The federal government has announced that exceptionally gifted children under the age of 18 may be permitted to take the West African School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations. Naija News reports that this announcement comes amid controversies surrounding the earlier age limit declared for school candidates to enroll in WAEC, […]
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Five exceptional students from Bauchi State have been awarded full scholarships to pursue undergraduate degrees at top Universities in China. The beneficiaries, who hail from various parts of the state, include Aisha Yunusa Ahmad from Jama’are, Hussaina Yakubu from Warji, Abdullahi Abdulrahman Sudais from Ningi, Godfrey Yohana from Bogoro, and Khalil Muhammad Makama from Bauchi. […]
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increases bursary from N10,000 to N20,000 Physically challenged to get N75,000 each Scholarship beneficiaries to get N100,000 each Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has said that his administration recognizes education as the cornerstone of development, stressing that it is the key to unlocking the potential of young people. His spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan said in […]
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Oyo State Government has unfolded its plans to set up Integrity clubs in all public schools in the state. The initiative will be executed by the Oyo State Mobilization Agency for Socio-Economic Development, OYMASED, in collaboration with the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, OYOSUBEB. A statement by the Media Team, OYOSUBEB on Sunday, said […]
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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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