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Alleged sexual Harrasment:.Ndifon,UNICAL don to spend five years behind bars

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday convicted the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon, and sentenced...

Federal universities overburdened with bureacratic procedures-Akande

Chief Bisi Akande Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the University of Ibadan,Chief Bidi Akande, has decried what he described as bureaucratic bottlenecks  which...

How US -based Nigerian killed father, stabbed two sisters

The Ewenis A 27-year-old United States of America-based Nigerian man, Chukwuebuka Eweni, is in police custody after allegedly stabbing his father, Samuel Eweni, and two...

FG Opens Application Portal for N50m Student Venture Capital Grant

  The Federal Ministry of Education has officially opened the application portal for the N50 million Student Venture Capital Grant (S-VCG). In what was described as...

FG Scholars Abroad Stage Protest Over Unpaid Allowances

FG Scholars Abroad Stage Protest Over Unpaid Allowances   Nigerian students studying abroad under the Federal Government’s Bilateral Education Agreement and their...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Bleak and Uncertain Future of Nigeria*

  Toba Alabi. tobalabi@yahoo.com   Introduction The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has long been at the forefront of advocacy for quality public...

NELFUND disburses N116bn loan to 624,000 students

  The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed N116 billion to cover institutional fees and upkeep allowances for students across the country. The...

Ijebu-Jesa Grammar School at 70! (2)

By abiodun KOMOLAFE According to Michael Afolayan, a US-based Professor of Education and Linguistics, what is happening in IJGS “is a systemic problem – the...

Reps move to suspend 2026 WAEC’ computer-based exam policy

  Examination   The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Education and the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to suspend the planned...

Fidelity bank promotes quality Education in Mushin

L-R: Ahmed Adebisi, Member, Eminence Inductees Class of 2025, Fidelity Bank Plc; Victoria Abuka, Team Lead, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Fidelity Bank Plc;...