Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali has been appointed the vice chancellor-designate of the University of Ilorin. This was contained in a press release issued on Thursday in Ilorin by the Registrar of the university, Mrs Olufolake Oyeyemi. The News Ag...
The Katsina State Government has spent about N15 billion for the improvement of education at five tertiary institutions in the state, according to the Special Adviser to the Governor on Higher Education, Dr. Garba Shehu Matazu. Addressing a press confe...
Governor lbrahim Shehu Shema of Katsina state yesterday flag-offed the state’s Allo Model school, an intervention scheme where government step-in to provide clothes and feeding for the almajirai from some selected Allo schools. The pilot sc...
The Senate on Monday enjoined the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Lagos, to train more competent teachers to boost education for the rapid development of the country. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Sen. Uche Chukwume...
The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde has announced that with the advent of modern technology, the board will conduct an E-testing approach in the year 2013 to enable ...
The Federal Government has distributed over two million textbooks on four core subjects to primary schools in the North-west zone, the Minister of state for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, said has said. Wi...
Sequel to recent developments at the University of Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday approved a special visitation panel to the University. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Ben Ibe, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministr...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa'i has condoled the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on the death of three of its members in an auto crash. The minister also sympathised with the President of NANS, Mr Dauda Moha...
The Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa, Mr Abayomi Akeremale, on Monday said the command has arrested 34 armed robbery suspects in the last two weeks. Akeremale said at a news briefing in Lafia that the command had recovered 31 fire arms, including 19 ...
Niger Government on Sunday re-affirmed its commitment to providing free education and empowering the youths to contribute more positively to national development. Prof. Muhammed Yahaya, Chief of Staff to the state governor made the remark in an intervi...
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) on Saturday lauded the suspension of the operational licences of seven private universities in the country. Mr Solomon Onaghinon, the Secretary-General of the association told the News Agency ...
Mr Adamu Kesuwo, Dean, School of Administration and Management, Plateau Polytechnic, Barkin-Ladi, has explained that brilliant lecturers leave polytechnics because they desire to become professors. ``Professorship is only attained in the universi...
Governor of Niger state, Dr Babangida Aliyu has described the integration of almajiri system of education in the north as timely, even as he urged stakeholders to incorporate skills acquisition in the project. The governor who was the...
Secondary schools teachers in Ogun have issued a 14-day ultimatum to the state government to recognise and inaugurate the Principal-General, Egba Division, Mr Funso Ogun. Addressing newsmen in Abeokuta on Wednesday, the President, Academic Staff Union ...
A Federal High Court in Ikeja, yesterday granted an interim injunction restraining the federal government from renaming the University of Lagos as Moshood Abiola University, Lagos. President Goodluck Jonathan had on May 29 announced in a na...