Zamfara State Government Declares State Of Emergency In Education

EducationNewsNigeriaZamfara State Government Declares State Of Emergency In Education

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 15, 2023

Worried about the issues affecting education at all levels, including poor learning environments and staff, the Zamfara State Government has declared a state of emergency in the education sector. Sulaiman Baba Idris, the spokesperson for the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal in a statement that the governor declared this during a broadcast. Idris stated that the declaration fulfills Governor Lawal’s campaign promises to overhaul the education sector, which has almost completely collapsed. “As part of...

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Peter Obi Donates 20M Naira Toward Building College of Nursing, Nsukka

EducationNewsNigeriaPeter Obi Donates 20M Naira Toward Building College of Nursing, Nsukka

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)November 13, 2023

Mr. Peter Obi, former Governor, Anambra State and Labour Party Presidential Candidate in Nigeria general elections in 2023 in quest for improved primary healthcare delivery donated the sum of twenty million naira (20,000,000:00) only to the Faith Foundation Mission Hospital Nsukka, Enugu state. Obi disclosed, “The donation is my initial support to the Hospital through the Anglican Bishop of Nsukka, Rt. Rev. Aloysius Agbo, to help them commence the building of a College of Nursing...

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WAEC migrates to computer-based test for WASSCE private candidates

EducationNewsNigeriaWAEC migrates to computer-based test for WASSCE private candidates

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 13, 2023

The 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for private candidates will be a computer-based test, the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, announced on Monday. Moyosola Adesina, the acting head of the public affairs department of WAEC national office in Nigeria, said the decision of the examination body is “in line with global best practices.” “While the objective tests will be fully computer-based, the essay and test of practical papers will be hybrid, in which the examination questions will...

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Rector Pleads With Govt To Take Over Payment Of Staff Salaries

EducationNewsNigeriaRector Pleads With Govt To Take Over Payment Of Staff Salaries

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 11, 2023

The Kwara state government has been urged to take over the payment of Kwara State Polytechnic Ilọrin, staff salaries for six months. The Rector of the Polytechnic, Engr Abdul Jimoh Mohammed made the plea on Thursday at the 29th Convocation Ceremony of the 2022/2023 academic session. About 8,350 students graduated during the occasion including 3,000 HNDs, 5,350 ONDs, and part-time students with 102 distinctions. “Our plea is for the government to give us what I...

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Terrorists free Kaduna student abducted since 2021

EducationNewsNigeriaTerrorists free Kaduna student abducted since 2021

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 3, 2023

Treasure Ayuba, a student of Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna City, is back home after spending two Christmas seasons in the den of terrorists. The news was announced by the president of the Nigeria Baptist Convention, Israel Akanji. Akanji said Ayuba reunited with his family on Thursday. “Thanks be to our unfailing God,” the elated clergyman said. A total of 121 students, including Ayuba were whisked away at gunpoint to an unknown destination during...

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Governor Mbah Bans Sale of Handouts, Other Levies in IMT Enugu

EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Mbah Bans Sale of Handouts, Other Levies in IMT Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2023

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has banned the sale of handouts to students of the Institute of Management and Technology, IMT, Enugu. The ban is expedient so as to address financial pressures on students, improve financial accountability, and ensure transparency; also banned is the collection of revenue through third parties, the toilet levy, and sundry other fees students were made to pay aside from the official school fees and employment without strict...

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ICPC indicts suspended UNICAL dean guilty of sexual harassment

EducationNewsNigeriaICPC indicts suspended UNICAL dean guilty of sexual harassment

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 31, 2023

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has found Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended dean of the University of Calabar’s (UNICAL) law faculty, guilty of sexual harassment, corruption and abuse of office. The ICPC’s spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, in a statement, said the commission had subsequently filed a criminal charge against Ndifon following the conclusion of its investigation into the allegations against the professor by some of his students. The ICPC said Prof....

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Federal Government to disburse student loans in January

EducationNewsNigeriaFederal Government to disburse student loans in January

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 23, 2023

President Bola Tinubu has said that the student loan programme would begin in January. President Tinubu announced this at the 29th Economic Summit organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in Abuja on Monday. “By January 2024, the new student loan programme must commence,” the President said, adding that the programme would put an end to the incessant strike actions by academic and...

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European Union To Invest 5.4m Euro To Build Teacher’s Capacity In Northwest

EducationNewsNigeriaEuropean Union To Invest 5.4m Euro To Build Teacher’s Capacity In Northwest

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 22, 2023

Due to a high number of out-of-school children in the Northwest region of Nigeria, the European Union (EU) has announced the investment of an additional 5.4 million euros to build the capacity of teachers in the region. Jutta Urpilainen, EU Commissioner for International Partnerships disclosed this at the official launch of the 4O million Euro intervention programme on education and youth empowerment in Northwest through the Global Gateway initiative. She said the investment is in...

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ASUU Kick Against Inclusion Of Private Universities As TETFund Beneficiaries

EducationNewsNigeriaASUU Kick Against Inclusion Of Private Universities As TETFund Beneficiaries

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 12, 2023

The move to incorporate private universities as beneficiaries in the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has received stiff resistance from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke on Wednesday at a two-day interactive session between TETFund and all unions of beneficiary institutions, said such a move would lead to the proliferation of private universities devoid of quality. Prof Osodeke, urged the agency to work more on the monitoring method...

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