Edu News Tertiary institutions

U.S. Don to give the 54th convocation lecture at UNILAG

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 3, 2024

On Tuesday, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) released a schedule of events for its 54th convocation. The convocation talk is expected to be delivered by Dr. Toyin Falola, a history professor at the University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. This was stated in a newsletter that the

Edu News

Wisdom University’s Africa Campus gets new vice chancellor

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 3, 2024

Prof. Olumuyiwa Babalola has been named vice chancellor of Wisdom University, United States, Africa Campus, Nigeria, by the Management Board. A statement from Wisdom University states that the institution operates on the guiding principles of its explicit vision, mission, goals, and objectives in order to maximize positive effects and outcomes in the academic domain. The

Edu News

UNILESA VC pushes for better welfare and compensation of healthcare workers

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 3, 2024

Professor Taiwo Asaolu, the vice chancellor of the University of Ilesa (UNILESA), has pushed for improved benefits and compensation for healthcare workers. Asaolu also rejected the notion that medical graduates ought to be required to work in the nation for a certain amount of years following graduation prior to being allowed to move overseas. Speaking […]

Edu News

Japa: Lagos to construct a 1500-capacity medical university

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 3, 2024

The Lagos state government is set to construct a medical institution this year with the goal of graduating 1,500 doctors annually in an effort to counteract the massive exodus of physicians and other medical professionals. The new university’s construction would start and finish this year, according to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who made this announcement while

Edu News

Priority must be given to scholarships to make student loans work – Don

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 2, 2024

In order to ensure the success of its student loan programme, the Federal Government has been encouraged to give priority to student scholarships. At the 10-day 113th Islamic Vacation Course (IVC), which was sponsored by the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit, the Deputy Rector of Academics at Yaba College of Technology, […]

Edu News Tertiary institutions

Full list of blacklisted international universities in Nigeria

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 2, 2024

On Tuesday, the Federal Ministry of Education, a branch of the Federal Government, declared that the Republic of Benin and Togo’s degree credentials would no longer be evaluated or accredited. The ministry stated that the action it took was in response to an undercover investigation by a Nigerian publication that revealed the operations of a […]

Edu News

Kano State government to involve wealthy individuals in education funding

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 2, 2024

According to the Kano State Government, plans have been finalised to approach wealthy individuals for financial contributions towards crucial infrastructure that will enhance the quality of basic education in the state. This was stated by Governor Abba Yusuf on Tuesday in Kano when he welcomed media organisation heads at his office. He said the move […]

Edu News Scholarships

FG invites Nigerian students to apply for Mauritius scholarship

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 2, 2024

The Federal Government of Nigeria stated on Tuesday that Nigerian students have until April 19, 2024, to apply for scholarships in Mauritius. This announcement was made by the Federal Ministry of Education and was endorsed by the Federal Scholarship Board Management. “The Mauritius Ministry of Education Science and Technology is inviting application from eligible Nigerian

Edu News

States’ inability to access N68bn UBEC fund is criminal – NAPTAN, NANS

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 2, 2024

The failure of certain state governments to access a grant of approximately N68 billion from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has been characterised by certain critical stakeholders in the education system as criminal. They claim that the basic education sector faces numerous challenges, some of which such an amount can help to partially address. As of

Edu News

FG to fund school feeding programmes with N100 billion in 2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 2, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has revealed that the recently approved 2024 budget includes a N100 billion provision for school food programmes for students nationwide in an effort to encourage attendance in schools and lessen the problem of out-of-school children. He made this revelation at the State House in Abuja when the 2024 appropriations bill was signed […]

Edu News JAMB News

Over 4,000 PWDs to receive free registration forms for the 2024 UTME

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 2, 2024

Acknowledgment has been given to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for their initiative of offering free application forms to students with disabilities who want to sit for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), as long as they have five O-level credits. Through this programme, an estimated 4,000 people with disabilities are expected

Edu News Tertiary institutions

Unilorin extends Post-UTME registration to Jan. 31

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 1, 2024

KWARA (Sundiata Post) – The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) has extended the Post-UTME registration of the institution to Jan. 31 .A statement signed by Mr Mansur Alfanla, the Registrar of the university on Monday announced that this is arising from demands from some concerned parents and candidates. He explained that the institution decided to graciously […]

Edu News

Old students implore the government to prioritise local languages in schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 1, 2024

The Federal Government has been urged to give local language use in schools at all levels of the nation top priority by former students of Government Secondary School (GSS) Ilorin, Kwara State. Global statistics, they reasoned, demonstrated that teaching universal languages, such as English, in developing country schools “reduces children’s assimilation because

Edu News Tertiary institutions

UNIZIK commends Tinubu for his endeavours to enhance university education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 1, 2024

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received praise from the administration of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), located in Awka, Anambra State, for his reforms aimed at enhancing higher education. It issued a warning to those deemed troublemakers to desist from interfering with school matters, stating that “they’re trying to cause confusion.” The reaction

Edu News

50 Ondo indigent students receive scholarships from NGO

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 1, 2024

A total of 50 indigent secondary school students in Ondo State have received scholarships from the DOW Education and Mentoring Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO). Cheques for the cost of tuition, uniforms, sandals, school bags, textbooks, and note books were given to the indigent students who were chosen from a variety of secondary schools throughout […]

Edu News

MFM offers 50 students scholarships and trains 60 women in fashion design

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 31, 2023

A total of 60 women have received fashion design training from Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), located in Akure, Ondo State’s Mega Region 1, South West 4, and Akure. The graduates of the programme also received complimentary sewing machines. 50 indigent students also received full scholarships. As part of the festivities honouring the […]

Edu News

Rector urges Gov. Lawal to save Abdu Gusau Poly after years of neglect

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 31, 2023

Dr. Surajo Abdullahi Shinkafi, the Rector of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic Talata Mafara in the state of Zamfara, has made an appeal to Governor Dauda Lawal’s rescue mission for infrastructure and human resources, claiming that the institution has been neglected for years by the state’s successive governments. When Shinkafi received the visitation panel from the

Edu News

Old students reunite to support Katsina alma mater with learning tools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 30, 2023

KATSINA – In order to provide the college with educational resources, the old students of Government Day Secondary School, Kofar Yandaka, in Katsina State, reunited for the second time after graduating in 1983. Alhaji Ali Aliyu-Saulawa, the chairman of the Class of ’83 Old Boys Association, revealed this to reporters in Katsina on Friday during […]

Edu News

Old students seek public-private sector collaboration to tackle falling education standard

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 30, 2023

Badagry (Lagos State) – Iworo Ajido Model College alumni have advocated for public-private partnerships to address the nation’s declining educational standards. They issued the demand on Friday during the Iworo Ajido Model College Old Students’ Association’s 2023 Annual General Meeting and Reunion in Badagry. Professor Olusegun Whenu, an alumnus and

Edu News Tertiary institutions

VC promises Sule Lamido University a conducive learning environment

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 30, 2023

DUTSE – Prof. Muhammad Yakasai, the recently appointed Vice-Chancellor of Jigawa’s state-owned Sule Lamido University Kafinhausa, has promised to implement measures that would improve employee welfare in order to provide efficient services. Shortly after receiving his appointment letter from Malam Bala Ibrahim, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), in