News and updates on education systems, policies, institutions, and learning trends globally.
Amid ongoing legal disputes over the Kano Emirship, the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has been awarded a PhD following a successful remote thesis defense. The viva voce, or oral examination, is a critical component of the PhD process, where candidates present and defend their research in front of a panel of experts….
Lecturers at the College of Education, Akwanga, have called on the Nasarawa State Government to urgently reassess the recent employment of academic staff in a bid to restore the institution’s academic standards. The Chairman of the Committee of Deans, Dr. Aminu Dodo, made this appeal during a meeting in Akwanga, which included members of the…
The African Aviation and Aerospace University (AAAU), Abuja, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, aimed at fostering academic excellence and providing industry-relevant experience for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. The MOU was formalized during a ceremony at NCAT’s office in Abuja, led by AAAU’s Registrar,…
The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has explained that the N35,000 wage award in the state should not be taken as part of or in lieu of the N70,000 new minimum wage recently passed into law. NLC Lagos State Chairman Funmi Sessi explained this in Lagos on Friday….
The Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) said it has accessed its matching grants of N2.79 billion from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for project execution in the state. A statement signed by the board’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Aminu Jikamshi and made available to newsmen in Katsina stated…
The Pro-Chancellor and chairman of the 14th governing Council of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, DIG Udom Ekpoudom (retired) has frowned at the discovery of massive certificate forgeries rocking the university. Yesterday, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), invalidated the certificates of 101 individuals who were reportedly fraudulently mobilized for national service by UNICAL…
Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has appointed Professor Joseph Babatola Ayodele as the new Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. The appointment, effective August 20, 2024, marks a new chapter for the university. Professor Ayodele, previously the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), succeeds Professor Edward Olanipekun, whose term as Vice Chancellor concludes on the same…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has officially released the results for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), conducted in May and June. Amos Dangut, WAEC’s Head of Nigeria Office, made the announcement on Monday, revealing that results for 1,685,889 candidates, representing 93.9% of those who sat for the exam, have been…
President Bola Tinubu has urged youths to key into the student loan scheme introduced by his administration. The President made the appeal in a national broadcast on Sunday on the ongoing nationwide protest. He said his administration had shown commitment to the youth by setting up the student loan scheme. “To date, N45.6 billion has…
The Vice-Chancellor, Babcock University, Prof. Ademola Tayo, has said high electricity tariff is a great threat to quality education in Nigeria. Speaking on Sunday at the Babcock University 22nd undergraduate and 13th postgraduate convocation, Tayo said the institution paid N300m as electricity tariff in the month of May. “I hereby call on the government to…
Abuja, Nigeria The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has launched a specialized curriculum for its foundation program, covering 20 key areas in the first phase of its Skill-Up Artisan (SUPA) initiative. The curriculum includes training in Plumbing and Pipe Fitting, Masonry, Painting and Decoration, Tiling, Electrical Installation, Welding and Fabrication, Carpentry, and Iron Steel Reinforcement, among…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has announced that it will not participate in the planned nationwide protest on August 1, despite widespread hardship in the country. NANS National President, Lucky Emonefe, made this declaration during a meeting with the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, in Abuja on Friday. The meeting was organized…
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has slashed the allowances of foreign scholars who are currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others, by 12.7%. The government attributed the development to the current economic crises. It would be recalled that recently, Nigerian students studying in Russia, Morocco, Algeria, China, Hungary, and…
Students of tertiary institutions in Lagos State have disclosed their stand on the planned nationwide protests expected to commence on August 1. Reports shows that Nigerians, particularly youths, have vowed to stage mass protests across the country beginning from August 1 to August 10 to draw the attention of the government to the plight of…
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has announced a slash in allowances of foreign scholars who are currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others by 12.7%. The ministry attributed the development to economic crises. The students are studying under the Federal Government’s Bilateral Educational Agreement Scholarship. The BEA scholarship is…
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended its planned industrial action. The union had previously opposed the Scheme of Service issued by the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) for polytechnics across the country. In a statement by ASUP President Comrade Shammah Kpanja, the union expressed its concerns over the NBTE’s scheme, which…
Plateau federal lawmaker, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, gave his teenage daughter a brand new SUV to celebrate her graduation from secondary school. Gadgi took to Facebook on Saturday, July 20, to celebrate his daughter. He shared photos of the graduand and wrote: “Today, I attended my amazing daughter’s graduation ceremony. Watching you, my…
The National President of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Aminu Maifata, has assured Nigerians that local government administrators will prioritise primary healthcare and basic education. He made this promise at the opening of the 48th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of ALGON in Lafia, Nasarawa State. This meeting marks the first gathering…
On Monday, July 8, NYSC spokesman Eddy Megwa reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to providing accurate information. Megwa clarified that while there is no new package, corps members will indeed benefit from the new minimum wage. He expressed disappointment over some media outlets’ misrepresentation of facts during the NYSC Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed’s visit…
The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has accepted 16 years as the admission age into tertiary institutions for the 2024/2025 academic session. Mamman who had earlier pegged the admission age of undergraduates to 18, however made a u-turn after protests from stakeholders at the 2024 policy meeting organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has disclosed that some tertiary institutions in the country illegally admitted over one million students. JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at the ongoing policy meeting on 2023/2024 admissions. The policy meeting, which has heads of tertiary institutions in the country, and other…
The Nigeria Police, Federal Capital Territory, FCT Command, on Thursday stopped the Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, from embarking on protest in Abuja. As soon as the leadership of JAC started addressing members for the protest…
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Thursday announced a ban on admissions for candidates under the age of 18 into tertiary institutions in the country. Mamman announced during the 2024 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. “JAMB is hereby notified that there is now a ban on underaged students, those…
Students of the University of Ibadan have protested against a hike in school fees and other issues. The visibly angry students moved in large numbers to all the entrances of the institution and blocked them. Both academic and non-academic staff were locked outside the gates. After blocking all the entrances, they moved from one faculty…
The Members of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) at the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic in Lafia, Nasarawa State, have joined a nationwide protest against the newly introduced Scheme of Service (SOS) for Polytechnic staff by the Federal Government. The national leadership of ASUP issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to suspend the…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced a farewell gift of N100, 000 for each corps member departing the camp and a sum of N100 million for the NYSC support staff. He announced this while speaking at the NYSC Passing-Out Parade/Closing Ceremony for the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream I Corps Members, held at the…
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Tuesday said the Federal Government has no plans to sell universities to private investors. Mamman clarified this at the Second Quarterly Engagement of the ministry with heads of units and chief executive officers of parastatals and agencies under the ministry. However, the Academic Staff Union of Universities…
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has suspended the implementation of the Draft 2024 Schemes of Service for Polytechnics until all discrepancies are addressed. Professor Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary of NBTE, made this announcement during a news briefing in Kaduna. He noted that several areas required amendments, including issues related to the treatment…
The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, has mandated the immediate closure of Saint Academy in Busa Buji, Jos, following a tragic building collapse that resulted in the deaths of 22 students and injuries to over 130 others. Governor Mutfwang issued the order on Saturday morning during his visit to the site of the disaster….
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has urged the Federal Government to ensure that beneficiaries of the student loan funds are not plunged into huge debts. The governor gave the charge on Tuesday while hosting a delegation from the leadership and management of the Nigeria Education Loans Fund (NELFUND) at his office in Osogbo. According to…
The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State, Prof. Armaya’u Bichi, has alleged that some of the university’s staff were serving as informants to the bandits. Bichi, who disclosed this to newsmen in Katsina on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, said that the contacts of the suspected staffers were given to a security agency for…
