Category: Education

With the confirmation of ministerial nominees by the Senate, stakeholders in the education sector are hopeful that a transformative leader who can address the myriad of challenges confronting the sector will be appointed. Iyabo Lawal reports: As the nation awaits the appointment of the 47th Minister of Education, stakeholders have called on the new helmsman […]

JAMB boss, Prof Ishaq Oloyede A don, Dr. Uchenna Uwakwe has lauded the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) innovation in changing the format of presenting candidates’ results. Uwakwe, an associate Professor at the Directorate of General Studies, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, gave the commendation in an interview in New York. Uwakwe spoke against […]

The Presidency said reports suggesting that President Bola Tinubu increased tuition fees in federal government-owned universities are incorrect. “For the avoidance of doubts, federal universities in Nigeria remain tuition-free,” the Special Adviser to the President on Communication Dele Alake on Wednesday said in a statement. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains committed to his promise of […]

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Mr. Omoyele Sowore has lambasted President Bola Tinubu over the hardship in the land. According to him, Tinubu’s administration came prepared to unleash social and economic terror on Nigerians. In a post on his verified Twitter handle on Monday, he lamented that tuition fees have gone up […]

Concerned parents of Unity College students in the country have called on the Federal Government to revisit the sudden increase in fees for their children, in a bid to make education accessible to all. The parents made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. The Federal […]

Says it’s ridiculous, embarrassing The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the planned increment of school fees by tertiary institutions in the country, and demanded the suspension of the increase in fees. In a statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer, Giwa Temitope and released yesterday, NANS declared that the government’s action […]

Authorities at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Lagos have increased fees for undergraduate students. A source at the meeting noted that the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola said: “It is no longer news that the University of Lagos tuition has not changed in the last 20 years but the cost of managing education has […]

Unity Secondary school students in Nigeria will now have to pay ₦100,000 as tuition fees following the decision of the Federal Government (FG) to increase such fees. The FG through the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) has increased the school fees of new students into Federal Government Colleges also known as Federal Unity Colleges to […]

The national leadership of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has ordered its members to go to work two days a week until the federal government accedes to their demand for a 200 percent pay raise. It said the directive became necessary because of the difficulty of members of the union to get […]