The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced a 12.7% reduction in the allowances of Nigerian scholars studying abroad in countries like Russia, Morocco, and Algeria. This decision comes as a response to the country’s current economic hardships. This development was disclosed in a memo signed by Ndajiwo H.A., the Director of the Federal Scholarship Board, […]
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Students, teachers, professionals, and members of the general public have paid glowing tributes to the impactful and inspirational life of Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka. The various individuals gave their tributes during their visits to the Initiative for Information, Arts, and Culture Development in Nigeria, Jericho, Ibadan, on Tuesday, where a month-long exhibition to celebrate […]
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suspends eight others Authorities of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun state on Tuesday expelled 27 of its students for offences ranging from disturbance of academic activities, causing unrest and vandalisation of individuals and institution’s properties. The institution’s Protocol, Media and Public Relations Officer, Mr. Sola Lawal who made this known in a statement in Osogbo, […]
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By Moses Oludele Idowu “Every great man has his disciples but it is the Judas who writes the biography.” – Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Title: _Working With Buhari_ Publisher: Safari Books LTD, Ibadan. Pagination: 488 Price: N20,000.00 Reviewer: Moses Oludele Idowu The art of memoirs and biography is one of the great inventions of civilised communities. […]
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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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