Tag: education
Who Wants To Be A Teacher?
By Olalekan Olagunju It is incredible and disturbing to read from the media about the recent industrial action embarked upon…
Best Varsity Status Excites OAU Students
Damilare Okunola Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, are excited with the latest ranking of the Nigerian universities which…
NERDC Recommends GLO Mobile Tutor To Nigerian Students
The National Education Research and Development Council, NERDC, has commended Globacom for designing Glo Mobile Tutor which it described as…
J.F.A. Ajayi: The Herotodus Of Africa Goes Home
By Kola Johnson I remember my first attempt at the West African School Certificate exam in the 70s. The horrible…
Nigerians need education on female condoms
Stakeholders in the health sector have stressed the importance of increasing public awareness on the use of female condoms in…
Boosting Literacy Development In Nigeria
By Tayo Ogunbiyi September 8 is globally celebrated as International Literacy Day. It is a day set aside to draw…
OAU Matriculates 5,608 Students
Akintola Lukman It was a glamorous day for the new students at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, as the…
On Fashola’s Reversal Of LASU Fee
By Tayo Ogunbiyi One vital attribute every leader must possess in good measure is courage. Courage is the ability to…
Access Bank, Others Pioneer e-Classrooms
As part of efforts to increase e-learning capabilities and transform education in Nigerian institutions, Access Bank in collaboration with Intel…
Education is Priority of our Government – Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria has emphasized that education remains the highest priority of…
LASPOTECH Runs Against Cancer
Sulaimon Mojeeed-Sanni Students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH on 20 August, 2014, had its fourth marathon tagged ‘Race Against…
Knocks For OGD Over Comments On OOU Students’ Protest
Abiodun Onafuye Former governor of Ogun State, who is now a chieftain of Labour Party, LP, in Ogun State, Otunba…
LASU To Get N1.3b From FG
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State University, LASU, is to get N1.3 billion from the Federal Government to upgrade infrastructure in…
OAU Students Blame Union Leaders For ‘Needless’ Strike
Akintola Lukman Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun state, have blamed their Students’ Union leaders for embarking on…
Lagos Poly Wears New Look
Harrison Iyoha Management of the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH, Ikorodu Campus, has moved to dismiss earlier suggestions that no development…
Parents Worry Over Poor WAEC Results
Yetunde Idowu Some parents have expressed displeasure over the general poor performance of students in the recently released 2013/2014 West…
The Spelling Bee Competition Goes National
Funsho Arogundade As The Spelling Bee, a competition targeted at students between ages 8 and 14 overseas, enters its second…
LASU Fees Slash: Students To Get N840m
Kazeem Ugbodaga Following the reversal of students’ school fees, the authorities of the Lagos State University, LASU, are making arrangements…
LASU: Fashola Cancels New Fees
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) Thursday ordered that students of Lagos State University, LASU, should revert to paying the…
NANS Vows To Disrupt OAU Post-UTME Test
Akintola Lukman National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS South-west zone (Zone D) has vowed to disrupt this weekend’s Post-UTME screening…
OAU Launches e-Learning Portal
Motunrayo Idris One of the foremost universities in Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, has launched its e-learning programme. The event…
LASU Best Graduating Student Gets Scholarship
The Oba Adeniji-Adele Foundation is to award scholarship worth N1.65 million annually to the best graduating student of the Lagos…
YABATECH Yet To Fully Resume
Damilare Okunola P.M.NEWS Campus Square checks have revealed that students of the Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, Yaba, Lagos are…
Osun Lecturers Vow To Continue Strike
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The Academic Staff Unions of Osun State-Owned Tertiary Institutions (CASUOSTI) comprising of Osun state College of Technology, OSCOTECH,…
LASU Lecturers Call Off Strike
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, of the Lagos State University, LASU, has called off its six…
Over 28,000 Nigerian graduates educated in India
Dr Collins Nyenze, President of the Indian Universities Alumni Association of Nigeria, on Monday said that about 28,732 Nigerians have…
Why We Pulled Out Of ASUP Strike — Polytechnics
Harrison Iyoha Despite reassurances by Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, more institutions are backing out of the union’s nine-month…
‘UNILAG Student Was Shot By Suspected Cultists’
Damilare Okunola Reports emanating from the King Jaja Hall of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, Lagos, suggest that an…
The Fate Of Indigent OAU Students
Since last month, Nigeria’s premier tertiary institution, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, was shut following a protest by students…
FG to address shortage of qualified English, Maths teachers – Wike
The supervisory Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, on Monday said the Federal Government would address the shortage of qualified English…