Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Sunday said his administration had transformed the state’s education sector through a number of interventions and initiatives. The governor ,who spoke with newsmen in Lagos, said his government had used technology ,especially use of e-learning ,to make the sector better. According to him...
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The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in 2023, Mr Peter Obi, says he donated over N200 million within a week for education in a bid to provide future for the younger generation. Obi made this known during the 70th Anniversary of Queens School Enugu organised by Queens School Old...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has commissioned three additional capital projects in Kwaya Kusar and Hawul Local Government Areas of Borno State on Saturday. The educational projects include: Government Day Senior Secondary School in Bila village of Kwaya Kusar LGA, Government Day Junior...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In Sokoto, a one-day workshop themed “Protecting Education: A Shared Responsibility” brought together participants from diverse disciplines to mark the 2024 International Day to Protect Education from Attack. The event organized by Save the Child Initiative (STCI), Nigeria with support from Plan International aims...
The Katsina State Government has spent about N10 billion to encourage and ensure increased enrollment of children in schools, Alhaji Kabir Magaji, Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has said. Magaji disclosed this on Saturday in Katsina during a meeting with stakeholders. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Hon. Abel Nansak Nimshak, the representative for Langtang North-North in the Plateau State House of Assembly, has reiterated his dedication to improving the educational system in his constituency, stressing the vital importance of education in driving societal change. He emphasized the pressing need to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the governments of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states, has launched a kickoff workshop for the GPE-AF project aimed at enhancing education and learning for children in North East Nigeria. The UNICEF Acting Chief of...
Kano State Government has employed 5,000 teachers into the state civil service to revitalise the education sector. Governor Abba Yusuf stated this while declaring a state of emergency on education on Saturday in Kano. He emphasised the need for quality personnel to manage public schools in the state....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has appealed to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for an increased intervention fund to the state to boost infrastructural development in some state-owned tertiary institutions. Lawal who made the appeal on Thursday in Abuja when he paid...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has said that it was impossible to educate children by throwing them into the streets to scavenge for food. The Sultan spoke on Sunday in Gummi at the inauguration of the Zamfara State Almajiri Integrated Qur’anic Education Centre. “I am not a...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has urged that an early warning system should be used to overcome instability in the country’s education sector at all levels. Governor Radda made the assertion during the second pre-convocation lecture of the Federal University Gusau (FUGUS) in a paper titled ” Insecurity...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, North-East Development Commission (NEDC), Ambassador Mohammed Alkali, has lamented that subregion is backwards in secondary school enrollment, pointing that it is just 15%, the second worst in the country. Ambassador Alkali said that due to the challenges...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Coordinator of National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Abdulkarim Sirika has submitted that no nation makes the needed progress with education alone. He stated this on Wednesday while delivering keynote address on behalf of NDE Director General, Malam Abubakar Nuhu Fipko...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried the neglect of the education sector, saying Nigeria ranks lowest in education budgets across the West African sub-region. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at a One-Day Workshop on ‘Emerging Areas of Students Needs in Beneficiary Institutions’, organised...
No fewer than half of the 35.5 million population of Persons With Disabilities (PWD) across the country, require basic education to meet up with their counterpart across the globe. The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), James Lalu, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja. Lalu...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ifako village, a local community in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, has been plagued by the lack of government presence and basic amenities, leading its residents to appeal urgently for intervention from the state authorities. Our correspondent conducted a fact-finding...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday flagged off a three day training workshop for 1,949 teachers selected across the 27 LGAs of the state at Waka Biu Colleague of Education. Governor Zulum in his remarks said the training was informed by the...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is excited over reports indicating that students from across public and private schools in Kwara are recording impressive results in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Governor AbdulRazaq in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, said...
The purported ranking of states by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), based on their performance in the 2023 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE), is the focus of this piece. In the said publication, ‘Lagos State, which hosts many private schools and home to virtually all Nigerians,...
When he was arrested and remanded at the Ikoyi custodial facility 10 years ago for an alleged crime, his future looked bleak but with determination, resilience hope and grace of God, 45-year-Gabriel Enejor not only returned home a free man but also with a degree certificate. Enejor is...