A report by the World Bank has raised alarm over Nigeria’s deepening literacy crisis, revealing that the majority of school-age children across several regions are unable to write beyond their own names. According to the World Bank’s 2023/2024 Education Sector Report, released on Monday, an astonishing 90.1 per cent of children in the North-West and…
Outspoken social commentator and activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), took his protest against the ongoing primary school teachers’ strike to the gates of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration on Monday — staging an impromptu lesson for children denied access to education for over two months. Mr Otse, accompanied by a…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Students of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, on Monday staged a protest over worsening insecurity in the town following the killing of one of their colleagues by suspected bandits. AHR gathered that the student was shot dead at an off-campus residence by gunmen believed to be terrorists. The…
Hussaini Ibrahim Kafi in Kano The Katsina State Government has trained and graduated 955 out-of-school adolescent girls in creative and vocational skills across nine skills acquisition centres, according to Hajiya Jamila Abdu Mani, Special Adviser on Girl Child Education and Child Development. Speaking while marking Governor Dikko Umaru Radda’s two years in office, Hajiya Jamila…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has directed all accredited tertiary institutions in the country to immediately verify and upload their students’ data on the newly digitised Student Loan Application System (SLAS). According to a statement signed by NELFUND’s Director of Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi on Tuesday, institutions yet to join the system have been…
As the indefinite strike by primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stretches into its 86th day, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), FCT Chapter, has issued a stern seven-day ultimatum to the FCT Administration, demanding an immediate resolution of the crisis. The strike, which has paralysed academic activities in over 400 public primary…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has recommended tough penalties for 11 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres and several registrants involved in fingerprint irregularities during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, announced the decision after a stakeholder meeting with the affected CBT operators and registrants on Tuesday in…
A civic tech group, MonITNG, has decried the deplorable condition of LGEA Primary School in Geregu Community, Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State, describing it as a grim reflection of the wider crisis plaguing Nigeria’s public education system. MonITNG lamenting the situation described it as “potentially life-threatening”. “This is not just about money spent;…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Wednesday convened a pre-closure retreat for the Africa Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact) project, marking a decade of achievements in advancing higher education and applied research in Nigeria and across West and Central Africa. In his address, the Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu,…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), once a vibrant force championing the rights and interests of students, has now become a mere lapdog of the government. In this special report, Korede Abdullah, Southwest Correspondent for Africa Health Report (AHR), examines the current state of the organization. From Vanguard of Democracy to Political Pawns and…
