The Obafemi Awolowo Institute of Government and Public Policy (OAIPP), Lekki, in Lagos State, has appointed its first director-general. He is Professor Adigun Ajao Bolarinwa Agbaje, a professor of Political Science at the University of Ibadan and former deputy vice chancellor of that university. According to a release by the Institute signed by the chairman [...]
Some stakeholders in the education sector on Wednesday expressed worry over increased cases of examination malpractice and continued mass failure. In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, the stakeholders said that the challenges needed urgent tackling by all concerned. Mr. Ike Onyechere, Founding Chairman, Examination Ethics and Marshal International, a non-governmental [...]
Founder of Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele (JP) has given scholarship to five students to study in the University of Lagos and University of Ibadan, Oyo State, southwest Nigeria. He made this known at the headquarters of the church at Oke-Afa, Isolo, Thursday. Ayodele also gave clothes, shoes and cash donations to [...]
Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) has adopted a resolution relieving the Bursar and the Registrar of the state-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), of their appointments with immediate effect. The adoption of the resolution Tuesday was sequel to the presentation and consideration of of the report of the Joint Committee on Education and Public Account [...]
Barely few days after the Maths Department block of the Faculty of Science, University of Lagos was gutted by fire, an off-campus hostel of some students of the Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, has also been razed by fire. Located at Sabo along Iyakpi Road, the building was gutted by fire on Saturday. The inferno destroyed [...]
The Federal Government says it would provide vocational education through skill acquisition and developmental programmes as part of the transformation agenda for the country. This was why the government recently approved 86 Innovation and Vocational Enterprising Institutions to award National Innovative Diploma (NID) and National Vocational Diploma (NVD). The Minister of Education, Professor Rukayat Ahmed [...]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says 1,503,931 candidates will write this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on March 24. Registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, stated this while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, this is the highest number of registered candidates the board has recorded since inception. The [...]
