Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio in the United States of American has named Nigerian-born Dr. Morakinyo A. O. Kuti as the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (VPRED) and Director of Land Grants. The institution’s Interim Public Relations Director, Debbie Alberico said: “As an 1890 Land-Grant Institution, Central State is committed to educating students who are underrepresented in the …

The Federal Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the World Bank, has trained no fewer than 300 students of the Federal Science and Technical College in the Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, in skill acquisition. The training which was done under the World Bank’s Innovation Development and Effectiveness in Acquisition of Skills (IDEAS) Project, was aimed at addressing …

Three out of every four pupils in Nigerian primary schools are poor in literacy and numeracy, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) assessment. At the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy seminar in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Wednesday, the global agency’s Chief of Education in Nigeria, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan said: “Nigeria has a severe learning crisis with three out of four children …

The UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean is providing support for former Vice President,  Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s newly formed Organisation, Future Perspectives, to launch the “Innovation to Transform Education Training” in Nigeria. According to a statement on Monday by Osinbajo’s media office, the non-profit organisation co-founded by the former Vice President would work with …

In furtherance of his desire to ease the burden of the fuel subsidy removal on students of higher institutions of learning, President Bola Tinubu has approved provision of buses to the students’ bodies of all universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country. According to a statement by the President’s spokesman, Mr Dele Alake on Monday, “the desire of …

Tai Solarin University of Education has announced the commencement of its 2023/2024 post-UTME screening exercise for both Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) (100 level) and direct entry (200 level) candidates. In a statement, the university Registrar, Mr. Dapo Oke said that eligible candidates include those with A Level, OND, HND, JUPEB, IJMB qualifications and UTME candidates who selected the university …

KloverHarris, a leading human capital development consultancy company in the country, has given out free books and writing materials to top-performing students of Local Government Primary School, Isiwu, in Ikorodu, Lagos State, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) aimed at inspiring and encouraging brilliant academic performances. The CSR project undertaken last Friday at the school premises saw the …

To cushion the harsh effects of the high cost of transportation as a result of fuel subsidy removal, the management of the University of Ilorin has deployed three luxurious buses to convey students and staff of the institution to and from the campus at peak periods free of charge. In a statement, the institution’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the comment of the presidency on the increase of school fees, describing it as deceitful and misleading. The presidency, through the Special Adviser to the president on Communication and Strategy, Mr. Dele Alake on Wednesday said reports suggesting that President Bola Tinubu increased tuition fees in federal government-owned universities are incorrect. …

Gunmen have kidnapped the immediate past Provost of Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta, Dr. Ayodele Adetayo Ajayi in Olodo, along Abeokuta-Ibadan road. Ajayi wassaid to have been  abducted alongside his wife and driver, around 7.17 pm, yesterday, at Ikija village, Olodo axis of the Abeokuta-Ibadan road in Odeda Local government of Ogun state. It was further learnt that Ajayi’s …