Education

Arising from the successes of the previous editions, the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State Chapter) — the literary body that hosts the Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture — is calling for submission of…

The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that the ministry has not stopped students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, and the National Examinations Council,…

No fewer than 14,000 schools have been closed across West and Central Africa due to violence and insecurity, the UN Aid Coordination Office, OCHA has reported.OCHA said that by June, 2.8 million children – including many who are…

Over 1,425 international students who secured admission to universities in the United Kingdom were stopped at United Kingdom airports between 2021 and 2023, according to data obtained from the UK Home Office.Among those barred from…

Over 650 Nigerian students enrolled at ESM University in Benin Republic have reached out to President Bola Tinubu, seeking urgent intervention following his administration's decision to derecognize the university.The recent directive…

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council has expressed anger over the exclusion of the entire South-East from first phase disbursement of the students loan scheme.This is coming amid outcry that tertiary institutions in region was marginalised by…

Professor Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, on Friday made shocking revelations about degrees obtained by Nigerians in Benin Republic and Togo respectively.According to the Minister, more than 22,500 Nigerians acquired fake…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has acknowledged the receipt of an additional N50 billion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Federal Government had injected N60…

Hajia Fatima Abiola-Popoola, the Commandant of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kwara State, has recommended that incoming university students undergo compulsory drug testing as a requirement for admission.While…

Professor Ahmed Amin Njidda, the Dean of Faculty of Agriculture at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has died in a ghastly road crash.He died on Saturday evening following an auto crash which occurred on the Abuja-Kaduna…