TETFund urges universities to utilise research grants
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has assured that approvals for research grants would be doubled in 2021. TETFund Executive Secretary, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, said the approvals would be...
View ArticleTeachers protest in Rivers over non-payment of salaries for five years
Primary and secondary teachers of the Rivers State-owned Demonstration Schools Wednesday, occupied the entrance of the state government house in Port Harcourt in protest against the failure of the...
View ArticleJAMB announces new feature in UTME registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has announced a new feature in the ongoing registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The exam body in a...
View ArticleUNIBEN Bursar escapes kidnap attempt as gunmen kill NSCDC officer, cart away...
Mr. Victor Imagbe, Bursar of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, on Thursday escaped being kidnapped by some gunmen who invaded his private resident around Sapele Road, close to the Benin by-pass. Sources...
View ArticleSenate conducts public hearing on proposed tech-based Universities
Senate in its efforts to upgrade the Federal Polytechnics, Ilaro and Yaba College of Technology, Lagos to Universities of technology as well as grant legal status to the Nigeria French Village, Badagry...
View ArticleWorld Book Day: Bridge Schools Create Culture of Reading from Early Years
Every 23rd April in most places around the world, World Book Day is celebrated to promote the benefits of reading books, publishing and copyright. It was created by the United Nations Educational...
View ArticleWorld Book Day: EKOEXCEL pupils are accessing superior learning materials
As the world celebrates International World Book day on Friday 23 April, Lagos State Public Primary School pupils under the EKOEXCEL Programme, an initiative of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide...
View ArticleOndo varsity staff ends strike, recalls students to resume lectures
The Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, has directed its students to resume on April 26, for the 2019/2020 second semester lectures. Recall that the...
View ArticleASUP Strike: Auchi Poly postpones students’ resumption indefinitely
Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, has postponed resumption for the new academic session indefinitely. Registrar of the institution, Dr. Godwin Ihionkhan, made this known in a statement on Saturday. According...
View ArticleASUU, SSANU, others reject proscription by EKSU, says govt, management lack...
Saturday’s proscription of all workers unions by authorities of the Ekiti State University, (EKSU), Ado Ekiti over unresolved labour disputes has been rejected by the unions. Leaders of two of the...
View ArticleJAMB reschedules UTME Mock exams
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has postponed the 2021 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The exam, earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, 30th April has been...
View ArticleInsecurity fueling school apathy, increasing dropouts – UBEC boss, Bobboyi
The Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC Dr. Hamid Bobboyi has lamented the myriad of challenges marring the successes achieved in the education sub-sector. He flayed the...
View ArticleUTME candidates to be refunded for unsuccessful registration – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has promised to refund monies paid by candidates who were unable to generate profile codes due to poor network or delayed response from telecommunication...
View ArticleOgun: Students raise alarm over insecurity, threaten to shut down schools
Students in Ogun State have raised the alarm over the abduction and killing of students in different parts of the country, expressing fear that the ugly trend might spread to Ogun State. The fear of...
View ArticleFUOYE Governing Council sacks Odusanya as Registrar
Days after he was suspended from office over allegation of misconduct, the Governing Council of Federal University Oye-Ekiti has finally sacked the university’s Registrar, Mr. Olatunbosun Odusanya. The...
View ArticleFG’s investigative panel storms Akwa Ibom Poly over financial appropriation
The investigative panel on the financial appropriation in Federal Government owned tertiary institutions had arrived Ukana Federal polytechnic, Akwa Ibom State. The chairman visitation Panel to the...
View ArticleStay in school at your own risk – Ogun Poly sends students home over insecurity
The Management of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, has directed all students to vacate their residences and go home over rising cases of insecurity, saying any student who stays behind does so at his...
View ArticleEKOEXCEL: LASUBEB Completes Training for Fresh 2,000 Primary School Teachers
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) has completed the final phase of training for 2,000 newly recruited Primary School Teachers on the integration of technological devices for...
View ArticleNigeria can only develop if teacher quality improves – TRCN boss, Ajiboye
For Nigeria to improve on its developmental strides, it must sanitise, invest in and monitor its education sector. This is according to Prof Josiah Ajiboye, the Registrar, Teachers Registration Council...
View ArticleInsecurity: UniJos shuts students’ hostels over threats
The Management of the University of Jos, on Saturday, directed the closure of all its students’ hostels over security threats to the school. Mr Abdullahi Abdullahi, Deputy Registrar, Information and...
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