By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu The Lagos State Government (LASG) has stepped up safety and security measures in schools as pupils and students set to resume for the 2026/2027 academic session. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that Lagos State public primary and secondary schools will resume on Monday. In aContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government has clarified that King’s College, Lagos, has not been sold or privatised, saying it retains legal ownership of the 117-year-old institution. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday, to clarify the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) concessionContinue Reading
By Jumoke Olaitan The Federal Government has mandated the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna, to coordinate the professionalisation of 250,000 serving teachers without formal teaching qualifications. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by Dr Iyela Ajaji, Sub-Committee chairman on Media and Communication, Accelerated Teacher ProfessionalisationContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to resume its suspended nationwide strike over unpaid salaries and poor implementation of the 2025 agreement. ASUU president, Christopher Piwuna, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Abuja, after the union’s emergency National ExecutiveContinue Reading
By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday inaugurated a Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Experience Centre at Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra. Tinubu, accompanied by Gov. Chukwuma Soludo, his wife, Dr Nonye Soludo, and other dignitaries, described the facility as a majorContinue Reading
By Moses Kolo The National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna, has released 608 Bachelor’s Degree Programme (BDP) certificates to its 2020 graduates under its affiliation with the University of Maiduguri. The Director and Chief Executive of the institute, Prof. Sadiya Daura, announced this in a statement issued by the Head ofContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Wisewisdom Charity Foundation has distributed school bags and other learning materials to 100 pupils of the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School, City Gate, Durumi II, Abuja. The items were distributed on Thursday, during an outreach tagged, “Building Tomorrow Today: One Bag, One Child”. The convenner, DrContinue Reading
By Jumoke Olaitan The National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has commended the Federal Government for commencing the recruitment of Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) teachers into the formal teaching system. Prof. Boniface Odeh, President of NAPTAN, gave the commendation in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Odeh said theContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government has settled the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA) for academic staff of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, from January to August 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Alausa said the affected institutions, includingContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government says it will end the practice of tertiary institutions temporarily borrowing staff, equipment and facilities to meet accreditation requirements. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at the inauguration of the Ministerial Committee on Strengthening the Accreditation andContinue Reading
