Education

By Toby Prince The Federal Government may stop the release of funds for the payment of January salaries to federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. The move is part of measures aimed at ensuring the effective…
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By Toby Prince The Kwara State Government has banned religious groups from preaching in public schools across the state. A statement by the state’s Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Fatimoh Ahmed, directed…
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By Toby Prince Police in Enugu have begun investigating alleged suicide by a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state. Bolufemi Motunrayo, a Batch C NYSC member serving in Girls Secondary School, Ibagwa-Aka, was…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB and suspended the use of the National Identification Number as prerequisite for the registration of the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME. The…
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Large crowds have gathered at the office of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday to get their National Identification Number (NIN). The surge follows a directive by the Joint Admissions…
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Toby Prince with Agency reports Google on Wednesday announced the results of its ‘2019 Year in Search’ with Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) strike topping this year’s trending news search. Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade,…
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By Toby Prince A final year student of Kogi State University, Ayingba, has been killed. The Kogi state police command confirmed the death of Apeh Joseph - a student of English Education reportedly shot by gunmen inside an examination…
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By Toby Prince The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has vowed to sanction its members who enrolled in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), against its boycott order. ASUU said  it would sanction…
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By Toby Prince Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has insisted that payment of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), examination fees are the sole responsibility of parents in the state. Makinde made this declaration via a…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says Nigeria’s higher education sector is overburdened by population growth. Speaking at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja on Thursday during a public hearing on a bill to establish Modibbo Adama…
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Toby Prince with Agency reports The Minister for Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said he had no regrets siting the transportation University in Daura. Amaechi said this at the groundbreaking of the Transportation University in…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has questioned the Federal Government over the non-inclusion of federal agencies such as the Federal Inland Revenue Services, Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigeria…
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By Bukola Olasanmi  The National Youth Service Corps has arrested a 200-level student who allegedly obtained a fake degree certificate and was undergoing the orientation exercise at the Zamfara State camp. Our correspondent learnt…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has revealed that the state government have concluded plans to release the sum of N500 million to offset part of the debt owing the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH),…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has expelled six students for allegedly assaulting another student. The expulsion was communicated by Adegbenro Adebanjo, deputy director of corporate communications…
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By Toby Prince The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has expelled six students for allegedly assaulting another student. Deputy director of corporate communications, Adegbenro Adebanjo, made this known on Tuesday.…
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The management of Delta Polytechnic, Ozoro, has banned the use of face caps by students on campus. The rector of the polytechnic, Job Akpodiete, gave this order at the weekend shortly after the burning of more than 5,000 face caps seized…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The Emir of Kano, and Chancellor, University of Benin, Muhammed Sanusi II, has called on the federal government to honour all agreements it entered into with the Association Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The House of Representatives has called on all tertiary institutions in the country to stop collecting acceptance fees from newly admitted students. Honourable Chinedu Emeka Martins who moved the motion on the floor…
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By Attah Michael Onazi The management of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has issued indefinite suspension to six of her undergraduates for allegedly beateing up a fellow student after she was accused of gossiping them.…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The Accademic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has vowed to engage the Federal Government in a relentless war over its insistent that members of the Union enrol on the Integrated Payroll Information System (IPPIS).…
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By Attah Michael Onazi A renewed clash between two confraternity groups in University of Benin has resulted to the death of eight persons in the state. The deadly confrontation started a week ago when a 200-level social science…
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By Toby Prince Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State has made the Igbo language a compulsory subject across schools in the state. The state commissioner for education, Viola Onwuliri, announced this during the matriculation ceremony of…
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By Toby Prince Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, approved the release of the sum of N526 million as running costs for the 2,500 primary schools and about 640 secondary schools owned by the state government. The state…
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By Toby Prince Yobe State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has said that the state has adopted Hausa language as a medium for teaching pupils in primary schools. SUBEB Chairman in Yobe, Goni Ibrahim, disclosed this to newsmen…
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By Aishat Salihu The management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, on Monday, announced the date for online registration of prospective 2019 batch C corps members. The scheme also announced the closing date for online…
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By Toby Prince The federal government is working on how to “disengage” over 200,000 beneficiaries of the government social intervention programme dubbed N-Power, an official has said. Maryam Uwais, senior special assistant to the…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Jubilation erupted in Kaduna on Monday after Mallam Nasir el-Rufai-led government announced that it has procured N302 million worth of textbooks for distribution to public schools across the state. This was contained…
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By Toby Prince Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State on Friday hosted a schoolboy who impressed him during the 2019 Independence Day celebration to breakfast. David Uchechukwu's video making a remarkable presentation during the…
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By Toby Prince Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammadu Sanusi 11, has commended Governor Umar Ganduje’s new Free and Compulsory Education policy. He congratulated the governor for the initiative, describing it as “greatest moves for serving…
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