ASUU Strike: FG issues ‘no-work-no-pay’ order
The Federal Government of Nigeria has issued a order to the Vice-Chancellors of public universities across the country participating in the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to enforce a...
Oyo government awards university scholarship to best SSCE student
The Oyo State Government has offered full university education scholarship to a student in a public school within the state with the best performance at the 2017/2018 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE), Miss...
UN panel tasks Nigeria on education for children with physical disabilities
A United Nations panel has challenged the Nigerian government on education for children with disabilities. It emphasised the need to improve on the education of physically challenged persons.
This was during its discussion on the...
JAMB: 2019 UTME registration starts in December but no specific date fixed
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday disclosed that registration for 2019/ 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will commence in December but did not give any specific date that would commence.
JAMB's...
NANS commends FG on JAMB, NECO fee reduction
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Thursday, commended the Federal Government for reducing the cost of registration for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Examination Council (NECO) conducted...
UNN set to graduate over 400 PhD holders
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) will on Saturday, 1st December, 2018 award over 400 PhD candidates degrees at its 2018 convocation ceremonies.
They are among 11,681 students of the institution who will be conferred...
Buhari reduces JAMB, NECO registration fees
Nigerian government headed by President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, announced the reduction of the cost of the forms for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME); Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and Basic...
If you don’t teach, don’t discipline
Last week Friday, I had given my 8 year old son the sum of N400 to buy some stuff in school. By the time I got into the school compound, he ran to me...
20-year-old becomes first black female president of Harvard’s 145-year newspaper
For the first time in the 145 years of its existence, Harvard University’s Crimson newspaper would be led by a black woman. Her name is Kristine Guillaume.
From January 2019, the liberal-arts student from New...
Don’t include private universities in World Bank interventions, NUC cautions
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has cautioned against the inclusion of private universities in proposed World Bank interventions in higher education in Nigeria.
NUC Executive Secretary, Abubakar Adamu Rasheed stated this during a recent visit...
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LASU plans to raise N1bn for research grants funding
The Lagos State University (LASU) on Tuesday, 3rd September announced the institution of a research grant fund to support academic research.
