Full list: Buhari makes fresh appointment, reappointments in education agencies

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has appointed a new Director/Chief Executive for the National Mathematical Centre for an initial tenure of five years. He also reappointed heads of…

President Buhari reappoints JAMB, NUC bosses

President Buhari has approved the reappointment of the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Olanrewaju Oloyede, and the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof.…

Student activist shot dead near LASU

A student activist at the Lagos State University, Yusuf Nurudeen, popularly known as Omomeewa, has been shot dead. His death was announced in a press statement by the LASU Students’…

We’ll continue to prosecute fake graduates, says NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps on Wednesday restated that it would not bow to pressure to compromise its mobilisation process. The organisation said anyone caught with fake certificates during registration…

Abuja student dies after serving punishment

A teacher at the Federal Government College, Kwali in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has allegedly beaten one of her students, Yahaya Aliyu, to death.…

UNN online hostel video: SUG, other stakeholders react

The people bared their minds on the issue in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Monday. The President of the Students Union Government (SUG),…

Poly gives freshers N.5m scholarship, threatens to sanction errant students

The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, has splashed N560,000 on 56 students of the institution who had the best results in the different departments of the institution for the 2019/2020 academic…

JAMB, VCs, others meet on UTME cut-off marks August 31

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and heads of tertiary institutions will on August 31 at a policy meeting peg the minimum cut-off mark for 2021/2022 admissions. According to the…

JSS 1 student flogged and suspended for indecent hairstyle files N15m lawsuit against Ekiti state government

A JSS 1 student who claims to have been picked out during her school’s assembly on May 22 and given 20 lashes over an “indecent hairstyle” on the order of the principal who…

Rising figures of out-of-school children in Nigeria is unacceptable – FG

The Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that the rising numbers of out-of-school children in the country is unacceptable and must be tackled as soon as possible. Minister of Education,…