The management of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State has announced the closing down of the institution. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the university’s Registrar, Dapo Oke on Sunday. According to the statement by the institution, the closure became inevitable following the clash between students and members of the community on Sunday. …

The University of Abuja (UNIABIJA) has rusticated two final year students for allegedly inciting their colleagues over a recent hike in tuition fees by the management of the institution. The university accused the students – Cyprian Igwe and Olalekan Oladeru – of circulating a WhatsApp group message inviting other students for a meeting over the fee hike. Both officials of …

As part of its commitment to continually empower the youth through various entrepreneurial initiatives, Access Bank has rewarded 55 members of Batch A, Stream Two members of the National Youth Corps Service (NYSC) across Nigeria with various cash grants. In all, N15.5 million was given out to corps members with winning entrepreneurial ideas in Abuja, Delta, Kaduna, Kwara and Rivers …

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has admitted he had no knowledge of the education sector when President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him to man the Federal Ministry of Education. The minister said what he had was a ‘superficial’ knowledge of the sector. Adamu, the longest-serving education minister, spoke yesterday during a valedictory service in his honour. He was appointed in …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Thursday, said three corps members who absconded from their duty posts would repeat the service year while 2 others would get an extension. At a Passing-Out Parade of 2022 Batch “B” Stream I corps members held in Gombe, the State NYSC Coordinator, Mr Dawut Jidda, stated that no fewer than 526 passed out …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commissioned a 1000-seating capacity mega Computer Based Test (CBT) centre in Kaduna. The centre said to be the largest in West Africa has four units each of 250 seaters with the capacity to conduct the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for 4,000 candidates per day. While inaugurating the N1.19 billion CBT centre along …

The Federal Government has released the white paper report of visitation panels to 42 higher institutions. The release of the white paper report was one of the demands laid down by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) during the union’s prolonged strike last year. Parts of the visitation panel’s term of references was to review the performance of each …

The longest-serving Minister of Education since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, Malam Adamu Adamu bid farewell to the ministry in Abuja on Thursday. Adamu was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and served as Minister of Education for 91 months. During his period as minister, the education sector witnessed tons of “ups and downs”. Though his tenure …

The National Assembly, through the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), has established ‘Democracy Radio’ in Abuja to propagate the activities of the legislature. On Tuesday, NILDS Director-General, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman conducted reporters on a tour of facilities of the station in Asokoro ahead of the formal opening today. According to him, the station is an independent body …

The management of Benson Idahosa University (BIU), Benin City has mourned the death of Ezeonye Bruno Leo, a 400-level student of Computer Science who was said to have slumped and died on Monday. The Registrar and Secretary of the Governing Council, Itoya Vinton-Okoedo in a statement made available on Tuesday night said that “The Management, Staff, and Students of Benson …