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NITDA suggests that NELFUND integrate digital skills for students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

The National Information Development Agency (NITDA) has proposed that the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) offer short digital skills training to students. Mr Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General of NITDA, made this statement during a visit to their Abuja office by the NELFUND team, led by

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Lagos conference to explore innovation and AI in education sector

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

Over 200 stakeholders will gather in Lagos to explore higher education innovation in the age of artificial intelligence in the education industry. The conference is scheduled for Friday, March 22nd at the Landmark Events Centre on Victoria Island, Lagos. The theme for this Reimagine Education (RIE) event is “What a Transformative Education Can Do for […]

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Borno govt orders primary and secondary schools to close at noon

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

The Borno State Ministry of Education has asked primary and secondary schools to modify their calendars and timing. Alhaji Mustapha Bukar, State Director of School Services in the ministry, indicated that the modification is due to the fasting season, adding that “schools should now close by noon, instead of 1.30 p.m. “In light of the […]

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Medical Council inducts 74 new graduates of Babcock University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

Yesterday, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) inducted 74 doctors from Babcock University’s Ben Carson College of Health and Medical Sciences in Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. Out of the new recruits, 16 had distinctions, and two were granted certificates of excellence for having seven distinctions in courses such as Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pathology,

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TETFund approves legislative drafting textbook for Nigerian universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved the printing and distribution of 2,000 copies of a legislative drafting textbook across all Nigerian universities. The book “A Workbook on Legislative Drafting in Nigeria” is written by Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, Nigeria’s premier legal scholar in legislative drafting. Dr. Jaja is the first Nigerian

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400-level Abia University student dies during cult clash

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

The Abia State Government revealed on Monday that an Abia State University student died following a cult clash over the weekend. Following the week’s State Executive Council meeting chaired by the state governor, Alex Otti, the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Okey Kanu, briefed reporters on Monday, saying, “It has come to the notice of […]

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NSSEC aims to improve quality of senior secondary school education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

The National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) has stated its commitment to improving the quality of teaching and learning in senior secondary schools. This occurred at a two-day workshop in Abuja for important schedule officials from chosen federal unity colleges and state senior secondary schools. The commission emphasised the importance of addressing the

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Uba Sani vows to rescue the students kidnapped by bandits in Kaduna

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

Governor Uba Sani has committed to return all of the pupils kidnapped by robbers on Thursday in Kuriga, Chikun LGA, Kaduna. The governor made the vow while visiting the community to express his condolences over the disaster. He did, however, say that the overall number of people kidnapped had not been determined, but the government […]

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TETFund allocates N25 billion to upgrade lab equipments and workshops in higher institutions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc Sonny Echono, has revealed that the Fund has set aside N25 billion to upgrade equipment in laboratories and workshops at public universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education across the country. He added that this provision is part of the 2024 intervention budget, which addresses […]

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SSANU and NASU declare a seven-day warning strike over withheld salaries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 11, 2024

On Monday, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union announced a seven-day warning strike. The unions stated the proclamation was issued to demand that the Federal Government pay its members’ withholding salary for four months following the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of a resolution passed by the […]

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Police detains man for raping schoolgirl in Anambra

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 11, 2024

A middle-aged man named Onuora has been arrested by officers from the Inland Town Police Division in Onitsha, Anambra State, for allegedly raping a schoolgirl. Security personnel who had been tracking the suspect’s activities nabbed him at the Ado Girls Secondary School in Onitsha. According to a source, the guy had formed a pattern of […]

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Nasarawa University VC promises prompt completion of PhD programmes

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 11, 2024

Prof. Suleiman Mohammed, Vice Chancellor of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), has pledged to ensure the prompt completion of the institution’s Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes. Mohammed made the vow in Abuja on Monday at an event hosted by the university’s PhD students in Security and Strategic Studies, Course 5, to commemorate the completion of

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Tinubu set to launch students loan scheme on Thursday

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 11, 2024

President Bola Tinubu will launch the Student Loan Scheme on Thursday, according to information released by the Presidency. This was revealed on Sunday by Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu’s Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, during an appearance on TVC’s “Counting the Cost of Presidents Tinubu’s Reforms.” Ngelale states that the President will

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Dabiri-Erewa seeks additional support for revamping the education sector

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 11, 2024

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, head of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has urged Nigerians living abroad to invest in delivering quality education to out-of-school children in Nigeria. This, she said, will go a long way towards complementing the government’s efforts to reform the education sector. Dabiri-Erewa stated this during the IA Foundation Annual Charity

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Tinubu’s daughter is named Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Havilla University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 10, 2024

Mujidat Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, President Bola Tinubu’s daughter, has announced her appointment as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Havilla University in Nde Ikom, Cross Rivers State, Nigeria. She expressed her gratitude in a social media post and announced her new role to the public on her Twitter handle which is @iyalojasgeneral. Tinubu-Ojo, as

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Sokoto police confirm kidnapping of 15 students, woman

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 10, 2024

The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the kidnapping of 15 Islamic education students and a woman in Gidan Bakuso, a hamlet in the Gada Local Government Area of the state. ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, the command’s spokesperson, informed the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto that the kidnapping occurred early Saturday morning. He claimed that […]

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Polytechnic rector urges Tinubu to approve replacement of HND with B.Tech

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 10, 2024

Dr. (Engr.) Taofeek Adekunle Abdul-Hameed, Rector of the Federal Polytechnic in Ayede Ogbomosho, Oyo State, has encouraged President Bola Tinubu to replace the current Higher National Diploma (HND) with a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) to aid financially disadvantaged students across the country. During a recent live radio programme in Ibadan, Abdul-Hameed stated that a

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Abducted Ogun secondary school teacher regains his freedom

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 10, 2024

Adelowo Adegbenjo, a secondary school teacher who was kidnapped on Wednesday while going to his poultry farm after school, has regained his freedom. He was freed on Thursday night, after spending two days in the kidnappers’ den. Adegbenjo teaches at Alabata Community High School in Odeda, which is located on the Abeokuta-Ibadan Road in Ogun […]

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Parents of Nigerian scholars in Russia request Tinubu’s assistance

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 10, 2024

Some of the parents of Nigerian scholars studying in Russia have been increasingly frustrated, and over the weekend, they made an appeal to President Bola Tinubu to look into the reasons for the nine-month delay in the monthly allowance payments to the students in different Russian locations. The Federal Scholarship Board oversees the Bilateral Education […]

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We are not owing teachers, says Plateau SUBEB

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 9, 2024

The Plateau Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) says it has paid all overdue primary school teachers’ salaries in the state. Mr Richard Jonah, the board’s Head of Public Relations, announced this in a statement issued on Saturday in Jos. Jonah explained that the action was part of Gov. Caleb Mutfwang’s administration’s commitment to promote the