Onyeali-Ikpe Chairs the Governing Council at Nwafor Orizu College Of Education

EducationNewsNigeriaOnyeali-Ikpe Chairs the Governing Council at Nwafor Orizu College Of Education

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 13, 2024

Soludo Swears-In Onyeali-Ikpe, Chairman, Governing Council, Nwafor Orizu College Of Education Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo has sworn-in Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe as chairman of the Governing Council for Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe. During the swearing in ceremony on Thursday in Government House, Awka, Governor Soludo noted that the appointment of Dr. Onyeali-Ikpe was based on her impeccable credentials and experience as a seasoned banker and corporate leader. Governor Soludo highlighted that her...

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Insecurity: Over 14,000 Schools Closed Down In West, Central Africa

AfricaEducationNewsInsecurity: Over 14,000 Schools Closed Down In West, Central Africa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 6, 2024

Due to violence and insecurity that engulfed West and Central Africa, at least 14,000 schools have been forced to close down. The UN Aid Coordination Office explained that from Mali in the West to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the East at least 2.8 million children, including many who are displaced, had been left without access to education. The agency added that only around a quarter of children in affected areas had access to...

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Repentant Female Boko Haram Regrets Shredding NCE Certificate

EducationNewsNigeriaRepentant Female Boko Haram Regrets Shredding NCE Certificate

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 4, 2024

A repentant female Boko Haram who resettled in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno, Fatima Musa, has expressed regret over shredding her National Certificate of Education (NCE) after undergoing deradicalization. Musa disclosed this in Maiduguri during a community dialogue organized by the community-based NGO, Allamin Foundation, with support from the British Government under UKaid on understanding, tolerance, and peaceful coexistence organized for the repentant and community leaders of Mafa. The repentant female Boko Haram, who...

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Jigawa to train teachers on Education Management Information System

EducationNewsNigeriaJigawa to train teachers on Education Management Information System

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 4, 2024

The Jigawa State government will train 288 secondary school teachers on the Education Management Information System (EMIS). Trainees will include staff from ten zonal education offices, and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology. Governor Malam Umar Namadi, while inaugurating the initiative, emphasized the successful design and implementation of a comprehensive Educational Management Information System (EMIS) software, and noted that it is the significant milestones achieved under the JIGAWA COMPETE Initiative in the state’s...

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Nigerian Universities Fail To Access TETFund Over N500b TETFund

EducationNewsNigeriaNigerian Universities Fail To Access TETFund Over N500b TETFund

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 30, 2024

Over N500 billion in intervention funds remains unutilized at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by Nigerian tertiary institutions nationwide. Hon. Mariam Odinaka Onuoha, Chairman of the Committee on TETFund and Other Services disclosed this during a recent visit to Kaduna State governor Uba Sani, said the House is committed to addressing the challenges that are preventing Nigerian tertiary institutions from accessing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) allocations available to them. She revealed that...

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Fake Degree: FG accredits only Only Eight Universities in Togo, Benin Republic

EducationNewsNigeriaFake Degree: FG accredits only Only Eight Universities in Togo, Benin Republic

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 27, 2024

The Federal Government has listed only eight universities accredited to award degrees to Nigerians in Togo and Benin Republic. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education disclosed this yesterday night while speaking on Channels TV, stating that the decision becomes necessary in a bid to sanitise the education system. Recall that an undercover reporter procured a fake degree from Benin Republic and got mobilised to participate in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. The...

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 NYSC Resuscitate National Tree Planting Campaign

EducationNewsNigeria NYSC Resuscitate National Tree Planting Campaign

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 27, 2024

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has designed a new approach to fight desertification by ensuring that individual corps members plant and nurture their trees during their service year. The Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim, while launching the national tree planting campaign under the implementation framework “each-one-plant-and-nurture-one.’’ at the campaign in Permanent Orientation Camp, Keffi Nasarawa State, said climate change is profoundly impacting Nigeria like the rest of the world. The minister,...

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Student Loan Scheme is Open To All Nigerians, No Section Is Excluded – Presidency

EducationNewsNigeriaStudent Loan Scheme is Open To All Nigerians, No Section Is Excluded – Presidency

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 25, 2024

The presidency has given more clarifications on President Bola Tinubu’s student loan scheme, in view of allegations of exclusion of some sections in certain quarters. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Engagement, Frederick Nwabufo in a press statement on Sunday, noted that the Student Loan Scheme is a conception of the purest, noblest, and loftiest of intentions and design. “It’s a bond to secure the nation’s future and a promissory note to...

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FG Flags Off Renewed Hope Initiatives in Enugu, Shares Books, Funds

EducationNewsNigeriaFG Flags Off Renewed Hope Initiatives in Enugu, Shares Books, Funds

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 24, 2024

The Federal Government of Nigeria has flagged off an economic empowerment program for one thousand petty traders at the Michael Okpara square in Enugu State; the flag-off took place simultaneously in all the thirty-six states of the federation including FCT. Representing the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of the Enugu state Governor, Mrs. Nkechiyere Mbah, in her address said the program aims at economic growth towards a...

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Gov Oyebanji Appoints Ajeigbe, New Rector Ekiti State Polytechnic 

EducationNewsNigeriaGov Oyebanji Appoints Ajeigbe, New Rector Ekiti State Polytechnic 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 23, 2024

The Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji has appointed Dr. Sunday Osinkolu Ajeigbe as the new Rector of Ekiti State Polytechnic, Isan-Ekiti. Ajeigbe until his appointment, held the position of the Deputy Rector, Federal Polytechnic Ile- Oluji, Ondo State. His appointment as Rector of the Ekiti State Polytechnic, Isan- Ekiti, takes effect from September 2, 2024. The new rector who holds a doctorate degree in Chemistry takes over from Prof Johnson Kayode Adesodun, whose tenure...

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