Education

The Department of Basic Education’s Second Chance Matric Programme May/June exams have commenced today in 5 236 exam centres nationwide. More than 290 680 people will rewrite their National Senior…

By Andrew A. Erakhrumen Current manifestations must have cleared any (remaining) doubt(s) that Nigerian governments are uninterested in public education. For instance, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on an eight-week…

By Sunday Elijah A Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. The University conferred Adichie with the honorary degree at their main campus on…

Agency Report The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to embark on a three-day nationwide warning strike, in solidarity with affiliate unions in the universities and Nigerian students. The union’s threat is contained in a…

By Joseph Edegbo - Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has approved the appointment of Prof. Bashir Garba (MFR) as the new Vice Chancellor of Sokoto state University (SOSU). This follows the stellar…

To raise responsible children in the digital age, parents need to learn how to safely navigate this ‘intelligent’ new world and must be willing to set firm boundaries. Parenting skills in this digital age is an important task to face no…

By Joseph Edegbo - National Examinations Council, NECO has appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider its directive on Twenty Five Percent deduction from Treasury Single Account of the Council to enable it meet up with…

By Sunday Elijah Nigerian Government has approved issuance of provisional licences for the establishment of 12 private universities across the country. “Council approved the memo for the issuance of provisional licences for the…