Lagos inaugurates school renovation committee

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday inaugurated the Special Committee on Rehabilitation of Public Schools in Lagos State chaired by Mr Hakeem Smith.‬ ‪Mr Smith is the President, Nigerian Institute’s...

ICPC arrests two over N68m school feeding programme fraud

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested two officials over alleged N68 million fraud in the Federal Government’s Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP). ICPC...

Kano Islamic schools get N105m UNICEF grant

Quranic and Islamic schools in Kano State are beneficiaries of a N105 million grant from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). This is part of efforts at integrating such...
A dilapidated office within the administrative block of the Almajiri Model School, Dutsin-Ma

Northern governors never wanted Jonathan’s Almajiri schools to work – ex-UBEC chief

The immediate past Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Ahmed Moddibo has alleged that governors in states across Northern Nigeria never wanted the success of the Almajiri Education Programme...

How to attract more students to your school

By Matthew Levi If you're a school owner and you need more students in your school, you should pay attention to this piece because at the end, I will...

Impunity, police brutality: Text of article that got student expelled

Below is the text of an article written by Michael Ifemosu who was recently expelled by the management of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta. The content below, which a university panel...

University expels critic student over ‘defamation of character’

A student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has been expelled over alleged defamation of character and insubordination. Michael Ifemosu was until the development a student in...

Nigeria to shut unapproved ‘mushroom’ schools nationwide

The Nigerian government has disclosed its plans to shut down unapproved private schools across the country. This move, it said, is part of efforts at upholding standards in...

Candidates who failed TRCN qualifying exam advised to re-register in a week

The 17,594 candidates who failed in the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) conducted by the Teachers' Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) in October have about a week to re-register. They...

Technology minister commissions N50m ATBU chemical engineering lab

Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu has commissioned a N50 million Chemical Engineering Laboratory at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi. The project was funded through...