EDUCATION

Kwara reads riot act to substandard private school operators

Kwara State Government has issued a three-month ultimatum to all substandard and unregistered private schools in the state. The State Commissioner for Education and ...

Business mogul, Chief Onuokaibe backs Governor Mbahs educational innovations with N11.5 million

The Chief Executive officer of First Choice Afro Villa Ltd, Mburubu Construction Company Ltd, Nostra Lounge and Bar, and Lily Gold Fashion Home, Chief Jerry Patrick Onuokaibe has donat ...

Nigeria Accounts For 10% Of 1.8 Billion Young People Globally — Minister

  The Minister of Youth Development, Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim, has stated that Nigeria accounts for 10 percent of the 1.8 billion young people globally. The Minister, in a keynote addr ...

Cyril Ndifon: Court refuses to hear UNICAL professors bail plea as ICPC investigator testifies

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, declined to hear bail applications of Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, and his co-defendant ...

Police nab cafe operators for defrauding 300 Kaduna varsity students of N60m

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a syndicate of three internet fraudsters for defrauding unsuspecting students of Kaduna State University, KASU, of their tuition fees to th ...

Beehive School Celebrates 37 Years of Excellence in Education: Nurturing Minds, Shaping Futures

Beehive School, a beacon of quality education, proudly marks its 37th anniversary as an esteemed private co-educational crèche, nursery, and primary school. Since its founding in 1986 by Ms. ...

Latest JAMB CBT mock updates 2024

In recent developments, it has been gathered from Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) candidates that all available slots for the JAMB CBT mock exams in Lago ...

Canadas Province Bans International Students Admission To Tertiary Institutions For 2 Years

Canadas province, British Columbia, has announced a two-year ban on admitting international students to tertiary institutions in the province. Federal Immigration Minister, Marc Miller, sai ...

Kogi Poly matriculates 4,349 students, reiterates zero tolerance for cultism, gunrunning

The Kogi State Polytechnic has matriculated 4,349 students into the National Diploma, ND, and Higher National Diploma, HND, programmes of the institution for the 2024/2025 academic session.

State varsities protest House of Reps decision to halt N683bn TETFund intervention

The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities, COPSUN, has protested the decision of the House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, to ...

WAEC Begins Computer-based Examination Tomorrow

West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed that it is set to conduct its first computer based examination, West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) from Wednesday, ...

LASG Condoles With Family Of Lagos Student Flogged To Death By Teacher

The Lagos State Government has assured parents of late David Babadipo, an SS 1 student of Araromi-Ilogbo Senior Secondary School, Oko-Afo, Badagry, that it would unravel the actual cause of the st ...

8,285 Candidates Enrol For First Computer-Based WASSCE In Nigeria

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in Nigeria is set to conduct its first computer-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for private candidates. The ...

Business Platform Partners NYSC To Empower Corps Members

Founder of Stability and Sustenance Business and Entrepreneurship Platform, Melody Fidel, has partnered with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to train and empower corps members currently se ...

N17.8bn For Kwara Hotel Renovation Enough To Build New Varsity — Don

A University don, Dr. Uthman Oladele, has urged the Kwara State Government to reconsider its plans for the N17.8billion renovation of Kwara Hotel. Instead, he suggested that the substantial amount ...

No reason to introduce Chinese language in schools – LPs Eradiri tells Bayelsa govt

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, has called on the Douye Diri-led administration in the state to review its plan to introduce the C ...

Making The Student Loan Accessible For All Nigerians

The dream of pursuing higher education remains out of reach for many young Nigerians due to financial constraints. However, the tide is about to turn with the Federal Governments launch of ...

Nigerian Model, Amara Ezenwoye Bags Masters In UK University

Nigerian model , Amara Ezenwoye, is full of happiness following a giant academic accomplishment. She just concluded a Masters Degree in Strategic and Digital Marketing at the University of ...

179 AAU graduates inducted into Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria

One hundred and seventy-nine graduates of nursing from the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma have been inducted into the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). ...

Hensard University announces policy on installmental payment of tuition

Hensard University is pleased to announce that students can pay their school fees in two installments, providing greater flexibility and convenience. To secure admission into the Unive ...

Senator Registers 2,000 Students For WAEC, NECO, JAMB

The senator representing Kwara central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Mal. Saliu Mustapha, has flagged-off the free  registration of  West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Natio ...

Stakeholders worry over proliferation of public universities in Nigeria

Stakeholders in the education sector are worried over the proliferation of tertiary institutions in the country. This development followed the report that the Nation ...

President Tinubu appoints acting rector for Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa

President Bola Tinubu has given his approval for the appointment of Dr Samuel James as the Acting Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa. This decision, pending ...

Gov Adeleke suspends College of Education provost over alleged N200m fraud

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has approved the immediate suspension of the provost of Ila Oragun College of Education, Dr Jimoh Afolabi, over alleged financial impropriety.

Nasarawa Poly Appoints Acting Rector

The Federal Ministry of Education has appointed Dr. Samuel James as the Acting Rector for the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa following the expiration of the tenure of the former Rector, Dr. Abdullah ...

Canadian Varsities Worry Over Decreased Permits For International Students

Some Canadian Universities have expressed concerns over the governments decision to issue fewer permits to international students. LEADERSHIP recalls that Canadas Minister of Immigration, R ...

187 first-class students set to graduate from FUT Minna

The Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna has revealed that 187 students are graduating with first class in its 2020–2021 and 2022–2023 academic sessions. Vic ...

WAEC Holds First CBT Mock Exam On Tuesday

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced it will conduct the first-ever free computer-based mock exam for private candidates gearing up for the 2024 first-series West African Sen ...

Union withdraws demand for sack of COEA council Chairman

The Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, of the Nasarawa State College of Education, Akwanga, has reportedly withdrawn its earlier letter sent to Governor Abdullahi Sule, requesting the imm ...

Group Rewards Outstanding Students At UNILAG Convocation

Recognising and celebrating outstanding performance can spur sustainable excellence in academia and drive value creation for socio-economic growth, Moroti Adedoyin-Adeyinka, Executive Director, Sa ...