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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5,850 Private Schools In Benue Are Not Certified- BEQA

EducationNewsNigeria5,850 Private Schools In Benue Are Not Certified- BEQA

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 15, 2024

The Director General, Benue State Education Quality Assurance Agency (BEQA), Dr. Terna Francis has expressed concern that only 150 out of the 6,000 private schools operating in the state are certified. Dr. Francis this during a meeting with key stakeholders at the BEQA headquarters, in the light of plans to close unapproved schools and demolish substandard structures. Dr. Francis explained that over 6,000 private schools in Benue, only about 150 are fully certified, stressing that...

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Federal Government Registers Over 11,000 Almajirai In Abuja

EducationNewsNigeriaFederal Government Registers Over 11,000 Almajirai In Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 14, 2024

Over 11,000 Almajiris were registered in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) alone and will be enrolled in different schools nationwide by September. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu who disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja while taking a tour of the FCT Smart School in Karshi said it has revoked the contract of the company handling the construction work for its smart school infrastructure in Kebbi State and re-awarded it to another...

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NYSC Invalidates 101 Certificates Of Persons Mobilized For National Service

EducationNewsNigeriaNYSC Invalidates 101 Certificates Of Persons Mobilized For National Service

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 13, 2024

The management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has invalidated 101 certificates of persons fraudulently mobilized for national service. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Eddy Megwa, NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations. Megwa urged members of the public, especially corps employers, government ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, corporate and religious organizations, multi-national companies, crop-producing institutions, and other critical stakeholders of NYSC, to take note of prompt...

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WAEC Releases Results for Nearly 1.7 Million Students, Withholds 215,267

EducationNewsNigeriaWAEC Releases Results for Nearly 1.7 Million Students, Withholds 215,267

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 12, 2024

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, announced on Monday the release of results for 1,685,889 candidates who sat for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. The results were made available to students on Monday, according to a post on WAEC’s social media page. “The West African Examinations Council is pleased to inform candidates who sat WASSCE for school candidates, 2024 that the result has officially been released today, Monday,” the post on...

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Oyebanji Appoints Ayodele New Ekiti State University VC

EducationNewsNigeriaOyebanji Appoints Ayodele New Ekiti State University VC

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 12, 2024

Biodun Oyebanji, Governor of Ekiti State has appointed Professor Joseph Babatola Ayodele, new Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. Ayodele, a Professor of Education Management, is until the appointment, the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) of the University. Yinka Oyebode, Special Adviser (Media) to the Governor, in a press statement on Monday noted that Prof Ayodele’s appointment as Vice Chancellor takes effect from August 20, 2024. Ayodele takes over from Prof. Edward Olanipekun, whose tenure...

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