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At media dialogue, UNICEF decries academic disruptions caused by COVID-19
By Gabriel Chy Alonta
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried school disruptions globally occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the world body, an…
Kwara to upgrade IVTEC to HND-awarding institution
By Oluseyi Dasilva, Ilorin
The Kwara state government has unveiled plans to upgrade the International Vocational Technical and Entrepreneurship College, IVTEC, Ajase Ipo, Kwara state to…
Doctors’ union presents writing materials to pupils in Asaba
By Nosa Akenzua
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Asaba zone, on Wednesday, presented writing materials to pupils of Uzoigwe, Zappa and Ogbe-Afor Primary Schools in Asaba, Delta…
FG uses delay tactics to frustrate union’s demands – ASUU
Cyril Mbah, Abuja.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed frustration with the way it says the federal government has slowed down the implementation of the terms…
Unizik Alumni to inaugurate modern convenience on campus
By Gabriel Chy Alonta
The Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Alumni Association, Lagos Island Chapter, is almost set to inaugurate the nursing mother unit and modern convenience under…
Mines Minister calls for standardization, prioritized funding of Geoscience Education
By Sunday Elom N
Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah, has called on the Nigerian government, key stakeholders in the education sector and the…
Don proffers solution to indigenous language extinction, tasks FG
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
With many Nigerian indigenous languages, including efuts and kiongs languages in Cross River state going into extinction, a Professor of Linguistics and…
Unizik marks ‘Iri Ji’ festival amidst jubilation
By Gabriel Chy Alonta
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, through its Directorate of Igbo Village and Centre for African Civilization (IVACAC), celebrated the 'Iri Ji' (New Yam) festival of…
School Resumption: FCTA assures students’ safety
By Ben Adoga
As FCT schools resume Monday, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA says it has put adequate measures to ensure the safety of every students in the territory as…
Kwara signs MoU to improve on e-learning procedures in State-owned tertiary Schools
By Oluseyi Dasilva, Ilorin
The kwara State Ministry of Tertiary Education has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with StudyLab360 a private firm on behalf of Kwara State…
New Education officers assume duties in Oyo
By Ojo Peter, Ibadan
About Six Hundred and Ninety-two (692) newly recruited Education Officers have assumed duties on Monday, September 20, 2021 across different Unity Schools and…
UNIBEN students protest late registration charges, blockade Benin-Ore highway
By Nosa Akenzua Benin
Aggrieved students of the University of Benin, on Tuesday, blocked the ever-busy Ugbowo section of Benin-Ore highway in protest over an alleged imposition of…
Unizik: Experts link illiteracy, poor ethics to insecurity, governance issues in Nigeria
By Gabriel Chy Alonta
Education experts and scholars have identified illiteracy and poor value orientation as issues fueling rising insecurity and stunted growth in Nigeria.
The…
NCDMB, Siemens Energy train Bayelsa teachers on STEM education
By Sunday Elom N
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, in partnership with Siemens Energy, recently held a training programme on the theme, ‘Experimento-STEM’ for…
Stakeholders identify poor knowledge, direction as bane of Africa’s economic woes
By Gabriel Chy Alonta & Lawrence Nwimo
Stakeholders and experts in multidisciplinary fields have singled out dearth of innovative ideas, knowledge and lack of direction as reasons…