The National Universities Commission (NUC), has ordered a closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the 2023 general elections. In a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centres, the regulatory agency for universities in Nigeria, noted that the directive was based on the directive of […]
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Presidential candidates from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) and Labour Party (LP) were locked in a debate on Sunday during the Arise TV presidential town hall series on ‘Education, healthcare, poverty and human capital.’ The presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar (PDP), Peter Obi (LP), and Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP), have proffered their respective solutions […]
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NIGERIA – The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, has said Nigerians do not have “good reasons” to be disappointed with the federal government over the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The minister spoke on Wednesday in an interview on Channels Television. Recall that ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi as Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examinations Council (NECO). Prof. Wushishi replaces Prof. Godswill Obioma who died on June 1, 2021. A statement by NECO’s spokesman, Mr Azeez Sani, said that Wushishi’s appointment was contained in a letter signed by education […]
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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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The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has advocated for the rights of the girl-child to education. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, The monarch made the call today in Kano while addressing the people of the state, shortly after he led the Eid prayer at the Kofar Mata Central Eid ground. He […]
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When she was selected to give the vote of thanks at the handover of a new block of classrooms to Olowo-Ira Primary School, Ikosi-Isheri, Lagos, in March, Blessing Ugbebor did not know it would change her fortunes for good. It was at that event organised by Mind Builders School, as part of its Corporate Social […]
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Muhammed Abubakar, the Pro-Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University Ilorin, has called on the Federal Government to review the legal instruments that currently excludes private universities from benefiting from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). Abubakar made the call on Saturday at the 8th convocation ceremony of the university in Ilorin. He said the request became imperative […]
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