Education

Miss Monica Osagie is the lady who as a postgraduate student at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, leaked an audio conversation between her and her lecturer, Prof Richard Akindele, in which he demanded sex from her two years ago, in a sex-for-marks scandal. Akindele was subsequently sacked by the school and jailed. The

…We can produce 50 machines per week Faisal Sani Bala, an assistant lecturer at the Department of Mechatronics and Systems Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, is the project lead of the COVID-19 Innovation Solution at the School of Engineering which invented an Automatic Ventilator, Automatic Disinfection Chamber, Software apps for detection of COVID-19,

Osun State University has urged its students, their guardians, groups and individuals to continue to relate with, and transact business with it through its social media platforms, while the current restriction of movement last. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Mr Ademola Adesoji, said the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Labode Popoola, gave the

The National Union of Adamawa State Students (NUADSS) has given the Dangote Group of Companies seven days to redress the killing of one of its members, a company truck driver. According to NUADSS, Kamaluddeen Hussain, a final year student of the Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), Yola, was on March 3 hit and killed

The Chairman, Ekiti State Board for Technical and Vocational Education, Kayode Babade, has said the Kayode Fayemi administration is investing in technical education to give youths of the state a better future. Babade, who described technical education as the foundation for the technological growth of any nation, said the secret of countries like China, Japan

Primary and secondary school pupils will soon begin receiving lessons online until the coronavirus spread is fully contained and schools safe to reopen, the Federal Government has said. The government said it had been planning online lessons for pupils even before the outbreak of the pandemic in China last December. Education Minister, Adamu Adamu stated

The Lagos State Ministry of Education is to meet with stakeholders in the basic education sector to determine the appropriate age for admission of pupils into secondary schools. A statement by the Head, Public Affairs Unit, Kayode Abayomi, noted that the ministry had received messages about the issue and was deliberating on a benchmark with

The National President, All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, ANCOPSS, Mr. Anselm Izuagie, has enjoined principals and other actors in secondary school sub-sector to continue to comply with all guidelines put in place by the government to curb the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. This, he stated, is in line with the directive

Universal Learning Solutions, a UK not-for-profit organisation has unveiled the Nigerians Educate Everywhere at a Distance (NEED) initiative, designed to support the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in developing programmes that would ensure that children learn at home while schools are closed. Universal Learning Solutions and UBEC deliver Africa’s largest and most effective English literacy

Alex Sifiso Mlangeni shared his amazing story of how he left home with only R120 (N2,585.37) to his name and a bursary to study. His journey got off to a rocky start when there was an issue processing his application even though he had exceeded the necessary requirements and his bursary had already been paid