An inmate of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Kuje Custodial Centre, Mr Chinwendu Heart, graduated with a Second Class Upper degree in Theological Studies from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). This is contained in a statement issued by Public Relations Officer, (PRO) FCT command, Mr Chukwuedo...
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Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has approved N200,000 scholarship scheme each to 500 indigent and brilliant students of the state in tertiary institutions. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Ini Ememobong, disclosed this in a statement in Uyo, made available to newsmen on Tuesday. He said the...
The Save Public Education Campaign, an NGO, says it will lead a national mass protest to bring an end to the incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Convener of the group, Ms Vivian Bello, made this known at a news conference in Abuja on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Association of Educational Therapists (AET) has honoured an Abuja based educational therapist and founder of Royal School for Educational Therapy, Dr. Badewa Adejugbe-Williams, as an educational therapist/Professional. A statement issued in Abuja by the school management stated that the President of the Association...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – About 35,000 scholars in public tertiary institutions have benefitted from the TETFund scholarship for academic staff programme which commenced in 2008. Acting Director of Academic Staff Training and Development, Abdullahi Imam, who stated this when the representatives of the TETFund scholars paid a courtesy...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has faulted reports in media circles suggesting that the payments of overseas tuition fees from Nigeria will cost more as from January 2023, due to the purported withdrawal of the “Form A” Discounted rate, with effect from December...
Nigerian singer, Davido has awarded five years scholarship to a Ghanaian student who just earned distinctions in all subjects at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). The brilliant student identified as Morro Suleyman scored A1 parallel after he sat for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in 2021, but was unable to proceed to...
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...
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...