Alumni organise orientation for State High School students

The 1996 set of the State High School, Oyewole old students have organised an orientation programme for senior school students in the...

Tanure Ojaide, Harriet Anena jointly win Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature

Tanure Ojaide and Harriet Anena are the joint winners of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature 2018 in Africa. The announcement was made at a...

Aisha Buhari inaugurates nomadic school in Maiduguri

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has inaugurated the Aisha Buhari Integrated School for Nomadic Community in Maiduguri. The school, which was built and equipped...

NANS commends Buhari for assenting NOUN Act

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for granting assent to the National Open University of Nigeria Amendment Act...

Model UN: UNIC, FCT collaborate on training teachers

As part of efforts towards strengthening the Model United Nations community in Nigeria, the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos in collaboration...

LAUTECH gets new VC, registrar, bursar

The Governing Council of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso has named a new Vice-Chancellor and two other other principal officers for...

If I were president, I would ban schools from using foreign...

"Our curriculum is as good as other curricular in the world...If you want to use foreign curriculum for your own school, go and establish it elsewhere, where it could be permitted. It shouldn't be in Nigeria," he says as he condemns the trend of using foreign curriculum in Nigeria

Suicide: UNILORIN blames drug addiction for student’s death

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) management has said that the death of a final year undergraduate, Adigun Emmanuel was caused by drug addiction. The Director...

NOUN graduates can now go for NYSC, law school

Students of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) can now heave a sigh of relief as President Muhammadu Buhari assents the National Open...

Unknown persons steal primary school exam questions

Some yet to be identified persons have stolen examination scripts at Ncheka Primary School in Mambwe District, Zambian police say. They were believed to have...

Colleges of education lecturers suspend two month old strike

Lecturers in Nigerian colleges of education have on Wednesday suspended their two month old strike. Under the aiegies of the  Colleges of Education Academic...

Strike: Another ASUU-FG meeting ends in a deadlock

Another meeting between officials of the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended on Tuesday night without resolving the lecturers’...

ASUP to begin strike on December 12

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has declared that it would begin an indefinite strike from Wednesday, 12th December. This is as the...

JAMB: No sale of 2019 UTME forms till January

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it would not be selling registration form for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) till January...

Hijab: ISI parents sue principal, school management

Parents of some female Muslim students of International School, Ibadan (ISI) have sued its authority for disallowing their children from wearing hijab on their...

Final year UNILORIN student commits suicide

A 27 year old student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) simply identified as Adigun Olawale Emmanuel has reportedly committed suicide. The late Mr Adigun...

95-year-old woman fulfils dream of reading and writing through adult school

A 95-year-old Kenyan woman identified as Chebelina Mukomuga, is making waves on the social media following her fulfilment of a life long dream of...

10 tips to writing a scholarship application letter

When you want to go to an higher institution of learning, the chances are that you’re going to need to apply for a scholarship....

Despite being treated with scorn for being blind, I nearly made...

Demola Adeleke is visually impaired but that did not stop him from nearly graduating with a First Class honours in the Department of Mass...

Only PhD holders should use doctor’s title

By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat Doctor is basically a title for teachers or scholars. It was derived from the Latin word doceō (I teach). Ironically, it has...