Education

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has appointed Professor Toyin Ogundipe as the new Chairman and Pro Chancellor of the Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State. Prof. Ogundipe before his appointment was the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Professor Ogundipe, gathered, replaces Pastor Ezekiel […]

The management of Sa’adu Zungur University in Bauchi state has denied the exit of 30 PhD holders from the university. This was contained in a press release issued on Sunday by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Auwal Hassan. He said the claim was misleading, inaccurate and unfounded saying that SAZU did not receive any resignation […]

When Elisha (other names withheld), a student in one of the public universities in Lagos State came home during a break, his father could barely recognise him, as though not sick, he was visibly emaciated, no thanks to malnutrition. On campus, the accounting education student told his inquisitive father that he was only able to […]

The Federal Government has announced a slash in allowances of foreign scholars currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others, by 12.7 per cent due to economic hardship in the country. The students in a swift reaction, lamented the debilitating impact the slash in allowances would have on the welfare of foreign lands. The […]

The media space was awash last week with revelations during the yearly Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) National Policy meeting where the requisite scores for admission are agreed upon. The process usually starts with all institutions submitting their required scores, after which the heads of the institutions, which include vice chancellors, rectors, provosts, registrars […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board has uncovered 3,000 fake graduates who never set foot within the four walls of a classroom. The board also decried the issue of illegal admissions by some institutions which, it said, had remained a source of embarrassment to the country. The Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made this known in […]

The federal government has commenced the implementation of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Effective Schools Programme in 111 schools across the federation. The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, announced the take-off of the programme on Monday in Abuja at a one-day meeting between UBEC, State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs), Coordinating Directors and […]

The Oyo State government, on Tuesday, opened a portal for the recruitment of 7,000 teachers for the state’s public primary schools. The Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Nureni Adeniran, told newsmen that the job portal was scheduled to come alive at 6 pm on Tuesday. Adeniran said the recruitment was […]

The management of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, on Tuesday, announced a 14-day postponement of the application process for student loans for state institutions. According to a statement by the agency in Abuja, the development was due to “low data submissions.” NELFUND said the decision was necessitated by the failure of several state-owned institutions to […]