A total of 60 petroleum scientists have been nominated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to attend a five-day sequence stratigraphy workshop at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. ABU’s Director, Public Affairs Directorate, Malam Auwalu Umar, said in a statement issued on Monday in Zaria that the...
Education
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Professor Sagir Adamu-Abbas, has disclosed that the University has redesigned its 30 per cent of the new Core Academic Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) for Nigerian universities to boost skill acquisition of students and employability of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – National Coordinator of the Presidential School Debate Nigeria, Elder Dare Oritu has called on the Federal and State Governments to make school debate a matter of priority and to step up efforts aimed at encouraging students to participate in the exercise. Oritu made the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The founder of Northwest University, Sokoto, Senator Aliyu Magatakrda Wamakko today in his welcome address at the maiden matriculation of the Ivory Towers, said knowledge is the key to unlocking human potentials. Senator Wamakko, who said the matriculation of the 200 students...
The Commander, Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Mr Michael Nzekwe, says the commission is working to ensure that corruption studies are embedded in education curriculum and taught as courses at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Nzekwe stated this on Saturday while addressing...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) says the third edition of online conference of registered teachers in the country will hold from 30 to 31 August, 2023. Registrar/Chief Executive of TRCN, Professor Josiah Ajiboye, made this known in a statement on Thursday...
Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo, has bagged the 2023 Corporate Ethics and Integrity Compliance Award. A statement by the institution’s Head, Corporate Communication and Protocol, Otunba Mike Aladenika, said the Center for Ethics and Self Value Orientation (CESVO), confered the award on the institution. According to...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Director, Federal Science and Technical College Jalingo, Taraba State Dr. (Mrs.) Adaramola Mercy has appealed to the Federal Ministry of Education and stakeholders to rescue the institution from the extinction caused by erosion. Dr. Mercy, who double as the Principal of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says over 2 million students and staff of higher education institutions in the country will soon have massive access to online academic resources through the deployment of blackboard learning platform . Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono,...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of 262,803 candidates who wrote the 2023 school candidate West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Mr Patrick Areghan, the council’s Head of National Office (HNO), said this at a news conference to announce the release of the...
A don, Dr Uchenna Uwakwe says the Nigerian classic novel, Things Fall Apart has retained its value for over six decades because it demonstrates the heroism of the Africans in the U.S. and globally. Uwakwe, an associate Professor at the Directorate of General Studies, Federal University of Technology,...
A don, Dr Uchenna Uwakwe has called for the re-introduction of classic novel, Things Fall Apart as a compulsory reading text in secondary and tertiary institutions to promote the Nigerian and African culture. Uwakwe, an associate Professor at the Directorate of General Studies, Federal University of Technology, Owerri,...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas has held a progressive meeting with principals and head teachers of public secondary schools in the state over the weekend to proffer solutions for the smooth take off of the free and compulsory education declared by his...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Banagana Umara Zulum, has approved the release of N80m grant for use by Guwori Islamic Academy, a charity institution that provides education to children mostly from low income families. Zulum announced the approval on Sunday at the graduation ceremony of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The University of Ibadan (UI) has appointed and decorated Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, as the University’s ambassador ahead of its forthcoming 75th anniversary, tagged “UI@75.” The university which was established in 1948 will be 75 this year, 2023, and...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A total of 37 pupils who were out-of-school were enrolled at the Central Primary School, Misau in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State following the introduction of a new system called “Teaching at the Right Level”. The Director, School Services, Bauchi State...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – No fewer than one million, two hundred and five thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight candidates registered for the on-going 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO). The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi disclosed this in...
The Kano State Government has frowned at the sudden increase of students’ registration fees by the management of Bayero University Kano, BUK. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Information Officer, Kano State Ministry for Higher Education, Sunusi Na’Isa in Kano on Friday. Na’Isa qouted the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 1.6 million children are out of school in North East Nigeria. “We look at the vast and unique education needs of children affected by conflict with at least 1.6 million children are...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) is providing support for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s newly formed Organisation, Future Perspectives, partnering to launch the “Innovation to Transform Education Training” (ITET) in Nigeria. Future Perspectives, a...