Students condemn UNILORIN fee hike

Students at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) have reacted to the recent increment in the school fees for the 2018/2019 Academic Session by the...

Group advocates life skills education for girls

A Lagos- based social enterprise, Clarity School for Girls, has advocated the importance of teaching life skills to children. The group made this known...

List of Tsangaya (Almajiri) Model Schools built under Jonathan across Nigeria

From December 2009, the Nigerian Federal Government under President Goodluck Jonathan began the building of Model Tsangaya/Almajiri schools across Nigeria as an integral part...

Language scholar urges lawyers to interpret the law in simple English

A Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Lagos State University (LASU), Adeleke Fakoya has challenged lawyers to interpret the law using simple English expressions. He...

Dickson signs executive order seeking automatic employment for Bayelsa First Class graduates

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has said that he has taken a decision to sign an executive order to give automatic employment to...

24 states failed to access N29.5 billion UBEC grants in 2017

24 of Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) failed to access the remaining Twenty-Nine Billion, Five Hundred and Eighty-Five Million, Eight...

Expert warns against the politicisation of education

An education expert, Yinka Ogunde has warned against the politicisation of education. She said such an act was a disservice to improving quality in...

NUC orders all universities to revert to 5 point grading system

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the immediate reversal and adoption of the five-point grading system across Nigerian universities. This is against the backdrop...

Prof Omobowale and the Emergence of Literature and Medicine in Nigeria

In this piece, Stephen Kekeghe celebrates the scholarship of Professor E. B. Omobowale, a Professor of English at the University of Ibadan. In every sane...

23 year old lady emerges best graduating student at Federal Poly Ilaro

A 23 year old lady identified as Ojelade Islamiyat Adenike has emerged as the best graduating student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State....