Rivers State Governor , Nyesom Wike has sacked the Vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University , Prof Blessing Chimezie Didia with immediate effect. Also relieved of his appointment is the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), Professor Magnus Oruwari. Accordingly, Governor Wike has approved the appointment of Professor Opuenebo B. Owei, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) as […]
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A group within the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, have called on Governor Godwin Obaseki to revisit the strange fire that gutted the State Ministry of Education in June 2013, during the administration of former Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Leader of the group, Baba Franco, said the call became necessary, following the failure of […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday described the President Muhammadu Buhari’s policy on education as not only wicked but criminal . It accused the All Progressives Congress government of a deliberate plan to starve public education with funds in order to deny Nigerian youths the right to know and challenge misrule. In a […]
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Driven by the desire to provide quality education, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has announced the total abolition of all forms of fees and levies in public primary and secondary schools across the state. Governor Wike directed State-Owned Primary and Secondary Schools to stop collecting fees and levies from students and pupils with immediate effect. […]
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The Presidency on Friday dismissed media report that the Federal Government had concluded arrangements to ban the Almajiri system of education. The Almajiri system of education is a form of Qur’anic learning system associated with begging on economic and religious grounds peculiar to some Northern states. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the […]
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UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Monday, joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Day of the African Child. The day which has been set aside by the United Nations to celebrate children in Africa, recognises the courage of students who marched for […]
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Key stakeholders in federal universities across the country on Tuesday pegged 160 as the minimum bench mark for admission of candidates for the 2019/2020 academic year. The decision was reached at Joint 19th Policy Meeting on Admissions to tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The event held in Gbongan, Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given out N65 million to 11 universities in Nigeria to boost the telecommunication sector. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Umar Danbatta, made this known at the presentation of award letters to the winning universities. Mr Danbatta said that the award was in recognition of the role of the […]
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Law Graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) say they are yet to know their fate of gaining admission into the Nigerian Law School in spite the Presidential assent to NOUN Amendment Act. Mr Carl Umegboro, Chairman of the Law Graduates Forum, NOUN, said this in an interview with the News Agency of […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has not published the national and general minimum cut-off marks for placement of candidates into the nation’s tertiary institutions as being speculated in some quarters. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on […]
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