Education: Abia’s Ikpeazu makes new appointments
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has approved the appointment of Mr. Christopher C. Osuagwu as Acting Executive Secretary of the Secondary Education Management Board (SEMB). The appointment was...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Nigerian govt expresses concern over WAEC candidate contracting...
The Federal Government has expressed concern over cases of infection amongst some students sitting for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSSCE), restating the need for more...
View ArticleWASSCE 2020: WAEC clears air on leaked question papers
The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has insisted that none of its question papers for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has been leaked. This year’s...
View ArticleReopen now – Trump tells American universities
United States President Donald Trump has urged more universities to reopen. Noting that COVID-19 is very dangerous for older people, Trump said youths are less at risk. “For university students, the...
View ArticleUNILAG: Buhari orders VC Ogundipe, Wale Babalakin to step aside
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Wale Babalakin and the Vice Chancellor, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, to step aside. Ben Goong,...
View ArticleBREAKING: Acting UNILAG VC, Soyombo steps down
The acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Omololu Soyombo has finally stepped down. This is coming after the Federal Government on Friday directed that the VC, who was appointed by...
View ArticleCOVID-19: FG has no plans for re-opening of universities – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has maintained it will not suspend the ongoing strike action. National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi said this during a stakeholder’s...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Poly Ibadan directs staff to resume three months after closure
The Polytechnic Ibadan, on Sunday, ordered some academic and non-academic staff in the institution to resume work. DAILY POST reports that this is coming after several weeks of closure. The institution...
View ArticleProf. Ogunsola elected UNILAG’s acting VC
The Senate of the University of Lagos has elected Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution. According to the Nation, Ogunsola polled 135 votes compared to Prof. Ben...
View ArticleNigerian govt gives updates on reopening of tertiary institutions
The Minister of Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, on Monday, gave updates on reopening of tertiary institutions in the country. Nwajiuba, speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on...
View ArticleUNILAG crisis: Senate withdraws suit against Babalakin, others
The Senate of the University of Lagos State (UNILAG) on Monday filed an application at the National Industrial Court to discontinue a suit challenging the removal of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the...
View ArticleCOVID-19: WASSCE candidate tests positive in Akwa Ibom
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Udom, on Monday, said that a candidate of the West Africa Examination Council Examination has tested positive to coronavirus. Speaking during a media chat in...
View Article‘We’ve a school with 18,000 pupils in Yobe, we need more school structures’–...
The Executive Chairman, Yobe State Universal Basic Education Board, (SUBEB), Prof. Musa Alabe has said the problems of basic education in the state is overpopulation and low enrolment. Prof. Alabe...
View Article659 retrenched teachers kick over Adamawa govt’s handling of court order
Over six hundred retrenched teachers in Adamawa State are kicking against a lull in the move by the government to execute a court judgement in their favour. The affected teachers who were recruited by...
View ArticleUNILAG: Buhari names John Momoh council chairman, as Ogunsola becomes first...
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Chairman, Channels TV, John Momoh, as acting chairman of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Governing Council. He is the president of UNILAG Alumni...
View ArticleExam script of COVID-19 candidates will be kept in special bank – WAEC
Head, West African Examination Council (WAEC), Mr Patrick Areghan, has given updates on candidates infected with the COVID-19. Areghan advised students battling COVID-19 and writing the ongoing...
View ArticleWASSCE 2020: Bauchi govt receives list of 200 candidate excluded from list
Bauchi State Commissioner for Education, Dr Aliyu Tilde, on Thursday, disclosed that over 200 students in public schools had their names expunged and substituted with ineligible candidates writing this...
View ArticleJAMB delists 22 CBT centres, gives reason [See names]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted over 22 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres for allegedly defrauding 11,823 of its candidates to the tune of N59 million. Prof. Ishaq...
View ArticleEducation: Why North is backward – Report
A research by Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation has revealed why the North is backward in education. At the presentation on Thursday, the research group headed by former Minister of Education, Prof....
View ArticleSPN condemns NUT over call for reintroduction of education levies in Oyo schools
Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Oyo State chapter, has condemned the call for the reintroduction of education levies in public schools in the state by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). DAILY POST...
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