Bill to establish environmental tech varsity passes second reading

A bill for an Act to establish the Federal University of Environment Technology passed second reading on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday. The sponsor, who is the...

Give corpers good food, NYSC DG urges state coordinators

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director General, Shuaibu Ibrahim has asked state coordinators to take care of all corps members during the 2020 Batch A orientation course. He made...

Senate seeks to establish medical university

A bill for an act to establish a Federal University of Medical Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State on Tuesday passed second reading in the Senate. Sponsor of the bill, Senator...

NSCDC discovers hemp farm inside Anambra school

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Tuesday said it had discovered a large farm of Indian hemp inside a school compound in Anambra State. A 45-year-old man,...

African universities meet in Abuja on ACE impact

As the first phase of the World Bank-funded African Centres of Excellence (ACE) project ends, centres from 53 universities located in 12 West African countries are to converge on Abuja to strengthen...

UNGA president decries deployment of untrained teachers to schools

President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has decried the engagement of untrained teachers in many schools around the world. Mr Muhammad-Bande, who spoke at the...

Are you a member of the Pepper dem gang?

By Tara Aisida I once accompanied a friend to our children’s school accounts office to help plead for more time to pay her children’s school fees.

NTI offices across Nigeria

The National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) is one of the teacher training institutions in Nigeria. Its offices are in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. This specialised tertiary...

MURIC criticises WAEC over ‘anti-Muslim’ software

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has criticised the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over the deployment of what it tagged some "anti-Muslim" software in the registration of candidates for the 2019/2020 West...

Nasarawa govt suspends, replaces officials at Akwanga COE, Lafia poly

The Nasarawa State government has ordered the immediate suspension and replacement of some principal officers of tertiary schools owned by the government. This directive sanctioned by the visitor to...