Kebbi State Government Trains 2,400 Primary School Teachers

To enhance the teaching profession, the Kebbi State Government in collaboration with POBITECH Consultancy Service has commenced the training of 2,400 Primary Schools Teachers in the state. While declaring the training open at Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Nasir Idris, said his administration has declared a revolution in the state educational sector and urged all stakeholders in the education sector to join hands with his administration to move the...

Federal Government Banned 18 Foreign Universities In Nigeria

The Federal Government has suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo, respectively and banned 18 foreign universities in Nigeria. The Federal Ministry of Education made the announcement on Tuesday, noting that its decision followed an undercover investigation conducted by a Nigerian online platform that exposed the activity of a degree mill in Cotonou. According to the investigation, the investigative reporter bagged a degree from Cotonou University within...

Federal Government to Revamp Vocational Training Centres

The Federal Government in its determination to equip the youths with enduring and sustainable life skills has commenced the construction of vocational schools across the nation. Prof. Mamman Tahir, Nigeria’s Education Minister disclosed this during a project facility tour at General Murtala Muhammad College (GMMC) Yola, Adamawa State said Tinubu’s administration is desirous of ensuring that young Nigerians have integrated education that combines technical skills acquisition with regular learning. Tahir who expressed happiness with the...

Seven Students Of Isah Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic Suspended

Seven students of Isah Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic (IMAP), Nasarawa State have been suspended for allegedly displaying immoral pictures on social media during a graduation celebration. The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Ali Hassan Mohammed in a statement on Saturday said the affected students are to resume during the 2023/2024 academic session with letters of undertaking from their guardians to be of good behavior. “Recall that recently seven female Students of the Isa Mustapha...

Katsina State Government Converts ICT Centre To University

The Institute of Technology and Management Katsina has become a full-fledged Information Communication Technology University. Prof. Abdulhamid Ahmed-Mani, Commissioner for Higher, Technical, and Vocational Education, disclosed this at a press briefing shortly after the State Executive Council meeting, held on Thursday in Government House, Katsina. Ahmed-Mani said the council had formed a five-man committee under his chairmanship to work hand-in-hand with consultants for the realization of the conversion. “The council agreed to see to the...

Abduction: Four Female Students Of Federal University Dutsinma Regain Freedom

After 73 days in captivity, the four remaining abducted female students of the Federal University Dutsinma in Katsina State have been rescued. Recall that five students of the University were abducted on October 3, when gunmen invaded their rented apartment in the Katsina metropolis at midnight. One of the students was rescued in November and has since been reunited with her family. The university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Armaya’u Bichi disclosed this to Journalists in Dutsinma...

Public universities, polytechnics are no longer part of IPPIS – FG

Government-owned tertiary institutions have been yanked off the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, which has slowed down staff remuneration and recruitment, among other things since 2006. The Minister of the Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said on Wednesday that the development is to make room for greater autonomy. Minister Idris said the exemption of public tertiary institutions from the IPPIS was a joint decision of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, in response...

Yobe University holds workshop on significance of study, review of manuscripts

The Yobe State University has held a 2-Day workshop on the significance of study and review of manuscripts. The Chancellor of Yobe State University, Professor Mala Mohammed Daura declared the programme open with the theme: “Training of Postgraduate Students How to Handle the indigenous Manuscripts” at Good Luck Ebele Jonathan Library of the University. Daura highlighted the need for the students to concentrate on what the resource persons will put them through. He commended the efforts...

FULafia students protest rampant attacks and abductions by bandits

The students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) in Nasarawa State took to the streets on Thursday in protest over the increasing spate of bandits attacks and abductions. The school’s hostels have witnessed invasion by bandits in recent times with scores of students ferried away to an unknown destination. The latest attack on Wednesday night saw all the occupants of an off-campus hostel named Confidence Lodge, except two students, abducted. The two students who...

Kidnapping: Students Of Federal University of Lafia Stage Protest

Following the kidnapping of ten students of the Federal University of Lafia in Nasarawa State on Wednesday, their colleagues have staged a protest calling for the unconditional release of those abducted and the stoppage of the criminal act. The institution was established in 2012 along with others and the Gandu community is one of the student villages around the University that have continued to expand in population due to its proximity to campuses. Cases of...

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