The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Nigeria has, this year, trained 130 students across four universities in a move to strengthen youth participation in governance and national development. The initiative, called the “Include Naija” project, seeks to promote fundamental human rights among…

The Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, alongside academics, has urged policymakers, educators, and the private sector to prioritise digital skills and entrepreneurship training for graduates. Bamidele, who spoke recently at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, highlighted global trends showing…

A Professor of Political Science at the University of Ilorin, Gbade Ojo, has decried that the “indigene” and “non-indigene” distinctions across various sectors have created social and political divisions that undermine national unity and cripple federal efficiency. Ojo, a former…

The National Universities Commission has approved the commencement of 17 undergraduate degree programmes at the University of Fortune, Igbotako, Ondo State. The approval is to take effect from the 2025/2026 academic session. The approval was conveyed in a letter dated…

The founder of Blossom in Etiquette and Manners and an English Language educator, Salome Olajide-Buari, has harped on the importance of a reading culture among children. Olajide-Buari gave this admonition as the organisation wrapped up its second annual Christmas Reading…

The Gombe State Executive Council has approved the sum of N661,557,121 for the payment of Senior Secondary Certificate Examination fees for 23,873 students across the state. State Commissioner for Education, Dr Aishatu Maigari, disclosed this to journalists after the 51st…

A Nigerian educationist and environmental conservation researcher, Dr Peace Amarachi Igwe, has called for the deliberate education of pupils from the primary school level on ecological conservation as a strategy to build long-term environmental resilience and sustainable agriculture in the…

Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has inaugurated a hostel facility in Eika Adagu, Okehi Local Government Area, executed by the Dr Abdullahi Mustapha Foundation. Mustapha is the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria. Speaking at the event, Ododo said…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has urged Nigerians to embrace responsible conduct, patience, endurance and integrity this year. In a New Year message issued on Thursday, the Public Communication Adviser of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, noted that recent years…

Nigerian-born educators Oluwatoyin Kode and Adeolu Kode have said a strong grounding in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is critical to making African students globally competitive. In a statement on Thursday, the couple, co-founders of STEM Prep Tutoring in the…

A growing gap between academic talent and access to opportunity is shutting thousands of high-performing Nigerian graduates out of global education pathways, the i-Scholar Initiative has warned. President of the initiative, Victor Ogunmola, gave this warning at the organisation’s Board…

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has reiterated his administration’s commitment to transforming the state’s education sector, with plans to recruit more teachers to improve the quality of learning across public schools. Soludo stated this on Friday during the 50th…

Christopher Asor, a Computer Science first-class graduate of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, speaks to TEMITOPE ADETUNJI about his journey—a story of growing through challenges, holding on to hope, and finding his way to success Can you tell us…

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to education reforms while attending the 50th anniversary of his alma mater, Uga Boys’ Secondary School, Uga, in Aguata Local Government Area of the state. Soludo returned to the…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that investing in education is never a gamble, describing it as a deliberate commitment to securing Nigeria’s future, as Kashim Ibrahim University, Maiduguri, graduated 2,294 students and installed the Ooni of Ife as its…