A recent report by civic technology platform MonITNG has exposed the dire conditions at L.E.A. Primary School, Giri, where over 211 pupils are forced to learn in a deteriorating and unsafe environment due to years of neglect. Founded in 1976 and situated across from the NNPC filling station in Giri, Gwagwalada Area Council, the school…
The management of the Oyo State College of Nursing Sciences, Eleyele, has confirmed that 75 students of the institution have benefited from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). The college’s provost, Dr. Gbonjubola Owolabi made this known in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade during a management meeting held…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the 2025 UTME-Mock Notification Slip is now available for printing. According to a statement released by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor Fabian Benjamin on Thursday, Candidates who registered for the optional UTME-Mock examination can now access their slips, which contain essential details such as the exam…
World Bank has announced the approval of $1.08 billion in concessional financing for Nigeria, indicating a significant effort to enhance education quality, nutrition, and community resilience nationwide. According to World Bank The funding, revealed on Wednesday, will allocate financial support to three major initiatives: $500 million for the NG-CARES Program to strengthen resilience in households…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued a stern warning to 2024 Direct Entry candidates who registered with awaiting results from the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) and Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) to upload their results immediately or risk losing their admission. In a statement signed by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced plans to establish 18 new Innovation Hubs in tertiary institutions across Nigeria in 2025 as part of efforts to strengthen research and innovation. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, made the disclosure at the closing ceremony of the 30th Cohort of the Research for Impact (R4i)…
A newly constructed female hostel at Sokoto State University was on Tuesday engulfed by fire, sending panic across the university community. The inferno, which broke out around 3:30 p.m., razed the entire building, which was recently built to address accommodation challenges faced by students. While the exact cause of the fire remains unclear, a student…
The Minister of Education, Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa, has maintained that the Federal Government is commited to reducing Nigeria’s dependence on foreign academic books through the TETFund Higher Education Book Development Intervention Project. Speaking at the public presentation of 50 TETFund-sponsored academic textbooks at the federal ministry of education Abuja on Tuesday, Alausa described the…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has distanced himself from AI-generated videos falsely associating him with drug promotions and scholarship offers. In a statement on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Adeboye warned the public against falling for the deceptive videos, which have been widely circulated on social media….
Education and health experts have raised concerns over the long-term impact of iodine deficiency on Nigerian schoolchildren, warning that it is contributing to poor cognitive development and high dropout rates. At a stakeholder meeting on Tuesday, in Nasarawa state, the director of the technology and science education department at the federal ministry of education, Muyibat…
