FRESH revelations that 27 states failed to access a total of N54.9 billion Universal Basic Education fund by not providing commensurate counterpart funding, accentuate Nigeria’s education underdevelopment. The funds are lying fallow, despite the massive number of out-of-school children in ...
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The Nigeria School Sport Federation (NSSF) has picked 25 players at the national trials for the 2024 International School Sport Federation (ISF) World School Cup for girls taking place in Dalian, China from May 16 to 27. Over 300 girls ...
Read More »NYSC Fixes April 2 For Physical Verification Of Graduates From Foreign Institutions
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the date for the physical verification of foreign trained graduates who registered online for the 2024 Batch ‘A’ Stream II service year. NYSC, in a statement on its official Facebook page on ...
Read More »US YouTuber Kai Cenat To Build School In Lagos Slum Community
American streamer and YouTuber Kai Cenat, has announced his plans to start building a school for children in Makoko, a well-known floating slum in Lagos, Nigeria. This announcement comes after Cenat’s recent visit to the area, where he generously donated ...
Read More »CBN Extends Financial Literacy Campaign To Secondary Schools Nationwide
In observance of Global Money Week 2024, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) took its financial literacy drive to secondary schools nationwide, advocating for the theme “Protect your money, Secure your future.” Across the six geopolitical regions, the apex bank ...
Read More »ASUU Rejects Advertorial For UniAbuja’s Vice Chancellor Position
… Urges federal gov’t to direct withdrawal of advert The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has rejected the advertisement for the institution’s Vice Chancellor position. It would be recalled that the current management of the ...
Read More »FG Earmarks N160bn For Student Loan, Consumer Credit
… Says no case of padding in 2024 budget The federal government has said a total of N160 billion was voted for consumer credit and implementation of student loan scheme in the 2024 national budget. Minister of Budget and Economic ...
Read More »Tinubu To Launch Student Loan Scheme Thursday
President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday launch the highly anticipated student loan scheme. The scheme, according to the president, will put an end to industrial actions in the country’s tertiary institutions. The President Tinubu had on June 12, 2023, signed ...
Read More »Gov Eno Releases N779m WAEC Fees For 48,797 Students
The Akwa Ibom State Government has announced the release of N778,998,500 payment for the 2023/2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Idongesit Etiebiet who made this disclosure in an interview with newsmen in her ...
Read More »57.19% Score Credit In 5 Subjects As WAEC Releases 2023 WASSCE Results
The Nigeria’s office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Tuesday evening, released the results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates 2023–Second Series. In a statement signed and released by the Acting Head, ...
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