The Senate on Wednesday passed the bill seeking to mandate the teaching of sexual and gender-based violence in secondary schools across the country. While passing the bill, it said compulsory inclusion of the SGBV in the school curriculum will expose secondary students to the dangers involved in committing such acts. The bill was sponsored by […]
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Sudan Returnees The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rolled out modalities for the absorption of returnee students from war-torn countries into Nigerian universities. This is disclosed in a statement by the board’s Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Benjamin said the modalities […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan (UI) Chapter, has urged the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, to assist the Oyo State Police Command with all logistics needed to unravel and arrest the killers of Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole. This is contained in a release signed by the Chairman, UI Chapter of […]
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The review of the immigration policy that allows family members and dependents to accompany international students to the United Kingdom is a wake-up call for the Nigerian authorities to address motivations for the mass exodus syndrome. Rather than begrudge the UK government for the seemingly harsh stance, it is high time the Nigerian government took […]
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Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved N130 million as a zonal intervention for polytechnics in its 2023 intervention, with a view to reinvigorating skills acquisition at the institutions. This was disclosed in Abuja, yesterday, by Director of Infrastructure, Buhari Mika’Ilu, at the TETFund/NBTE Sensitisation Workshop on 2023 Zonal Intervention on Skills for Rectors and […]
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Among the myriad problems that President Bola Tinubu inherits are the terribly dysfunctional health and education sectors. To describe them as a mess is an understatement. Although his inaugural speech was silent on these two critical sectors, his manifesto sets out an ambitious desire to transform the education sector, reform the healthcare delivery system, and […]
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NECO executive secretary, Wushi while monitoring the examination in Abuja The Federal Government has banned underage children from participating in the National Common Entrance Examination for admission into the Unity Schools across the country. It has accordingly directed the National Examination Council (NECO) to put strict measures in place to prevent underage persons from registering […]
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government over alleged discriminatory, unfair, and illegal treatment of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Joined in the suit as defendants are: the Minister of Labour and Employment, Attorney General of the Federation, and Accountant General of the Federation. In […]
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Pledges capacity building of 1,000 young Africans on storytelling In the spirit of celebration of 2023 Africa Day, a group known as Africa Thru My Eyes (ATME) has unveiled a social enterprise to tell the African story to the World. The Founder and President of ATME, Dr. Naomi Osemedua, while presenting the documentary at the […]
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The University of Ilorin has opened a website: www.unilorin.edu.ng for consideration of admission of Nigerian students returning from war-torn Sudan. Mr Kunle Akogun, the university’s Director of Corporate Affairs told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Thursday that interested students should check “University Transfer’’ on the website and apply appropriately. He quoted […]
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