Education
Reading to your Kids: rediscovering the hidden treasures within
You know? As African parents, we overlook lots of things that could be very beneficial to our kids due to one or two...
Cut down profligacy, wastages to fund free education, varsity dons urge FG
In spite of the economic problems and the huge debt burden that beleaguer Nigeria, the Federal Government should consider introducing free education as...
From waste collection to classroom: Story of Adamu’s pursuit of education
Coming from the background of a family of seven children and parents who did not have any form of formal education with the...
Insurgency: 2,295 teachers killed in 13 years, 6,800 children’s rights violated in Northeast — UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Nigeria, Christian Munduate, on Friday lamented that no fewer than 2,295 teachers have been killed...
FG provides N470bn for varsity revitalisation, upward adjustment of lecturers’ salaries
The Federal Government says it has provided N470 billion special fund for university revitalisation and upward adjustment of lecturers’ salaries. The Minister of...
Like ASUU, ASUP says it will shut down polytechnics nationwide from May 16
BY SAM OGBEIFUN Another strike in the nation’s polytechnics is looming as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has threatened to shut...
Education: Nigeria facing a staggering learning crisis- UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that Nigeria is facing a staggering learning crisis with learning outcomes being one of the...
Controversial ASUU payment platform, UTAS, faces another integrity test — Ngige
Labour and Employment Minister, Dr Chris Ngige, said on Tuesday that the controversial University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) payment platform preferred...
Education students in public tertiary institutions to get N75,000, N50,000 stipend per semester — FG
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh In a bid to encourage youths to go into the teaching profession, the Federal Government on Tuesday...
Nigeria, With Over 10m Out-of-School Children, Highest ln Africa — Minister
Nigeria has the highest number of Out-of-School Children in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 10. 1 million Out-of-School children, so declared the Minister...
Human rights lawyer urges African nations to cancel school fees, invest in school infrastructure
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh An international human rights lawyer and gender advocate, Mary Izobo, has advised African nations to cancel fees...
Senate passes bill upgrading Auchi Poly to City University of Technology
The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill seeking to upgrade the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo State to the City University...
FG eases interstate travel effective July 1 after three months
With effect from July 1, the Federal Government has lifted the interstate travel ban it slammed on the nation three months ago....
Budgetary cuts in health, education: SERAP reports Buhari, NASS to UN
The anti-corruption and good governance crusaders, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked three United Nations special rapporteurs to prevail on the...
Education in parlous state, overhaul it, Pastor Bakare tells FG
The founder of Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has called on the Buhari administration to overhaul the nation’s education system....
2023: Naming a successor will create problems for me- Buhari
•Says N1trn injected into education sector in four years President Muhammadu Buhari has said that naming a successor now, ahead of the...
