Day: December 14, 2023
ENUGU – Many lecturers in the Nigeria’s universities have expressed worry over the shortage of manpower in universities across the country, saying that the situation has posed a serious challenge to education system. Overworked lecturers A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
BAUCHI – Rahila Garba, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Bauchi State, dedicated a block of two classrooms worth N3.5 million at Gudun Hausawa Primary School, which is located close to the state metropolis. Garba, who works for the Office of the Head of
ILE-IFE (Osun) – The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), located in Ile-Ife, has announced that Chisom Nwankwo, a final-year student, died in a car accident on campus. The deceased was a Public Relations Officer at the institution and a student studying Agricultural Economics at the Faculty
BIRNIN KEBBI – According to Prof. Mohammed Ahmadu, the Vice Chancellor of Rayhaan University in Kebbi, the new private university will offer 15 degrees that have been recognised by the National Universities Commission (NUC) when it opens for activities in January 2024. This was disclosed
MINNA – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has received praise from the Federal Ministry of Education for purchasing facilities that would increase the effectiveness of administering reliable exams. The facilities were inaugurated on Saturday at the NECO Headquarters in Minna by the
IBADAN – To revolutionise teaching and learning at their alma mater, former students of Methodist High School, Ibadan, have unveiled a medium- and long-term development plan. During their first-ever big reunion and gala night in Ibadan on Saturday, the old students revealed the plan. Dr.
ENUGU – Many lecturers in Nigerian universities have voiced concern over the lack of students in universities throughout the nation, claiming that the condition has created a significant obstacle for the country’s educational system. Due to a lack of academic staff, a survey
ILORIN – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) has been urged to assist Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, as well as other private universities in Nigeria, by Alhaja Sekinat Yusuf, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council at the university. At the institution’s 13th Convocation on
KADUNA: Information, communications, and technology (ICT) and digital literacy training for 8,500 teachers has been initiated by the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB). The State University (KASU), which provided the ICT centre, and Better Education Service Delivery for All
DUTSE – The train-the-trainers initiative for School Based Management Committees (SBMCs) and Community-Based Management Committees (CBMCs) has formally started, thanks to the collaboration of UNICEF and Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). At the launch, Hajiya Umma
IBADAN – On December 15, during its 2023 graduation ceremony, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, will officially open a 72-room office facility that was constructed with its own internally-generated revenue (IGR). During the occasion, the institution’s radio station—which has an operating
ORON (Akwa Ibom) – According to Rear Admiral Francis Akpan (rtd), effective administration will improve the nation’s blue economy going forward. In a speech he gave on Tuesday at the Maritime Lecture for the 2023 Cadets graduation conducted at the Maritime Academy, Oron, Akpan made
KATSINA – The Nigeria Foundation for the Support of Victims of Terrorism has awarded N25.1 million in scholarships 130 exceptional but underprivileged students of Katsina State studying in nine tertiary institutions in the state. The recipients must have attained a cumulative grade point
IBADAN – The University of Ibadan’s security staff has apprehended a 200-level student in the Faculty of Law after he is suspected of raping a 100-level colleague on campus. According to information obtained, the student had been reported to the school officials for committing a
Badagry (Lagos State) – On Wednesday, Mr. Olusegun Onilude, the chairman of the Badagry Local Government Council, gave bursary awards to 200 indigenous students attending various tertiary institutions in the area. At the council secretariat in Ajara, Badagry, Onilude gave the bursary
ILORIN – Prof. Wahab Egbewole, the vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin, has urged the nation’s affluent citizens to always help the less fortunate, particularly impoverished students. During the official cheque presentation to the 2022 scholarship beneficiaries in Ilorin on
Ashimiyu Olaniyi, a former Nigerian ambassador to Pakistan, has issued a challenge to higher education institutions to generate graduates who can act as change agents and lead the country towards a bright future. Olaniyi made the statement on Wednesday during his talk at The Polytechnic’s