The Education Minister Prof Tahir Mamman, has made a U-turn in his earlier statement, where he directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to admit only candidates who have attained 18 years in tertiary institutions. Mamman on Thursday, in an ongoing policy meeting organised by JAMB, in Abuja, announced that only applicants who were 18 years and above were …

The Organised Labour still insists that the N250,000 benchmark remains the ideal minimum wage for workers in Nigeria, the President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, declared on Tuesday. Osifo also stated that TUC and the Nigeria Labour Congress were meeting with officials of the Federal Government to reach an agreement on the minimum wage. He disclosed this at the …

I did not know REFLECTIONS! would return to education matter so soon after the last edition of 15 April 2024 which dissected the rot in public primary schools in the country and the plight of over twenty million out-of-school children in Africa’s largest economy. The honourable minister of education, Professor Tahir Mamman “provoked” me to revisit the sector so soon. …