The management of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, in Odogbolu local government area of Ogun State, has rusticated 25 students and indefinitely suspended 58 others for various misconducts, including forgery, threats to life, examination malpractices, and other fraudulent acts. We reliably gathered that the decision was taken during the University’s Senate meeting held on 31, July 2024. A statement …

Philanthropic organisation, I. G. Aguowo Health and Academic Foundation (IGAHAF) has posted further landmarks in its activities. Last Friday at the International Conference Centre, Awka, Anambra State, IGAHAF marked its third education seminar and fifth phase of its scholarship award ceremony by offering full scholarships to 250 more students. This brings to 670, the number of scholarships so far given …

The Teen Ambassadors Foundation has trained 40 students on coding and robotics in Abuja. Director General of the Foundation, Dr Paul Adiwu, said the training was to expose the children to science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and robotics. He spoke at the closing ceremony of the second edition of the free summer programme on STEM education with robotics, organised by …

A visually impaired widow and over 600 students of the ESM University, Benin Republic, and their parents have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reverse the ban on the institution’s certificate in Nigeria. The distraught students who are on the scholarship of a faith-based organisation, ‘Omega Power Ministries’ and their parents cried to the General Overseer and their benefactor, Apostle …

The Director-General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Yusha’u Ahmed, has warned corps members against undertaking night travels during their service year. The DG also said any corps member who embarked on journeys not authorised by the NYSC would be sanctioned in line with the NYSC Bye-laws. He gave the warning on Friday while addressing the …

The House of Representatives has vowed to address the challenges hindering tertiary institutions from accessing the N500 billion Tertiary Institutions Trust Fund intervention fund lying unaccessed in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The House Committee on TETFund and other Services disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, represented by Deputy, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, …

The staff of the Department of English and Literary Studies, Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State, have recently given a rousing reception in honor of its outgoing Sabbatical staff, Professor Al-Bishak. Al-Bishak, who is an academic staff of the same department at the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, was commended by the staff of the Lokoja varsity for his “scholarly …

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities have scheduled a follow-up meeting for 6 September 2024. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known at the end of a meeting with the union leadership on Wednesday at the Federal Ministry of Education. Following resolutions reached at the union’s national executive council meeting held at the …

The Federal Government plans to introduce a training scheme equivalent to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for graduates of the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), the Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Olawande Wisdom has hinted. The minister dropped the hint at the opening of the BEMORE OYO 2024 Summer Bootcamp in Ibadan yesterday. Wisdom said his ministry would partner …

South-East governors and lawmakers representing the region in the National Assembly have stepped in to help students from the region benefit from the Federal Government’s student loan scheme. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Kalu assured students from the region that the issues would be resolved and they would …