Don’t pay for BECE, Lagos cautions parents
The Lagos State Government has cautioned parents against paying any fee or levy for the Junior Secondary School (JSS) Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)...
School fined N25m for making pupil blind by flogging
A school in Nigeria would be paying a N25 million (about US $69,500) damages for flogging that led to the blindness of a pupil.
The...
Group targets 37,000 Borno children for integrated education project
A development group in Nigeria named Plan International has said that about 37,000 children will benefit from an integrated education and child protection...
LASU inaugurates new Students’ Union leaders
The management of the Lagos State University on Wednesday, 27th March, 2019 inaugurated new leaders of its Students' Union.
These student leaders had in the...
UNILAG to open own microfinance bank soon
Efforts are ongoing to ensure that the University of Lagos (UNILAG) open its microfinance bank soon.
This is as...
LASU speaks on extra fee for graduating students
The Lagos State University (LASU) management has reacted to dissent to its decision to charge graduating students extra fees ahead of their convocation coming...
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...
