A total sum of N68.6 billion is to be spent by the federal government in the purchase of text books for the Universal Basic Education( UBE) programme, the Minister of Education, Prof Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai said yesterday. The minister who revealed...
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja began the distribution of 14 million textbooks and Library Resource Materials to primary and junior secondary schools across the country. Primaries one and two received the textbooks for English Language, Mat...
As controversy continues to trail the renaming of University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University by President Goodluck Jonathan last week, former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, yesterday in Benin said that Jonathan should have co...
Uneasy calm now pervades the University of Abuja, as officials of the National Universities Commission(NUC),on the presidential directives, commenced the verification of certificates of both students and lecturers wi...
Following the continued protest of students at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), now known as Moshood Abiola University (MAUNI), the senate of the school, yesterday, ordered the closure of the institution for two weeks. The senate said the decision was...
Poor quality of graduates of part-time programmes in universities is partly responsible for the decay in Nigeria's education sector, says Prof. Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission. Okojie told the News Agency ...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) said on Sunday in Abuja that all universities in Nigeria would benefit from its virtual library project. NUC’s Executive Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, who made the declaration when he spoke with the Ne...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has appointed the Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Dr Alaba George-Okuku as its new patron. In his acceptance speech shortly after the appointment by the Senate President of NANS...
Though it may sound unreasonable and unbelievable, studies have shown however that rapid national development can be achieved through application of mathematics on the national economy. Statistics have shown that mathematics is closely knitted and has ...
The federal government has said that machineries have been put in place to stamp out the drop out syndrome currently ravaging the education sector. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Education, Barr Ezenwo Nyesom Wike at the 12th Girls&rsq...
Minister of Education, Prof Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, yesterday said University of Abuja is a typical system failure which requires urgent attention and serious overhauling. Rufa’i who disclosed this at the on-going Ministerial Platform on Ke...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is putting in place modalities towards ensuring that disaster management is incorporated into secondary school curriculum. The director general of NEMA, Mohammed Sani Cedi, disclosed this in Abuja at a re...
The persistent efforts by the Zamfara State government to redeem the standard of primary education system in the state are now taking positive shape. For the past one year since assumption of office, Governor Abubakar Yari has repeatedly expressed worr...
The federal government yesterday warned that the trend in which children of school age are engaged in other businesses as obtained in the South-East, or roam the streets begging and hawking must stop, saying what happened to the almajirai in the North ...
The Federal Government on Wednesday summoned State Governors, Commissioners for Education and other Stakeholders to address the challenges facing the Almajiri Education Programme. The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, said this while briefi...