Vanessa Obioha was among those who attended the special screening of ‘The Man Died,’ a Zuri24 Media production that honoured the iconic playwright and political activist Wole Soyinka as part of his 90th birthday celebrations. She brings snapshots from the special event. The well-heeled guests who recently gathered at Alliance Française (Mike Adenuga Centre) in […]
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The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has accepted 16 years as the admission age into tertiary institutions for the 2024/2025 academic session. Mamman who had earlier pegged the admission age of undergraduates to 18, however made a u-turn after protests from stakeholders at the 2024 policy meeting organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved 140 as the cut-off mark for 2024 admission into the nation’s universities and 100 for polytechnics and colleges of education respectively. The cut-off mark for 2024 admission into tertiary institutions was arrived at on Thursday during the 2024 annual policy meeting on admissions, which was held […]
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President Bola Tinubu has started the distribution of the first batch of cheques to beneficiaries of the student loan scheme, launching the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND. Yesterday, the President presented cheques to students from the six geopolitical zones. Mr. Akintunde Sawyer, the Executive Secretary of NELFUND, announced that N32 billion was currently available for […]
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Four female students from Jacob’s Well High School International, a Port Harcourt based private school who developed an android application named AgriConnect, are to attend this year’s World Technovation Girls Challenge at the Silicon Valley, California, United States of America. Their winning android application was developed to deal with hunger issues in the country. They […]
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The World Bank has disclosed that Nigeria’s public expenditure on education and health is inadequate by any standard. The newly released report titled, ‘Human Capital Public Expenditure and Institutional Review’, noted that the overall public spending, at merely 12 percent of Gross Domestic Product, falls short of the threshold necessary to underwrite fundamental public services. […]
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Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (ODSUBEB) on Thursday warned applicants in the ongoing teachers’ recruitment into public primary schools in the state against racketeers. A statement on Thursday by the board’s Director, Information and Public Relations, Prince Bolu Ajijo, said: “This warning becomes imperative following credible information that some nefarious people, not staff of […]
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The Universal Basic Education Commission(UBEC) has disclosed that both public primary and junior secondary schools in the country are faced with a shortage of 1. 1 million classrooms and 194,867 qualified teachers nationwide. The agency also put students’ enrolment figure at this level of education as of 2023 at 33, 315, 654 nationwide. The Executive […]
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Students of Lagos State University (LASU) in the Ojo area of Lagos, on Monday, July 8, 2024, protested against the introduction of N10,000 Computer Based Test (CBT), forensic and counseling fee by the institution. They had, on Sunday, July 7, complained about the fee. During Monday’s protest led by LASU’s Student Union Leader, Dolapo Tobun, […]
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In Oyo State, winners have emerged for the EDE Prize for Language competition which featured in-person and virtual events, demonstrating adaptability and inclusivity. The Ibadan segment was held at Valencia College, while Ogbomoso’s competition occurred online, allowing broader participation. Three schools (Valencia College, Akobo; Edupride Model School and Unique College, Ibadan) participated in the in-person […]
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