By Abbas Bamalli The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has empowered no fewer than 95,556 adolescent girls and boys in Katsina State with financial literacy, safe spaces and vocational skills. Mr Muntaka Muhammad-Mukhtar, Education Specialist, UNICEF, Kano Field Office, disclosed this in his remarks in Katsina on Friday, during aContinue Reading
By Grace Alegba Government Junior College, Agege, on Friday emerged overall winner of the 2025 Mayen Adetiba Technical Boot Camp (MATBC), organised by APWEN, Lagos Chapter. The annual boot camp mentors young girls to embrace STEM education and honours Adetiba, one of Nigeria’s first female engineers. The two-day event drewContinue Reading
By EricJames Ochigbo Some educationists have advocated increased private sector investment in free education for children of underserved communities in the country. They made the call at the 2025 graduation ceremony of the Not Forgotten Initiative (NFI) School in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NFIContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Pro-Chancellor, governing council members, and principal officers of the Federal University of Environment and Technology, Koroma/Saakpenwa, Ogoni, in Rivers. This is contained in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson, My Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday in Abuja. According toContinue Reading
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Generation Unlimited (GenU) has empowered with toolkits, outstanding 200 girls, who have completed a training under the Girls’ Education and Skills Partnership (GESP) programme. At the Startup Toolkit and National Skills Qualification Certificate presentation at the Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech)Continue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Federal Ministry of Education have agreed to introduce a compulsory drug integrity test for students of tertiary institutions. The organisations also agreed to review the secondary school curriculum to incorporate drug education. The agreement was reached between theContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government has unveiled the Accelerated Basic Education (ABE) programme, aimed at mobilising 80 million under-served young non-literate Nigerians and adults still outside the reach of basic literacy. The programme aims to meet non-literate youths and adults wherever they are in the six geopolitical zones ofContinue Reading
By Hilary Akalugwu The Head of Department (HOD), Linguistics, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Prof. Joy Uguru, has commended ex-students of the department for remembering to give back to their alma mater. Uguru made the commendation in Nsukka, while receiving chairs, tables, ceiling fans and other items donated by the ClassContinue Reading
By Henry Oladele A Professor of Linguistics, Portuguese and Translation Studies, Tayo Ajayi, on Tuesday called for greater rapprochement and collaboration between Brazilian and African linguists and anthropologists in order to deepen studies related to African heritage in Brazil. Ajayi made the callContinue Reading
By Ibukun Emiola The Vice-Chancellor (VC), University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Kayode Adebowale, has commended alumni contributions and faculty leadership for sustaining infrastructural growth in the institution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adebowale stated this in Ibadan on Tuesday while inaugurating four major projects executed by theContinue Reading
