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Niger State governor, Umaru Mohammed Bago has abolished the payment of Parent Teachers Association (PTA) levies in all public schools in the state in a bid to encourage more enrollment of children into schools. The Governor said the state government would

The House of Representatives has directed the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to provide a detailed breakdown of its 2024 allocations. It also urged TETFund to present the 2025 budget estimates to beneficiary institutions before further implementation. This resolution followed the

The  Vice-Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, on Tuesday -yesterday, January 14 – expressed delight that 76 female students and 30 males  finished with first class honours from UNILAG in the 2023/2024 academic session. Ogunsola, the first female

Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has launched an initiative to distribute free school uniforms to 796,092 pupils across 7,092 public schools in the state in order to alleviate the parents’ burden. Speaking at the launching in Kano on Monday –

Dr Oluwatayo Aduloju, Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), has canvassed dedicated education hubs to advance and create more wealth in the country. Delivering the 55th University of Lagos (UNILAG) Convocation Lecture – ‘Universities as Hubs for Development and Wealth

Students of the University of Calabar (UniCal) have appealed to the management of the institution to extend the deadline for registration of courses and payment of school fees, saying this has become necessary in view of the fact that they applied for loans through

Two students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, have emerged the overall 2023/2024 best graduating students with a perfect score of 5.00 CGPA. The two students, Damilare Haroun Adebakin and Samuel Akinade Badekale are from the Faculty of Science and

A former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola, has appealed to the Federal Government to prioritise quality education through more investment in the education system in 2025. Okebukola who made the appeal while speaking with the

The University of Abuja has named Prof. Aisha Maikudi as its new Vice-Chancellor, a decision surrounded by protests and disagreements. This was revealed in a statement by the institution’s Acting Director of Public Affairs, Habib Yakoob, on Tuesday. The appointment process faced

Senator Jack Gyado, Second Republic Senator from the famous Tilley-Gyado family in Benue State, and proprietor of Tilley Gyado College Makurdi (TGCM), has explained his father, the late Jerome Tilley-Gyado, established the school to educate and empower the less privileged members