NANS commends FG on JAMB, NECO fee reduction

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Thursday, commended the Federal Government for reducing the cost of registration for the Joint Admissions and...

UNN set to graduate over 400 PhD holders

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) will on Saturday, 1st December, 2018 award over 400 PhD candidates degrees at its 2018 convocation ceremonies. They are...

Buhari reduces JAMB, NECO registration fees

Nigerian government headed by President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, announced the reduction of the cost of the forms for Unified Tertiary...

If you don’t teach, don’t discipline

Last week Friday, I had given my 8 year old son the sum of N400 to buy some stuff in school. By the time...

20-year-old becomes first black female president of Harvard’s 145-year newspaper

For the first time in the 145 years of its existence, Harvard University’s Crimson newspaper would be led by a black woman. Her name...

Don’t include private universities in World Bank interventions, NUC cautions

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has cautioned against the inclusion of private universities in proposed World Bank interventions in higher education in Nigeria. NUC Executive...

Girl wins UBA Foundation’s 2018 National Essay Competition

A 14-year-old girl, Odjegba Divine Omesiri has emerged the overall winner the 2018  edition of the UBA Foundation’s National Essay Competition. She, along with...

Opon Imo, school feeding, youth empowerment: Aregbesola lists achievements in farewell...

Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Monday delivered his farewell speech to the people of Osun State. In the speech, he highlighted the achievements of his...

Why NTI is yet to release 2017 PGDE results

The National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) is yet to release the results of students enrolled in 2017 Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) programme due to...

Lagos spends N15bn on schools’ infrastructure – Ambode

The Lagos State Government said it had invested N15 billion in infrastructure in state-owned schools over the past three and a half years. Governor Akinwunmi...

WASSCE results: 35.99% of candidates record credit passes

Only 35.99 per cent of the candidates who sat for the recently concluded West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates had...

ASUU Strike: Seven students die, others injured in fatal motor accident

Seven students of the University of Maiduguri have died in a fatal motor accident along Damaturu Road on Tuesday, 20th November, 2018. They were returning to...

Edo government extends campaign against irregular migration to Benin school

The Edo State Government on Monday extended its campaign against Irregular Migration and Human Trafficking to a cross section of students in Benin City. This...

FUNAAB produces 113 First Class graduates, to honour Soyinka, Falola

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has produced 113 First Class graduates for the 2016/2017 academic session. They are among the 3548 to...

Dismissed OAU professor remanded in prison over sex-for-marks scandal

A dismissed professor at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Richard Iyiola Akindele, has been remanded in prison custody. He was accused by a former student,...

Hijab: UI secondary school shut again indefinitely

The International School, University of Ibadan (ISI) was on Monday shut again over the brewing hijab crisis in the school. Although, no official reason had...

Criteria for establishing tertiary institutions in Nigeria

Tertiary institutions are otherwise known as institutions of higher education. They exist to cater for post-secondary education. After students leave secondary schools, they proceed...

OAU sex-for-marks professor finally faces court prosecution

A former professor at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Richard Akindele embroiled in a sex-for-marks scandal will on Monday, 19th November, 2018 finally face...

LASU now World Bank’s African Centre of Excellence on STEM Education

The Lagos State University (LASU) has been selected as one of World Bank's Centre of Excellence for Innovative and Transformative STEM Education (CITSE). This is...

The Hijab Question: Knocks for Ibadan school, kudos to Lagos State

  ADM/SGHQ/008/16/11/2018   8th Rabiul Awwal 1440 (16th November 2018 CE)   THE HIJAB QUESTION: KNOCKS FOR IBADAN SCHOOL, KUDOS TO LAGOS STATE   The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA)...