The newly appointed Registrar, Ekiti State Polytechnic, Isan-Ekiti, Mrs Abimbola Adewumi has on Tuesday resumed office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adewumi was appointed on Jan. 23 as the second substantive registrar of the polytechnic. She holds a BA.Ed in English from the Lagos State University (LASU), as well as a Masters…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its third meeting of the year on Monday, approved provisional licenses for 11 private universities in the country. Dr Morufu Alausa, the Minister of Education, said this while briefing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting. He said the universities approved were: New City University, Ayetoro Ogun; University of…
President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has called for a knowledge-driven approach to nation building. Osodeke made the call at a colloquium in commemoration of the late Prof. Nuhu Yaqub’s 74th posthumous birthday, organised by National Institute of Legislative Studies (NILDS) in Abuja on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria…
The Plateau Ministry of Education has closed down two private schools in Jos for operating below minimum standard. Mr Sabastine John, the Director, Quality Assurance of the ministry, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Jos. John identified the schools as First Academy and Niret Private School, located in Jos North and Jos South Local…
The Ondo State Government has released the list of 1,010 newly-recruited teachers into secondary schools in the state. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Akure by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ebenezer Adeniyan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aiyedatiwa had given approval for the recruitment…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will not extend registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) after March 8. This is contained in statement to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday by the Boards Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said the registration period which began on Feb. 3, would end on…
Dr Kachollom Gang, the Commissioner for Education in Plateau, has decried the increasing rate of illegal schools and hospitals in the state. Gang said this at the inauguration of an investigative panel on the proliferation of private primary and secondary schools in the state on Tuesday in Jos. The commissioner explained that the exercise was…
An aggrieved widow, Dr Jane Uche, has appealed to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to resolve the issue of SIM loss, which is preventing her children from registering for the UTME. Uche made the appeal during a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. While narrating her…
The Management of the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA) in Katsina State has announced a one-week Mid-Semester break starting from Feb. 24. The closure of the school followed a protest embarked on by the students on Sunday after they alleged that the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) had shot to death one of their colleagues. The…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed concern over growing the poor reading culture among young Nigerians, saying the trend could erode the nation’s literary heritage. He stated this in his speech at the monthly ‘Reading/Writers Dialogue’ of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), FCT chapter, on Saturday in Abuja. The two-time Nigerian leader and prolific…
