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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said that education cannot be funded by the government alone. Ngige said this on Tuesday when he made an appearance on Channels TV’s Politics Today while responding to questions about the loomi…

Some members of staff of the National Examinations Council (NECO) have cried out over their redeployment and in other cases, termination of appointments by the Chairman of the Board, Dr Abubakar Sadeeq. The aggrieved NECO workers told SaharaReporters …

Authorities of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State (FUOYE) have banned students from bringing cars to the school campus. This was made known in a circular dated November 10, 2021, and signed by its Assistant Registrar, Mufutau Ibrahim. …

The National Universities Commission (NUC), the regulatory agency for Nigerian universities, has set aside N5,769,000 to purchase books in 2022, and a whopping N22,908,950 for meals and N25,570,000 for welfare packages. The meals and the welfare packa…

Free medicals by the Army have been going on in Nigerian communities, including Delta State. Sadly, a free medical outreach the Army extended to some communities in the South-East, was described on Wednesday as a tool to depopulate the South-East r…

“In my first year in University, the first person to get a First Class in the Faculty of Law in the University of Lagos was actually a married woman with 4 children.” REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, WHEN HE RECEVIED GIRL-CHILD ADV…

Many Nigerian graduates today have a false idea of life after graduating and serving. I was chatting with an undergraduate one day when she told me she can't take any job that doesn't pay at least N500,000. I was shocked to my bones. G…

After 36 days, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its strike following a 4-hour meeting with the Federal Government delegation, which ended around 9pm in Abuja on Monday. The ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, addressed a …

Ekiti state says it has retained its first position in the recently conducted National Examination Council (NECO) test for secondary school students. Of all the states in the country, Ekiti recorded the best results in the 2016 Senior Secondary…

Nkechi Chidi-Ogbolu is one of many Nigerians making us proud. A graduate at 18, she has made history as the youngest person to graduate from Howard University, Washington, DC USA. Selected to begin a PhD programme at University of California, D…

There is a lot students can do to earn an income while studying to garner their degree qualifications. Jumia Travel shares 6 helpful tips for making money as a student: Sell Your Skills Whatever skill you have, offer it as a service to people …

Miss Nwankwo Florence Ngozi has emerged the overall best graduating student of University of Jos in Plateau State. Talk about beauty and brains. Congratulations to her...

Male lecturers are doing theirs, female lecturers are joining the train. Sigh! The management of Ebonyi State University has wielded the big stick against a female lecturer who was reported for s*xually harrassing a student. The female lecturer …

A brilliant Nigerian, Folafoluwa Oginni breaks Heterfordshire University record as she graduates with a perfect 5.0 GP. In 2013, Folafoluwa Oginni, then 17, emerged the overall best pupil in the May/June 2012 West African Senior School Certifica…

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has disclosed that the Federal Government has begun the payment of salary arrears of the striking university teachers. But the lecturers, under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Univers…

A student who received a staggering £850,000 (N392million) instead of her usual £85 monthly university food grant is in hot water after going on a massive 73 day spending spree with the millions. According to Sun UK, the Accountancy student ident…

The brilliant 15 year-old student, Ikeoluwa Abioye, has been getting lots of commendation. Kudos!

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has defended the pegging of 120 as minimum cut-off marks for students seeking admission into Nigerian universities. The decision, reached at a stakeholders’ policy meeting in Abuja, has generated co…

A traditional ruler in Ogun State, Olufemi Ogunleye, has obtained a degree in Law at the age of 73. He is the Toluwade of Akinale in Owu Kingdom of Egbaland. Oba Ogunleye graduated with a Second Class Upper degree from Crescent University, Abeo…

President and founder of Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, has set aside N200 billion to establish a world-class university in Abuja. Already, the proposal has been delivered to the National Universities Commission, NUC. A former Executive Sec…