By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has reiterated its commitment to scale-up programmes that cultivate students’ creativity and entrepreneurship skills to change the world. Dr Danlami Hayyo, Mandate Secretary, FCT Education Secretariat, stated this in Abuja on Monday, at the grand finale and award ceremony of theContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Glisten International Academy, Abuja, has emerged the winner of the FCT-Brunel Innovation Challenge, organised to promote entrepreneurship and innovation among secondary school students. The challenge, titled “Building a Better Abuja,” was organised to encourage young Nigerians to explore their local environment, identify needs, and develop solutions usingContinue Reading
By Sani Idris-Abdulrahman No fewer than 92 Social Mobilisation Officers (SMOs) trained on improving basic education and bringing children back to school in Kaduna State have highlighted challenges while restating their commitment to being part of the solution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the SMOs, drawn fromContinue Reading
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu The Regalo Hope Foundation (RHF), a non-profit organisation, had blamed poor performance of candidates in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on poor digital literacy. The Founder of RHF, Dr Chinenye Onuorah, made the blame in an interview with the NewsContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it withheld 96 results on account of examination infractions, a decrease from 123 in the previous year. The Registrar of JAMB, Ishaq Oloyede, made the disclosure during a news conference on the official release of the results in BwariContinue Reading
By Thompson Yamput Prof. Kolade Olorunleke, a Professor of Business Administration, Federal University Lokoja (FUL), has advocated for nationalistic embrace of local goods and services by all Nigerians to stimulate economic growth. Olorunleke made the call during his inaugural lecture titled ”Management Outcomes: What You See is a Tip ofContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Chiedu Mafiana, says the institution is re-strategising to strengthen its Open and Distance Learning (ODL) pattern of education. Mafiana said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. HeContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, says 24 federal institutions have been powered by solar energy under the “Energising Education Project’’ of President Bola Tinubu’s Administration. Alausa, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the Collaboration Agreement Signing Ceremony with the Vice Chancellors of beneficiary institutions,Continue Reading
By Philip Yatai Some secondary school students from five schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday, presented innovative and entrepreneurial ideas to solve societal problems. The presentations were made to officials of Brunel University, London, via Zoom, under the Nigerian-Brunel Innovation Challenge in Abuja. The participating schools wereContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government has upgraded 38 federal and state technical colleges as part of a broad reform to equip Nigerian youths with internationally competitive skills. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the 2025 Quarterly Citizens and Stakeholders Engagement on the Nigeria Education SectorContinue Reading
