Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Saturday, announced the allocation of N36.4m for distribution of N30,000 each as palliatives to 1,215 corps members deployed to Borno State by the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC). The governor visited the NYSC ...
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Feed SubscriptionScholarship Aid Initiative Advocates Abolition Of Quota Policy In Nigeria’s Educational System
Efforts at realising further academic pursuits will continue to remain impossible for the teeming Nigerian youths until the federal government, as well as other policy makers in the nation’s educational system abolish all tertiary institutions’ admission regulatory bodies. This is ...
Read More »Plateau Govt Urged To Save Polytechnic From Collapse
The Action Against Corruption (AAC) has called on the Plateau State government to set up visitation panel to investigate alleged administrative and financial malfeasance of the Rector of the Plateau State Polytechnic Barki Ladi, Bldr. John Dawam to avert further ...
Read More »Protecting Our Schools
For many years, Nigeria has continued to witness a heartbreaking wave of violence against the education sector and, in particular, the schools where young minds are supposed to be formed. These institutions that should be sanctuaries for learning and growth, ...
Read More »KIDNAPPED ZAMFARA CORPERS: Professor Udosen Proposes Alternatives For NYSC Engagement
…Calls for safe release of all kidnapped corps members By Saviour Ekpe As members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on a regular basis continue to lose their lives while responding to ‘national call’, Professor of Research Development and ...
Read More »Parents, Teachers Bemoan Poor Facilities In Ogun School
Parents and teachers in Community Primary School Owode in Ijako-Ota in Ogun State have lamented about the poor condition of infrastructure in the school. When PUNCH Metro visited the school on Thursday, it was observed that the facilities in the ...
Read More »VP Shettima Lauds Google’s N1.2bn Grant Initiative For Nigeria
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has lauded Google’s N1.2billion grant for the Tinubu administration’s one million jobs initiative. The Vice President stated this on Tuesday when he received in audience some executives of Google – a leading global technology ...
Read More »Kano Govt Revokes Licences Of All Private Schools
The Kano State government has revoked certificates of all private schools operating in the state with immediate effect. This was made known by the special adviser to the State Governor on Private and Voluntary Institutions, Baba Abubakar Umar, on Saturday. During ...
Read More »TETFund Targets 2m Students, Staff For Online Academic Resources
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said over two million students and staff of higher education institutions in the country will soon have massive access to online academic resources through the deployment of the Blackboard learning platform. TETFund executive secretary, ...
Read More »WAEC Withholds WASSCE Results Of Candidates In Eight States Over Debts
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has stated that candidates from eight states of Nigeria that were owing the examination body for various services rendered will not get their 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results. The examination ...
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