Education

By Toby Prince Kano state government has declared the full implementation of free and compulsory primary and secondary schools education policy with the immediate proscription of all levies and fees in public schools. Besides, the…
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By Aishat Salihu The free education policy declared by Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has been ignored by some school principals in the state as new students are made to pay N22,795 as tuition fees. Recall that the…
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Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has approved the immediate promotion of 6,709 primary school teachers who had not been promoted for over 10 years. Mr Matawalle made this known in Gusau, the state capital on Tuesday while…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator in Kano State, Ladan Baba, says no fewer than eight foreign graduates were refused registration due to incomplete and inconsistent documents. Mr Baba revealed this on Monday during the…
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By Toby Prince The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Shuaibu Ibrahim, says some corps members would have “remained as local champions”, if not for the “pragmatic approach of the scheme”. Ibrahim was speaking…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The management of the Benue State University, BSU has shut down the university, ordering students to vacate the school with immediate effect. The management of the institution gave the directive in a press release…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The University of Ibadan has lifted its ban on students' union activities two years after a suspension. According to an official of the institution, Tunji Oladejo, the Senate reached a concensus during its meeting…
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The management of University of Ibadan (UI) has lifted the ban placed on student union activities in the institution. Following a protest on May 30, 2017, the University Senate, under the leadership of Prof. Idowu Olayinka, the…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The authorities of Covenant University have increased the tuition payable by new students admitted for the 2019/2020 academic session. The faith-based tertiary institution affiliated with the Living Faith Church…
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By Aishat Salihu Following the reports making rounds on social media that the University of Abuja has the highest number of unaccredited courses, officials say 49 out of the 50 academic programmes of the University have been accredited…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has directed its members not to resume for the first term of 2019/2020 academic session on September 2nd, 2019. It said the resumption date for schools in the state was September…
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No fewer than 25 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps, who allegedly reported to various orientation camps with fake certificates, have been apprehended by the scheme and handed over to the police for prosecution. Our…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Hopes of scholarship for over 140 students of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), may have been dashed more than a year after they staked N2,000 each to access a scholarship fund. The purported scholarship is…
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By Toby Prince The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cancelled the unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) result of Kingsley Unekwe for allegedly altering his score to meet the cut-off points to study…
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By Aishat Salihu The Director-General National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said that 4,644,808 Nigerians have participated in the scheme since its inception in 1973. Brig-Gen Ibrahim, stated this on…
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The Plateau State University, Bokkos, will start a Faculty of Health Sciences and a Faculty Law in 2020, the Vice-Chancellor, Yohanna Izam, has said. Mr Izam told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Bokkos that the arrangements…
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No fewer than 24 students of Bayero University (BUK) Kano, mostly in their final year of studies were expelled from the university for falsification of their entry qualifications. The spokesperson for the university, Lamara Garba,…
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By Aishat Salihu ‎The Federation of Ekiti State Students’ Union (FESSU), Ekiti State University (EKSU) chapter, on Thursday appealed to Governor Kayode Fayemi, to checkmate activities of the security operatives within and outside the…
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By Ene Onoja A serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member has become the toast of Nigerians after drawing the attention of the body after being overpaid in the month of July. Muhammad Abubakar reportedly received his monthly…
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By Aishat Salihu Female students of the University of Uyo have taken to the school premises to protest for safety in their hostel after they were reportedly attacked by armed robbers twice in three days. It was gathered that a young…
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The Management of the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation has promised to offer training for Corps Members on Agro-Allied related ventures. It said Nigerians must support NYSC to create jobs for the teeming youth through Skill…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said the National Hajj Commission has requested the details of some top-scoring candidates in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to perform the holy…
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A 16-year-old Nigerian girl, Ugboaja Chizobam Stephany, has emerged the youngest best candidate ever recorded by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The Imo-born teenager graduated from the Jesuit Memorial College in Port…
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By ThankGod Ogala The fire has gutted a hostel at the University of Lagos, Yaba-Akoka, Lagos. The inferno started at Room A 202 when the occupants were not available. The incident made the institution's postgraduate students scamper…
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Friday, released of this year’s May/June WASSCE. The council, while confirming the release, urged candidates not indebted to the council to access and check their results online via the…
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Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, said on Wednesday that collaboration between the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given credibility to Nigeria’s elections. Gowon…
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By Aishat Salihu The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has slated Friday for the release of the May/June result to school candidates. This was revealed in a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs, Demianus Ojijeogu on…
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By Toby Prince The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Shuaibu Ibrahim, has condemned the quality of some foreign graduates presenting themselves for mobilisation. The NYSC boss revealed that some of these 'so…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The National Open University of Nigeria has secured a grant of N90 million from Tertiary Education Trust Fund for research work in the institution. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdalla Adamu who…
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By Toby Prince Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State recently vacated office for Daniel Adaramodu. Adaramodu is a pupil of Saint Michael’s African Primary School, Ado-Ekiti. Fayemi handed him the opportunity to briefly become…
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