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UK-based Nigerian student escapes jail for assaulting wife

A Nigerian student at Bangor University, North Wales, United Kingdom, John Nwadiaju, escaped jail by the whiskers after a court handed him a suspended sentence for violently attacking and abusing his wife, Kosisochukwu Echem. According to North Whales Chronicle, on Friday, the 34-year-old was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment, suspended for one year, which included […]

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Ospoly matriculate students, Rector advocates cultism free campus

Dr Tajudeen Odetayo, the newly appointed Rector of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, has issued a stern warning to all newly admitted students to abstain from cultism on campus. In his first matriculation ceremony for the 2022/23 academic session, Odetayo pleaded with the students to avoid any involvement in cultism and to become advocates for its

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NANS asks tertiary institutions owners to hold off tuition fees hike

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged the federal and state governments in the country to either stop the increase in tuition fees in all tertiary institutions across the country or face the hardest-ever student uprising. The urge was made by the national President of the students body, Comrade Usman Barambu. Barambu said

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TRCN partners INSTILL Education to build teachers’ capacity in Nigeria

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) and INSTILL Education have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on capacity building for teachers in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Council’s Registrar, Professor Josiah Ajiboye, on Thursday May 4, 2023. He noted that a pilot phase of implementation of the MoU would soon commence with a

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Egyptian authorities order Nigerian students back to Sudan

Egyptian authorities have sent over 500 students back to Sudan following the failure of two of them to provide either a passport or Emergency Travel Certificate. According to a voice note of a Nigerian official obtained by The PUNCH correspondent on Friday morning, students without passports or ETC had been instructed to stay back. The

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Colleges of Education get TETFund-sponsored textbooks

The books were written by scholars of the Nigerian Academy of Education. At the book distribution during the 25th Conference of the Nigerian Academy of Education on Thursday in Abuja, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, said TETFund would continue to support the production of vital text books for use in public tertiary institutions.

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APPLY: 2023 Nestlings Playbook Challenge

Applications are now open to participate in the the Nestlings Playbook challenge to access up to $15,000 in investment and other benefits like co-working space and advisory services, among others. Details The Nestling Playbook project believes that the undergraduate community is the next frontier for creating prosperity in Africa. The project is exploring a hypothesis

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enabling teachers to provide quality education to marginalised adolescent girls

70% of private school teachers in Lagos, Ogun, others unqualified – TRCN

Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, (TRCN), Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, on Thursday, said 70 per cent of private school teachers in Southwest are unqualified. “When we conducted our survey, we observed that 70 per cent of teachers in the Southwest are not qualified. “When we conducted our survey, we observed that 70 per cent of

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Educatial leverages digital tools to make e-learning more accessible

Educatial is leveraging the growing penetration of digital devices to promise a deepening of revolution and democritisation happening in the e-learning space. This means creating institutions that help unlock the potential of Africa’s young population, creating wealth for all. The chairman and Founder of Educatial, Francis Muofunanya has announced that educatial e-learning platform will revolutionise

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Lagos is open to partnerships for education – Commissioner

  Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, has said the state government is open to partnering with key stakeholders in the public and private sectors on education. Adefisayo made this known at the Lagos Education Conference 2023 held on Wednesday at NECA House, Alausa, Ikeja. The conference was with the theme, “Exploring the opportunities

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Afe Babalola advocates discipline as key to Nigeria’s transformation in education sector

The founder of Afe Babalola University, Afe Babalola, has advocated for discipline as key to Nigeria’s transformation in the education sector. In a meeting with the Assistant Commandant-General (Training and Manpower Development) of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), David Abi, and his entourage, Afe Babalola, emphasised his commitment to transforming Nigeria’s education

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APPLY: MIT Empowering the Teachers Fellowship 2023

The MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) programmme provides an intense, semester-long teaching-focused engagement for selected cohorts of faculty members (ETT Fellows) from African universities. By introducing the ETT Fellows to cutting-edge student-focused teaching methodologies the ETT strives to foster innovation in science and engineering education in tertiary academic institutions in Africa. The vision for the students

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APPLY: 2024 Women Techsters Fellowship Programme 

The Women Techsters programmme is a free 1-year experiential learning technology upskilling programme that empowers young girls and women, aged 16 to 40 years across Africa with global in-demand skills relevant to kickstart careers and businesses in technology. The programme aims to bridge the digital and technology knowledge divide between men and women in the

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Lecturer says many parents raising non self-reliant children

In a recent statement made on Freedom Court Platform Babatunde Johnson Isamuko, a well-known mass communication lecturer,former head of department, Osun state polytechnic,iree, has expressed his concerns about the current practices of raising children among parents. Isamuko believes that today’s parents are not training their children to be self-reliant, and instead are raising them like

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