The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have suspended their five-month-old strike for two months. The Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have agreed to a two-month suspension of their five-month strike. …
MTN MUSON school of music scholarship beneficiary shares her experience of emerging as the best graduating student in the course. On July 5, 2022, Aghulor Uche graduated as the most excellent student from MUSON School of Music under the aegis of MTN Foundation. She was a recipient of the MTN-MUSON …
The Jigawa State Government ordered the closure of all schools in the state on Wednesday. Dr Lawan Yusuf, the State Commissioner for Education, verified the news to reporters in Dutse. According to him, the main cause for the schools' shutdown was a security threat. With only two days till the …
Borno State Government has paid the May/June 2022 West African Examination Council (WAEC) fees of the SS3 Students in public secondary schools in the state with the approval of the sum of three hundred and twenty-nine million, eight hundred and five thousand, eight hundred naira (N 329,805,800). Wednesday, the Borno …
The British Council in Nigeria, in collaboration with the Cambridge University Press and Assessment, has recognised the outstanding achievements of 110 students from 45 schools across the country. Of the students who participated in the exam from all over the world, 11 students from Nigeria scored the highest overall. On …
Dr. Akon Eyakenyi, the Deputy Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education, has requested that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) raise the cut-off mark that students must achieve in order to be admitted to universities. The senator stated that in order to address the country's …
Following the declaration of Twelve days warning strike 30th July 2022 by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), which lasted between 190 to 30th July, 2022., the JAC at its emergency meeting held today, 30th July, 2022, at Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi resolved to suspend the warning strike and convey …
129 public primary school teachers who had been wrongfully fired by the past administration have been given their jobs back by the current government of Oyo State. Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, Executive Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, announced this yesterday while congratulating the teachers. He stated …
Because of "security risks," the state government of Nasarawa has issued an order mandating the immediate closure of all primary and secondary schools in the state. As a preventative measure, His Excellency, Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule, the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State has ordered the immediate closure of all primary …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is advocating for the creation of a bill that would govern the process by which the children of public servants enrol in schools located outside of Nigeria. Prof. Kingdom Tombra, Chairman of the University of Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island chapter of the …
The Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Ministry of Education has released the approved harmonised school calendar for the 2022/2023 academic year, which is in line with its mandate to ensure a harmonised academic school calendar for both public and private schools in Lagos State. According to the authorised school …
Kaduna State Government (KDSG) is now accepting applications from interested students for admission into the six new model science secondary schools recently established in the State. In conjunction with the Islamic Development Bank, the Kaduna State Government, led by Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has completed the construction of six scientific secondary …
The College of Education Academic Staff Union, also known as COEASU, has announced the extension of its ongoing strike by 3 weeks. The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has decided to continue its current strike for another three weeks. The decision was made at the conclusion of the union …
Beginning on Friday the 15th of July, 2022, all approved, registered and unregistered schools operating in Lagos State will be required to participate in a registration exercise that will continue through Friday the 12th of August, 2022. As part of its effort to compile a list of schools that are …
The Kano State government has ordered the immediate closure of 26 private health technology institutes that are functioning unlawfully in the state. The Kano State government shut down 26 Private Health Training Institutions (PHTIs) on Friday for allegedly operating illegally and without a licence from regulatory organisations. According to the …
Joint Action Committee (JAC) Academic and Non Academic Staff Unions in Bauchi State Tertiary Institutions called a 14-day warning strike on Friday, effective July 19, 2022, to bring the attention of the government to their workers' legitimate demands. This is stated in a statement sent to journalists on Friday by …
Business and commercial activities were halted in both Owo town and Akure, the state capital of Ondo, as students at the state-owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, protested the death of one of their colleagues, who was allegedly killed by a member of the state security outfit codenamed Amotekun. Folarera Ademola, …
The Kano State Government has approved ten days for all public and private primary schools, as well as post-primary schools, to celebrate Eid-El-Kabir Sallah. According to a statement issued by the state Ministry of Education's spokesperson, Aliyu Yusuf, the break will last from Thursday, July 7th to Sunday, July 17th, …
The attention of the management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, has been drawn to a job advertisement that is currently circulating. We would like to state that the aforementioned advertisement was published in August of 2019. That procedure had come to an end. Even the Director of Administration, Mr. …
The Federal Government has announced that it is making plans to help Nigerian students who fled war-torn Ukraine gain admission to the country's tertiary institutions and continue their education. In a statement issued on Monday, the government urged affected students to register online at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website. …
Prof. Dele Fapohunda, a retired university lecturer and food safety expert, has lauded the recent announcement made by the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, that the College of Education in Ilesa, Osun State, has been upgraded to a university. Professor Fapohunda, who is also the chairman of the Board …
The government of Kaduna State has declared that 2,357 teachers, including the National President of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Audu Amba, have been fired for either failing or refusing to take the competency exam that was organised by the State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB). However, Ibrahim Dalhatu, …
The Lagos State Examinations Board has rescheduled the screening test/entrance examination into the model colleges and upgraded Junior secondary schools in Lagos. The Screening Test is the only yardstick for admission into JSS1 in any of the Model Colleges. Only registered Primary Six pupils are eligible for the test and …
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the rights of female Muslim students in Lagos State Government-owned schools to wear Hijab without harassment or discrimination. The Hijab may now be worn by female Muslim students attending schools run by the Lagos State Government after the Supreme Court of Nigeria ruled …
The bill to establish the Federal University of Education ( Technical ) at Bichi, Kano State, has passed the second reading in the Senate. The Senate has passed the second reading of a bill to establish the Federal University of Education (Technical) Bichi in Kano State. In his opening statement, …
The Kwara State Teaching Service Commission has set dates for examinations and interviews for Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff eligible for promotion in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. The Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mallam Bello Tauheed Abubakar, said that the dates for the promotion examinations and interviews followed the approval …
The government of Akwa Ibom State has announced a mid-term break for all public and private primary and secondary schools in the state. The government of Akwa Ibom State has announced that all primary and secondary schools in the state, both public and private, will be closed on Thursday, June …
The dates of the midterm break and open day for schools in Osun have been announced by the Ministry of Education. The Osun Ministry of Education has announced the dates for the Mid-Term Break for the third term of the 2021/2022 academic session as Friday, June 17th and Monday, June …
As a potential element of the solution to the lingering hijab crisis that has been plaguing the state of Kwara, the Kwara State Muslim Community has suggested that the names of all schools in the state that were formerly owned by Muslim and Christian proprietors be changed. In a letter …
