Education

A UK-based varsity Leeds Trinity University has appointed a Nigerian Prof. Charles Egbu as its vice-chancellor. Egbu will resume the position on November 1, 2020 after Prof. Margaret House steps down following her seven-year reign as…
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The Senate has passed a bill seeking to upgrade the Auchi Polytechnic into a university, City University of Technology. The upper house, on Wednesday, also approved the establishment of two other tertiary institutions in the country;…
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Mr Castro Ezama, the Special Adviser to Gov. Ben Ayade on Education, says Cross River is equal to the task as it concerns the Federal Government’s guidelines on school resumption. Ezama expressed the readiness of the state to implement…
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The Federal Government has announced that Nigerian students will not write the forthcoming West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations. Minister of education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists…
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The Federal Government has put on hold the planned resumption of federal schools. It also said emphatically that no school would participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations. Minister of Education,…
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The U.S. Government says foreign students will not be allowed to remain in the country if their institutions move classes fully online. In a statement on Monday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said affected students…
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The Federal Government has announced that the disinfection of schools against the spread of COVID-19 in preparation for the resumption of class activities will begin on Tuesday. The Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood, disclosed…
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The Federal Government has announced that the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination will hold from August 4th to September 5th 2020. The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, stated this on Monday…
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The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has announced the commencement of enrolment for a new batch of N-Power beneficiaries effective June 26. A statement from the Ministry says the…
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The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), has matriculated 15, 000 students admitted into 78 study centres in the country. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdalla Adamu, has called on the students to rise up to the challenges of the…
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The Cross River State Government has said a “trial resumption of schools” would commence on June 16,. State Commissioner for Education, Godwin Amanke, in a statement, said, “Students will wear face masks and face shields to school. Once…
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The Federal Government says it is considering morning and afternoon classes as part of strategies to reopen schools across the country shut because of the coronavirus pandemic. Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said on…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Federal Government has once again reiterated that its plan to feed school children at home is not a scam. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, spoke on Thursday. Many…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of Charles Uwakwe as registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO). Uwakwe had been suspended since May 2018 after which a panel was constituted to probe the allegations of…
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A Nigerian, Timi Adelakun, who graduated with 5.604 GPA has become the first black valedictorian and the graduating student with the highest grade points ever recorded at a United States’ high school. The 18-year-old graduated from South…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Kashim Ibrahim-Imam as chairman, board of trustees (BoT) of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). Adama Adamu, minister of education, broke news of the appointment in a…
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The Federal Government had said that the home grown school feeding programme will commence on May 14. The programme seeks to provide food for beneficiaries of school feeding programme while they stay at home. While imposing a lockdown…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Federal Government says it has initiated the process of decontaminating and disinfecting schools across the country before reopening them for academic activities. Minister of the Environment, Muhammad…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Presidency on Tuesday made clarifications on school resumption following the gradual relaxation of the lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Recall that Buhari…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the nationwide broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday over the COVID-19 pandemic in the country was not rich enough. The president of the union,…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Federal Ministry of Education has appealed to Nigerians to ignore reports in circulation that claim the Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, has directed the reopening of schools. The spokesperson of the ministry,…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The National Association of the Parent-Teacher Association has admitted that the Federal Government may face serious challenge maintaining the School Feeding Programme at home during the lockdown period. President…
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By Bukola Olasanmi National Association of Nigerian Students, Ogun State chapter, Bamgbose Tomiwa, has said the government shutting down schools nationwide in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic isn’t the right step to take. Tomiwa was…
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By Aishat Salihu The Academic Staff Union of Universities has commenced an indefinite strike. The union’s President, Biodun Ogunyemi, at a press briefing in its National Secretariat in Abuja on Monday, noted that the Federal…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Following the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria, Benue State Government has placed an embargo on academic activities in the state indefinitely. In a statement personally signed by the Commissioner for Education,…
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By Bukola Olasanmi  The trial of the former Chairperson of the Kwara State Scholarship Board, Hajia Fatimah Yusuf and two others continued on Wednesday with the second prosecution witness revealing how officials of the board forged…
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By Toby Prince The Federal Hovernment has declared the two-week warning strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as illegal. ASUU had announced the industrial action, on Monday, saying it is meant to compel the…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The four prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members kidnapped Monday night in Katsina State have been rescued, it has been learnt. They were rescued by the policemen in an operation that commenced…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has warned the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) to postpone the Batch A 2020 orientation camp. The Islamic group based its call on the coronavirus outbreak and appealed to the…
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By  Bukola Olasanmi Suspected kidnappers have abducted four Rufus Giwa Polytechnic graduates on their way to Zamfara State for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp. The victims made up of three male and a female…
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