The Nigeria Security and Civil 1Defen1 Corps (NSCDC) Bauchi command said it arrested a 500-level Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) student for stabbing a 17-year-old student to death. NSCDC commandant Ilelaboye Oyejide said this on Sunday while briefing journalists in Bauchi on the incident. Mr Oyejide said the suspect was arrested in Misau local council. He […]
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Nigerian human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana has said that the refusal of state governments to make counterpart contributions to the Universal Basic Education Fund in the country was hampering access to basic education in Nigeria. Falana stated this during his presentation at the Out-of-School Children Summit organised by IA-Foundation in Lagos. According
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the take-off of fourteen programmes for the newly established Federal University of Transportation Daura, Katsina State. The pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Umar Adam-Katsayal, confirmed this in an interview in Katsina, on Saturday. The development was the fallout of the recent visit of the NUC resource verification
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the student loan scheme will commence implementation in January 2024. The president stated this while speaking at the 29th edition of the annual Nigerian Economic Summit, anchored by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), on Monday. He also assured the Nigerian student community that the era of incessant
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone D has stepped in to address the alleged extortion by the Ekiti State University (EKSU) management, following a memo released by the EKSU Student Union (EKSUSU) expressing discontentment with the imposed payments. In the memo, EKSUSU, represented by its President and General Secretary, vehemently opposed the fees
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The European Union (EU) has announced the investment of an additional 5.4 million euros in building the capacity of teachers in the North-West. The EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, made this known at the official launch of the 40 million euro intervention programme on education and youth empowerment in North-Western Nigeria through the
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A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has called for adequate investment in the education sector in order to build a formidable society. Gowon stated this during a thanksgiving service to mark the 20th anniversary of Africa International College and Africa Community School in Abuja on Sunday. Represented by his brother, Mr Dauda
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The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola has attributed the increasing quality of education in Nigeria to the establishment of more private universities in the country. The Legal Icon stated this on Saturday at the institution’s 11th Convocation Ceremonies. He called on the Federal Government to revisit the large number of
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Japa has passed into the daily Pidgin English lexicon from the Yoruba language to capture the mass departure from Nigeria of its intelligentia and skilled hands, a phenomenon also known as brain drain. In 2022, the average monthly search volume for japa in Google was about 100,000, Bard, Google’s version of chat generative pre-trained transformer
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Let me tell you a story, a story of a Nigerian Boy, An “Aji-no-moto” Pen, his Father, and his primary 4 Exams. But before I do, something has been bugging me; two weeks ago, we woke up to the news of a West African promising fintech start-up that has successfully raised several millions of dollars
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In a move aimed at addressing the ongoing controversy surrounding tuition fees, the management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) in Bauchi, Nigeria, has unveiled a new fee structure for both returning and new students. This development comes as a response to the widespread public outcry and dissatisfaction over the previous fee arrangement. In a
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