A secondary school teacher has been reported killed in a fight with his student in Delta State. A fight broke out between the student, Michael Ogbeife, and the teacher, Joseph Ossai of Erhimu Secondary School, Abraka, Delta State on Thursday. Read more…
President Muhammadu Buhari has given directed the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) to increase research funds under the National Research Fund (NRF) scheme to the tune of N8b. The president, who disclosed on Saturday at the 33rd convocation ceremony of Read more…
…Start-ups secure N5m each Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday, officially flagged off the Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES), an intervention of the apex bank aimed at frontally tackling the dual challenge of youth unemployment Read more…
* Kicks against Pantami’s professorial appointment The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called government’s unfaithfulness in the implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MoA) Read more…
….Don escape assassination Barely 24 hours after unknown gunmen invaded the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) staff quarters, attacked and kidnapped six people, the school has been attacked again by another set of unknown gunmen. An eyewitness told Daily Sun that Read more…
…With 878,925 Candidates Passed With Five Credits in Maths and English The National Examination Council (NECO) says no fewer than 878,925, representing 71.64 percent got five credits and above including English language and Mathematics, adding that this further shows decline Read more…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on Wednesday lauded Seplat Energy PLC, a Nigerian independent oil and gas company, for its contributions to the development of the education sector in Delta and it’s neighbouring Edo State. The governor spoke in Read more…
Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment Mr C. Don Adinuba has confirmed that state governor chief Willie Obiano had approved Saturdays as school days in place of Monday, taken by the sit at home order by Indigenous People Read more…
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, has named 10 prominent Muslim scholars, community leaders and government officials to investigate the circumstances leading to the recent excessive flogging of some Arabic students in Ganmo, Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. Read more…
The Governing Council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State, has appointed chairman/CEO of Stanel Group, Dr Stanley Uzochukwu, along with his mentor and life coach, Dr Cosmas Maduka of Coscharis Group; Dr ABC Orjiakor, chairman Seplat Petroleum Read more…
A John I. Smith K-8 Center teacher who was charged with having an inappropriate relationship and sex with a 15-year-old former student of hers told a Doral detective she was pregnant, said Rey Valdes, a Doral spokesman. She was also Read more…
Plans to build Igbo language schools across Nigeria It was a moment of honour and excitement at the maiden edition of Emume Iri ji Ohuru (New yam festival) and award ceremony organised by Bond FM, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Read more…