The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) said it disbursed N533.7billion to the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory between 2005 and 2021 for basic education. This is contained in a statement by UBEC Head of Public Relations, Mr David Apeh, on Tuesday in Abuja. Reacting to insinuations that...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has debunked a media report published by Sun Newspaper, which alleged that about N110 billion unutilized intervention funds accessed from the commission by states in 2021 was left in its coffers. UBEC in a statement issued on Tuesday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined Founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado-Ekiti, its management and staff in celebrating the varsity’s ranking as the best in Nigeria. The ranking institution, the Times Higher Education World Rankings also ranked ABUAD as the 400th best...
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has announced the release of the 2022 results of the National Common Entrance Examination (NECO) held on May 7 into the 104 unity colleges across the country. Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr David Adejo in...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Senator representing, Sokoto North Senatorial District, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has again sponsored additional 60 students of Sokoto indigene to study various courses in the Maryam Abacha American University, Maradi, Republic of Niger. While other students are to study at the Al-qalam University Katsina,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of (TETFUND), Arch. Sonny Echono has debunked some media reports alleging that TETFUND has waived sanctions for the erring lecturers who failed to attend conferences for which they were paid. Arch. Echono, who debunked the report in a statement issued on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the provisional licence for the take-off of the Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (ESUMAS), located in Igbo-Eno community of the state . The Executive Secretary of the Commission Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, while handing over...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – Stakeholders in the education sector, the leadership of Kaduna Basic Education Mechanism (KADBEAM), in collaboration with the media on Tuesday met in Kaduna to scale up implementation of strategies towards addressing barriers to girl education in the state. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that girl education...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Tuesday, disclosed that its Open Educational Resources (OER) repository established in 2017, currently has over two million OERs in the form of courseware, lecture notes, textbooks, videos, maps, podcast, conference presentations, and journal. Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that it does not conduct admission for institutions but rather regulates the process. The JAMB Spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, who made the clarification in a statement during the weekend was reacting to the ill-informed statement made...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra said that no fewer than 1,000 teachers in the state were relieved of their appointments with the state government because they were employed in a hazy manner. The governor stated that the affected persons thereby remained unqualified for the job. Soludo, who made the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to end the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, made the call in his contributions to the report of the Director-General, International Labour Organisation, during...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says the sum of N2b has been earmarked for the conduct of the 2022 National Personnel Audit (NPA) The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi made this known in Abuja on Tuesday during the briefing on...
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A Nigerian final year medical student at Irkutsk State Medical University (ISMU), Usman Yahaya, will be deported from Russia to Nigeria any moment from now, PRNigeria has learnt. Yahaya, a Sokoto State-born medical student has been in detention in Russia, for over a month. PRNigeria, had last week reported...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Over 200 students from the Engineering Faculty of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have dragged the university management, and five others to court, claiming over N500 million as general damages and special expenses for breach of trust and others. The case which was instituted by...
A new born baby was on Thursday morning found dead and dumped on the busy Ayobo Road in a Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dead baby, whose gender was unknown, was wrapped with flannel and surrounded with dirt. According to a passersby, who pleaded...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The management of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has commenced discreet efforts to ensure full implementation of e-learning programmes in basic education across the country following the challenges occasioned in the sub-sector by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and closure of schools. To this end,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Registrar of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Segun Ajiboye has been elected as the President of the Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authority (AFTRA). The election was held on Wednesday at the end of AFTRA 9th Annual Conference held in Accra,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has committed about N7 billion to its various intervention projects in Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi, from 1999 to date. The Chairman of the Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor of BSU, Sebastine Hon, SAN, made this known on Tuesday...