Kaduna opens online scholarship portal

The Kaduna State Scholarships and Loans Board has announced the opening of its portal for Bursary and Scholarship applications for year 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic sessions respectively. The Executive...

Kano bans street begging almajiri children

Towards consolidating on its free and compulsory primary and secondary school education programme in Kano State, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has banned Almajiris from begging on the streets. The...

UBEC, UNICEF train mobilisation staff, desk officers

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has commenced training for its social mobilisation staff and the School-Based Management Committee (SBMC) desk officers of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

NUC has no authority to require us to have PhD, medical lecturers claim

Lecturers in Nigeria's colleges of medicine have challenged the authority of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to require them to hold a PhD in order to teach. The lecturers...

UNIBEN gets new deputy vice-chancellors

The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Senate has elected three new deputy vice-chancellors following their nominations by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lilian Salami. Dr Benedicta Ehanire, the Public Relations Officer of...

NECO sacks 19 staff over forgery

Barely three months after it dismissed 70 staff for engaging in certificate forgery, the National Examinations Council, (NECO) has sacked another 19 of its staff members over a similar offence.

Nigerian Edtech firm, 11 others to benefit from MasterCard grants

HITCH, a Nigerian educational video platform that provides underserved African schools with curated, high-quality educational content among other African Edtech companies will benefit from the MasterCard Foundation Centres support to expand their...

‘Facing the new decade’ – Full text of Osinbajo’s address to the Nigerian youth

Nigeria's Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo delivered the recently held convocation lecture at the Federal University Dutse. Below is the text of the lecture titled "Facing the new decade". The full text of the...
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Oyo to reintroduce open day in public schools

The Oyo State Government has announced plans to reintroduce the open-day system in public primary schools across the State. Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Nureni Adeniran...

How NYSC is tackling fake certificate holders – DG

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has emphasieed that it has mechanisms to tackle fake certificate holders attempting to enrol in the compulsory one year national service programme. It...