Tag: Nigeria
World Bank loans Nigeria N220bn to reduce out-of-school children
The Nigerian Federal Government said it has got money from the World Bank to reduce the number of out-of-school children in the...
Under Jonathan, Nigerian government diverted N359 bn TETFUND money – Bogoro
The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Suleiman Bogoro, has alleged that N359 billion was withdrawn from the coffers...
Let’s talk about nation building
By Kareem Shamsudeen
While we clamour for a better nation, let conscious efforts be made towards creating a better...
More boys are out of school than girls in Nigeria
There are more boys out of school than girls in Nigeria, government data shows.
On a state by state...
Nigeria: On giving respect and being respected
By Kareem Shamsudeen
Since the human system is a complex of relationships marked by age difference, it is expected...
Nigerian govt to subsidise sanitary pads for schoolgirls
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said it had embarked on a policy to subsidise the cost of sanitary pads and commence...
38% of out-of-school children in Nigeria are girls
38% of Nigeria's out of school children are girls. This represents 3.85 million of the 10.19 million children out-of-school in the country.
Nigerian student robotics team shelves participation in South Africa over xenophobia...
Six Nigerian students who will represent the country at the Africa Robotics Challenge (ARC) in South Africa on 28th September have cancelled...
Repositioning university education in Nigeria: The OAU example
This is the text of a speech delivered by Yemi Ogunbiyi on the eve of the 2019 Convocation of the Nigerian Academy...
FG to select varsities as centres for sporting excellence
The Nigerian Federal Government said it intends making six universities centres for sports excellence. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare...























