By Martha Agas The Malala Fund says it is investing 1.7 million dollars as new funding for nine Nigerian organisations leading efforts to get more girls into school. The new funding to Nigeria is part of the 4.8 million dollars to support 21 new cohorts of mostly young women-led organisationsContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has designated 20 days to showcase the achievements of President Bola Tinubu’s administration in the education sector within the territory. The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike made this known during the inauguration of the newly constructed engineering infrastructure in Wuye District, Abuja,Continue Reading
By Victor Adeoti Prof. Shadrach Akindele, Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Redeemer’s University, Ede in Osun, has urged graduating postgraduate students of the institution to use the knowledge acquired to develop practical solutions to challenges facing the country. Akindele said this during his address at the 17th convocation ceremony ofContinue Reading
As the Oct. 6 deadline for the enforcement of the regulations for the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) programme approaches, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Education, Prof Abubakar Sambo, has praised the Federal Government on the digitisation programme. Sambo, who is a former Vice Chancellor of the AbubakarContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The U.S. Government has expressed its continued commitment to supporting young Nigerian students, innovators and change-makers, who are willing to study in America. U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy Officer, Brian Neubert, stated this at the 2025 EducationU.S. Nigeria Fair, with the theme: “Empowering Futures, Discover American Excellence inContinue Reading
Curriculum By Uche Eletuo Nigerians have continued to react to the Federal Government’s introduction of a new curriculum for basic, secondary and technical education, with some saying it was long overdue. They spoke in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday. The Vice-Chancellor, Lagos StateContinue Reading
By Hussaina Yakubu The maiden edition of the National Education Quality Assurance Policy Committee meeting is currently underway at the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna. The meeting organised by the Federal Education Quality Assurance Service Department of the Federal Ministry of Education, billed to hold from Sept. 2 to 4.Continue Reading
Automation By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Ministry of Education has announced that all admissions into unity colleges are now fully automated and strictly conducted within the approved capacity of each school. This, the ministry, said was to eliminate previous challenges of overstretched facilities. This is contained in a statement made availableContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang/Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government has inaugurated the maiden Diaspora BRIDGE, a digital hub initiative, to bolster the partnership in education, research and innovation between diaspora academics, and Nigerian tertiary institutions. Vice-President Kashim Shettima while inaugurating the initiative, hosted by the Federal Ministry of Education on Monday inContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) says collaboration among government, private and religious sectors is key to educational advancement. Ndukuba stated this at the Diocese of Abuja, Anglican International Academy (AIA), Zhidu, Abuja’ maiden graduation ceremony on Sunday. The clergy emphasisedContinue Reading
