Okara dies at 97
Renowned Nigerian poet and novelist, Gabriel Okara, has died.
He was aged 97.
The literary icon passed on on Sunday at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC)...
45 year old Bala Magaji is NOUN’s best graduating student
A 45 year old man, Bala Magaji has emerged the best graduating student of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) for the 2018/2019...
Kenya’s Peter Tabichi wins 2019 Global Teacher Prize
A Kenyan teacher named Peter Tabichi has won the 2019 Global Teacher Prize. With this, he is going home with the US $1 million...
We’d use mass education to fight insecurity, violence – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to make affordable mass education a tool to combat incidents of insecurity and violence in Nigeria.
He attributed crises in...
Water: The fuel of success
Life is a race; you become stranded when you refuse to run.
The feasibility of every step towards success requires a fuel that releases the...
Buhari signs bill stopping NYSC from posting engineering graduates to schools
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja assented to Engineers (Registration etc) Amendment Bill, 2019, which among others, bars the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)...
TRIBUTE: Femi Ojo-Ade (1941-2019)
By Niyi Afolabi
“You will always be my son, any day, no matter what!” Such were the re-assuring words of Professor Femi Ojo-Ade to me...
WAEC to review workers’ salaries
The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC), has disclosed that the examination body would be reviewing its staff salary.
The...
UN urges parents to shun gender discrimination in the family
The National Information Officer
of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) for Nigeria, Oluseyi Soremekun,
has urged Nigerian parents to think equal and shun...
15 safety measures school owners must ensure
Conversations on school safety are much important than ever.
School owners should always set safety measures ahead towards...
How ex-student raped UNILAG undergraduate – witness tells court
A prosecution witness, Inspector Nkem Ejelonu, on Tuesday told the Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court in Ikeja how a former student of the...
UNILAG gets new librarian
The Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has appointed Dr (Mrs) Yetunde Abosede Zaid as the new librarian of the school.
It did...
NOUN working to be technology learning hub
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), said it is working towards being Africa's major technology learning hub.
It has already submitted a proposal for...
FG to prosecute parents for not enrolling their children in school
Nigeria's Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said that the government will soon effect the law to prosecute parents who refused to enroll their...
