Seyi Jakande, the son of the former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to rename the Lagos State University, Ojoo, after his father. Seyi, who spoke on Monday at the Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture 2023, organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), said LASU was the brain child of his late father. …

The President, National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Mr. Abayomi Otubela has said that, given the increase in the cost of fuelling, some schools would suspend bus services and parents would be advised to look for alternative means of transporting their wards to school. Otubela spoke to our Newsmen on the sidelines of the groundbreaking ceremony of the …

No fewer than 79 schools in the Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State have only one teacher each, teaching all subjects. The Director, School Services, Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Korijo Umar, disclosed this while answering questions from journalists during a media chat organised by the United Nations Children Fund on the enrollment drive of out-of-school children …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Sunday faulted the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Owerri zone over the call for the resignation of the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Nnenna Oti. It was reported on Friday that the zonal branch of ASUU called for the immediate resignation of Oti following allegations …

Nigerian students who were evacuated from war-torn Sudan have lamented the tedious processes of getting admitted into Nigerian universities. In all, 2,518 stranded Nigerians were evacuated from Sudan in May 2023. On 7th June 2023, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board unveiled modalities for the absorption of Nigerian students returning from war-torn countries, including Sudan, into tertiary institutions. JAMB Registrar, …

The National Association of Polytechnics Students (NAPS) has given President Bola Ahmed Tinubu seven days to sack the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe in Bayelsa State, Dr. Lukman Adegoke Agbabiaka over what it described as “poor leadership style, corruption and intimidation of students and staff of the school”. During a press conference at the SUG Secretariat of the Kaduna …

As the conduct of the 2023 Senior School School Examinations (SSE) gets underway, the Registrar of the National Examinations Coun(NECO) on Friday vowed it would not tolerate actions that undermine the integrity of its examinations across the country including examinations malpractice. Briefing the media after touring some schools to monitor the ongoing SSCE examinations in Plateau State, NECO Registrar, Prof. …

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has approved the implementation of the new retirement age and length of service for all categories of teachers in the state that are recognized by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). Earlier, the immediate past Governor of the State, Chief Samuel Ortom had in May before his exit signed the Bill extending the …

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has charged the leadership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) to maintain the high professional standard and integrity the accounting body has been known for in Nigeria over the years. Diri gave the charge yesterday when he received a high-powered delegation from ICAN led by its 59th President, Dr Innocent Okwuosa, …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said it will storm tertiary institutions that proceed to implement fee hikes across their campuses. NANS executives warned on Friday in Lagos at a media conference that university management needed to obey the directive of President Bola Tinubu to halt fee hikes on their campuses. “We want to seize this moment to …