Education

The acting Vice-Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Prof. Olugbenga Ige, has commended Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for signing into law retirement ages for staff of higher institutions. Prof. Ige, in a statement on Monday, expressed the hope that the development would ignite more zeal among AAUA officials and lift the institution […]

ABUJA — PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved immediate payments of the two months withheld salaries of University lecturers that refused to enroll in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. The President’s approval came after he had a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige yesterday in Abuja. The Federal

The Federal Government of Nigeria has postponed this year’s Senior School Certificate Examination organised by the West African Examinations Council and National Examinations Council due to Coronavirus outbreak. Emeka Nwajubu, Minister of State for Education, said the government has made provisions for students to learn online. He said, “WAEC and NECO for the year have

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has published the 2019 provisional matriculation list of admitted candidates on the official website of the board. The board disclosed this in its weekly bulletin made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. JAMB also urged candidates who were yet to accept their offers of

This 16-year-old student pilot is flying medical supplies to rural hospitals during the pandemic On a crisp spring day, the Cessna touches down near a rural hospital in Virginia with a slightly awkward bounce. On board, desperately-needed medical supplies for a community hard-hit by the coronavirus. The plane didn’t stay down very long. The pilot

  The authorities of the Federal Ministry of Education have met with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria to fashion out modalities for the take-off of the nationwide school radio and television broadcast as a result of the closure of schools due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Federal ministry of education told our correspondent

Since the closure of schools in Nigeria due to the outbreak of the Corona Virus pandemic, government and some stakeholders have advocated a switch to online learning. They believe online teaching will be the right channel for undergraduate students to acquire knowledge during this period of lockdown. They argued that the COVID-19 pandemic, which has

The Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu has concluded arrangements to commence on-line teaching in line with the directive of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. Consequently, the Provost of the College, Dr Philips Nto has directed all deans and heads of departments to collate all necessary logistics required for the immediate take off of the programme.

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