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The Chief Executive Officer of Human Capital Development Plus (HCD+), Madam Finda Koroma has disclosed that Nigeria ranks among the top 20 countries in the world with the highest number of out-of-school children, lamenting a greater incidence occurs among females.    Speaking

Dr. Hafiz Ogun, the Director General/Chief Executive, Industrial Training Fund (ITF), has pledged to ensure that artisans trained by the Fund have international certification to work anywhere in the world. Speaking yesterday (Tuesday, August 20) in Jos, the Plateau State capital, when

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has resolved to give the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum in line with extant labour laws. The decision to issue the federal government the ultimatum was taken at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held

The winners of the the debate competition, Veritas University Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has vowed to  continue engaging the Nigerian youths, especially those in tertiary institutions, on critical thinking, to proffer solutions to developmental challenges in the country.

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt General T.Y Danjuma has donated $500,000 to the Ondo State government owned University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo.   The donation, according to a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the university, Mr

The Federal Government has announced plans to recruit 3,500 new teaching staff for Federal Unity Colleges across Nigeria. Dr. Yusuf Sununu, Minister of State for Education, revealed this initiative during the two-day National Stakeholders’ Forum on Senior Secondary Education in Nigeria. The

The Ogun State Branch Controller of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Ayobami Suberu, has clarified that the withholding of some public school students’ results was due to a technical glitch, not because of the state’s indebtedness to the council. This clarification

Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFund) has cleared more 22 State-owned tertiary institutions to submit applications for student loans.   Prior to this, 86 state-owned institutions had been cleared, bringing the total number of institutions of higher learning whose students are now qualified