By Toyin Falola At the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the University of Ibadan, famous historian, Prof Bolanle Awe, will be conferred with a well-deserved honorary doctorate degree. For both Awe and even Nigeria’s premier university, this great honour is a fitting tribute to mark the anniversary of the institution of […]
Continue ReadingKastina State Governor Aminu Masari Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has identified huge investment in education as reason nations like Singapore, India, Malaysia and other Asian Tigers are ahead of Nigeria.He stated this on Tuesday at the commissioning of a study centre of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), at his hometown in […]
Continue ReadingEducation Minister, Adamu Adamu Nigeria’s education minister, Adamu Adamu, has said it would be difficult for the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to agree for a suspension of the ongoing indefinite strike action due to crashing oil prices. Adamu who was addressing reporters in Abuja stated that the well-being of the […]
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The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Prof. Emmanuel Adedayo Fasakin, has been honoured with the 2018 Africa’s Distinguished Personality Award as the “Vanguard of Africa Development” by the Trans-Africa Students’ Initiative. A statement by the institution’s Head, Information, Protocol and Passages, Mr Sanmi Enigbokan, said that the occasion held in the Council Chambers of the […]
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THE founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) is unhappy that the Federal Government is flouting the directive of the United Nations Education and Socio-Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) that 26 per cent of its budget should be allocated to the funding of education. The legal icon, who spoke at the sixth […]
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A human right activist, Femi Falana, has reproached the 36 states in Nigeria for failing to access access the N86.5 billion lying fallow in the in the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Account in the Central Bank as at April 30. Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, said the unaccessed matching grant was the reason why […]
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By Yinka Fabowale I’m posting this story for your enjoyment and in tribute to one of my theatre icons, late Moses Olaiya Adejumo (aka Baba Sala), who passed on on Sunday. The report, first published in Sunday Sun some years back, is the archetypal narrative of Nigerian artistes – their rise to fame and riches, […]
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– says only 157,000 teachers now certified to teach – 2 million teachers registered so far The Federal Government has said that only 157,000 teachers have passed the prescribed professional qualifying examination conducted by the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria and issued with licences to practice in Nigeria. Minister of State for Education, Prof Anthony […]
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Oyo State government is worried by the increasing rate of out-of-school children in Nigeria, especially in the State. It, therefore, organised through the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), and in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), Akure office, a two-day intensive policy dialogue with stakeholders. The policy dialogue was to provide a […]
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The zonal coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ibadan Zone, Dr. Ade Adejumo, on Tuesday alleged that the Federal Government was making attempts to make students of federal universities pay a minimum of N350,000 as tuition fee. Adejumo said this while addressing members of the Correspondents Chapel in Ibadan. He said it was […]
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