Jamilu Fulani, the face of hope in the journey to civilization

By Aliyu Tilde He is Jamilu, an 11-year old who passed by my farm this morning where I went to inspect the application of manure in preparation for planting soybean later in the rainy season. Without...

Let JAMB officials do their work

Ope Adetayo writes in defence of the continuous delay in the release of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The examination body said it was...

UNILAG students win National Mathematical Centre prizes

Four students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have emerged top at the 2019 National Mathematics Competition organised by the National Mathematical Centre (NMC). The overall winner is a final year UNILAG student in the...

Kano using data to reform Almajiri system

The Kano State Government is conducting a survey on the traditional Almajiri schooling system in the state as part of its fresh effort to reform the system. The ongoing research is based on a collaboration...

Sources of basic education funding in Nigeria

Basic education is a right guaranteed by Nigerian laws. The 1999 constitution even states that its funding is free of cost for all citizens. That is also backed up by the Compulsory,...

57 LASU students make First Class out of 10,252

57 undergraduate students of the Lagos State University (LASU) would be graduating with a First Class honours during the 23rd Convocation Ceremonies of the institution. They are among the 10,252 undergraduates the university is producing...

Osinbajo to deliver LASU convocation lecture

Nigeria's Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo would be delivering the convocation lecture at the Lagos State University (LASU) on 16th May, 2019. With the theme, "Africa Centres of Excellence in African Universities: A veritable catalyst...

LASU VC opens up records on Okebukola, other issues to civil society groups

The Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun hosted some civil society groups last Friday on the institution's campus to clarify some controversies reported in the media about Peter Okebukola and...

SSANU charges FG to restore University Staff School teachers on payroll

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has called on the Federal Government to restore teachers of University Staff Schools on its payroll. In a Workers' Day message signed by its spokesperson, Mr Abdussobur...

What teachers should do when school refuses to pay salaries

Charles Stephen, a teacher at a privately owned school in Port-Harcourt has had to resign his job after his school proprietor refused to pay him for over five months.