Month: March 2024
The Senate has encouraged the federal ministry of education and its agencies, as well as other stakeholders, to collaborate on new ways to effectively address the issue of out-of-school children in Nigeria. The Senate decision came after plenary adopted a motion on “compelling the need to
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a claim filed by Ugochukwu Uchenwa, a Seventh-day Adventist Church member, to prevent elections and tests from taking place on Saturdays. Justice James Omotosho ruled on Wednesday that the suit was frivolous, vexatious, unpleasant, and without
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Katsina State branch, sponsored by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International, has filed a lawsuit against two colleges in Katsina State to dispute what they see as an infringement of their religious freedoms. The lawsuit claims that these
Abdullahi Sule, the Governor of Nasarawa State, handed 5,000 sacks of rice and N5,000 cash to tertiary students at the state’s College of Education Akwanga. This was announced in a brief statement on the governor’s verified Facebook page on Wednesday. According to the statement, Sule
The Federal Government has announced plans to establish student hostels in 36 academic schools across Nigeria, with a promise to build more after the initial set is ready. Sonny Echono, Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), made the announcement during a meeting
The Oyo State House of Assembly has asked the state’s executive branch to expedite efforts to improve school security. On Tuesday in Ibadan, the legislative body stated that urgent measures must be taken to strengthen security around the state’s public primary and secondary schools.
Prof. Babagana Zulum, the governor of Borno State, approved N1 billion for basic-level teacher training across the state’s 27 local government areas. Zulum revealed the approval Monday while inaugurating the newly appointed local government education secretary, who will be in charge of
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational Associated Institutions, and the National Association of Academic Technologists members of the University of Lagos staged a peaceful protest in front of the school’s gate on Wednesday. They
The Borno government claims to have made significant progress in tackling the problem of out-of-school children, lowering the number in the state from more than two million to 800,000. Mr Zulum made the announcement on Tuesday in Maiduguri, at the inauguration of 27 Local Government Education
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has barred a number of secondary schools in Abia State from taking the regional body’s exams due to involvement in examination malpractice. Uche Eme Uche, the Commissioner for Education, made the disclosure while briefing journalists in
The Brenthurst Foundation Machel-Mandela Internship Programme will be available full-time for a minimum of six months and the selected candidate will be expected to take up the appointment by 1 June 2024. The intern may be from South Africa or farther afield. They will be based at the
The Nigerian Women Association of Georgia, Inc. (NWAG), based in the USA, is committed to promoting education among Nigerian students.In line with this mission, NWAG is pleased to announce its scholarship program for 2024, aimed at supporting female undergraduates in Nigerian universities. The
Prof Florence Banku Obi, Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar, has guaranteed that the nationwide strike by members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) will not affect the institution’s 36th convocation. The
President Bola Tinubu has authorised the appointment of new members to the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education. Brig.-Gen. Lawal Ja’afar Isa, a retired general, will serve as the Commission’s Chairman of the Board, with Dr. Idris Sani serving as
2,814 primary and secondary schools have signed up for the Safe School Response initiative to protect their students and teachers from attacks. The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps launched the Safe School Response initiative in response to an increase in bandit attacks on schools.
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, stated that only 1% of Nigerians are enrolled in university study. Adesina made this statement during his remarks at the Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership 2024 award ceremony. Adesina, the award recipient, noted that
The National Association of Nigerian Students has stated that it is unrealistic to expect recipients of the Federal Government loan scheme to begin payback two years after completing the National Youth Service Corps. It argued that less than 10% of graduates are incorporated into the employment
In an effort to pressure the federal government to pay the four months’ worth of salaries that its members in the Federal Universities and Inter Universities Centres have had withheld, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the Senior
The 2024 Wilson and Yinka Badejo Foundation Nurturing Hearts Scholarship is available to young Nigerian undergraduate students. This year, a new scholarship category called “Nurturing Hearts” was established in honour of the co-founder, Rev. Mrs. Adeyinka Badejo. It is intended to
An official stated that in three years, the Federal Government’s collaboration with Lab Four, a U.S. Cybersecurity Institute, will create 50,000 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employment. This was said by Dr. Doris Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, on Monday in Abuja