A visually impaired widow and over 600 students of the ESM University, Benin Republic, and their parents have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reverse the ban on the institution’s certificate in Nigeria. The distraught students who are on the scholarship of a faith-based organisation, ‘Omega Power Ministries’ and their parents cried to the General […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka branch, has expressed strong displeasure with the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) for disconnecting the institution from power supply for four days. While power has been restored as of Saturday, discussions between EKEDC and the university management regarding payment modalities and measures to […]
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A file photo of candidates taking an examination The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has urged the Federal Government to suspend the recent policy by the Federal Ministry of Education to peg the minimum age requirement for enrollment for senior secondary school examination at 18 years. The association described the policy as limiting, […]
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The House of Representatives has committed to addressing the issues that prevent Nigerian tertiary institutions from accessing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) allocations. During a recent visit to Kaduna State, the House Committee on TETFund and Other Services revealed that over N500 billion in TETFund intervention funds are still unused at the Central Bank […]
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HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 23 (ACN) Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer and Nobel Prize in Literature, received today at Casa de las Americas the Haydee Santamaria Medal, awarded by Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, on behalf of Cuba and at the proposal of […]
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The National Assembly has waded into the controversy generated by the Federal Government’s plan to peg the age limit for students to write the West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate, WASSCE, examination at 18 years. It will be recalled that the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, announced plans on Sunday by the federal government […]
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The Federal Government has approved an upward review of the statutory allocation of Universal Basic Education matching grant accessible by state governments for infrastructural projects to N3,554,642,584.46. David Apeh, the Universal Basic Education Commission’s spokesman, said in a statement that the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi stated this […]
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Ex-Vice President and the 2023 PDP Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s Federal Government for the 18-year age limit on NECO and WAEC exams, calling it absurd and a barrier to scholarships. Recall that the Federal Government has banned individuals below 18 from participating in the NECO […]
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Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has pledged to support the new Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University to take the university to greater heights. Oba Ogunwusi stated this when the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Council, Prof Siyan Oyeweso, led other council members and the management team of Obafemi Awolowo University […]
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The Management of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), recently appointed 27 new teaching assistants as part of its strategic initiative to nurture the next generation of scholars and outstanding researchers. This move is in line with the university’s vision to promote academic excellence and equip postgraduate students with the skills and knowledge necessary for success in […]
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