Kwara to set up education trust fund

  Kwara is establishing an education trust fund to mobilise resources for school infrastructure, provide affordable and qualitative education, and boost human capital development in the state, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Wednesday. Speaking...

JAMB devotes extra N500 million to ‘staff welfare’ outside salaries

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) devoted an additional N500 million to what it tagged 'staff welfare' aside the staff salaries in 2020. This...

COVID-19: UNILAG shuts students from campus

Students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have been ordered to vacate the campus today due to the surge in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the...

Senate passes bill for three more universities

The Senate has passed bills for the establishment of three universities. The passage of the Bills was a sequel to the consideration of three separate...

UNIBEN student under investigation for “aggressive malpractice” claim

A final year of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) who bragged about how she passed her exams through examination malpractices is currently under investigation. She...

UNICAL professor jailed for electoral fraud gets N10m bail

A professor of Soil Science at University of Calabar, Cross River State, Peter Ogban, jailed over electoral fraud, has been granted bail in the sum of N10 million...

Lagos releases academic calendar for 2021/2022

In line with its mandate to ensure a harmonised academic school calendar for both public and private schools in Lagos State, the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA)...

The challenges of higher education in Nigeria

The challenges of higher education in Nigeria By Ezinwanne Onwuka According to the most recent ranking of universities by Webometrics, no Nigerian university is in the...

OOU generated N3.4bn in 6 months – vice-chancellor

The Vice-Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye in Ogun, Professor Ganiu Olatunde has said that the institution generated more than N3.4 billion revenue between January and June...

Suspected cases of third wave COVID-19 pervade UNILAG

Suspected cases of third wave COVID-19 pervade UNILAG There are fears of a possible outbreak of the third wave of the COVID-19 at the University of Lagos (UNILAG).