The Vice Chancellor of Wesley University, Ondo Town, Ondo State, Prof. Samuel Obeka, has called on the Federal Government to decentralise the National Youth Service Corps scheme to enable graduate youths to receive security training. Obeka, who expressed concern over the rising insecurity in parts of th...
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Prof Faruk Kuta, has revealed that no fewer than 23,000 students of the university reside off campus. Kuta made this known during the inauguration of a newly constructed students’ hostel by the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Init...
The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has condemned the attack on St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, where armed men reportedly abducted students, teachers, in the early hours of Friday. In a statement issued on Friday by the Diocesan Se...
The Deaf community has renewed calls for the compulsory teaching of sign language in all Nigerian schools and for a stronger collaboration between mainstream teachers and special education teachers, saying true inclusion remains impossible without these reforms. They made the demand on Wednesday at a pr...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has shifted the commencement of its Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) in full computer-based (CBT) mode to 2027, rather than 2026, as previously directed by the Federal Government. The 2026 May/June WASSCE will still be a test run pilot of the ful...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commissioned a 244-bed female hostel constructed at N1,399,965,179.25 at Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Rivers State. The commissioning was performed by the member representing the South-South Geopolitical Zone on the TETFund Board of Trustees, Aboh Uduy...
