January 04
Nigeria: Nigeria Raises Concerns About Degrees Issued in Benin, Togo
Mr Favour appealed to the Nigerian government to consider the fate of genuine students in Benin Republic. Read more »
January 03
Nigeria: Nigerian University, CJID Set to Introduce Postgraduate Programmes
The parties said the partnership, when concluded, would have the CPSS work closely with the CJID on programmes focused on peace and digital studies, early warning and verification,… Read more »
January 02
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Suspends Accreditation of Degrees From Universities in Benin, Togo
The announcement comes a few days after an undercover report by Daily Nigerian exposed certificate racketeering from a university in Benin. Read more »
December 31, 2023
Nigeria: Lecturers Yet to Receive Promised Four Months' Salaries - ASUU
ASUU President, Emmanuel Ossodeke, a professor of soil science, also said most of its demands that the Nigerian government claimed to have met are yet to be implemented. Read more »
December 28, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Alarmed By Nigeria's '20 Million' Out-of-School Children, Suggests Solutions
Only India has more children out of school than Nigeria, according to the UN agency. Read more »
December 27, 2023
Nigeria: 2023 Budget - National Assembly's Allocation Higher Than Total Allocations to 26 Federal Universities
Nigerian lawmakers, in coordinated efforts to gain public sympathy, have been stressing that their salaries have remained stagnant for the past 13 years. Read more »
December 23, 2023
Nigeria: 2024 Budget - Tinubu's Improved Funding for Education Still Below Unesco Recommendation
A review of the proposed budget revealed that the government's proposed spending for education next year is less than seven per cent. Read more »
December 15, 2023
Nigeria: 'Training One Medical Student Costs N5bn' - VCs Decry Poor Funding of Govt Universities
The Vice-Chancellors noted that there were still gaps in the cost-sharing ratio between the government and the individual student. Read more »
December 14, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerian Universities, Others No Longer Need Waivers to Fill Vacancies - Minister
The minister spoke in Lagos on Thursday at the ministerial session of the 67th National Council on Education. Read more »
Nigeria: Islamic Scholar Shares Misleading Information About Girl-Child Education Policy
During a short commentary after delivering the Friday sermon at the Indimi Mosque, Maiduguri, Borno State, the cleric claimed that the AGILE project targeted Northern Nigeria and… Read more »
December 13, 2023
Nigeria: Health, Education, Receive Major Allocations As Borno Governor Presents Budget Proposal
The governor says he would not leave a debt burden for his successor. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Removes Tertiary Institutions From IPPIS
Mr Mamman, who was joined by other ministers at the briefing session, said the new directive takes immediate effect. Read more »
December 05, 2023
Nigeria: Lagos Set to Host Nigeria's Education Policy Meeting
He said at the meeting, recommendations of various organs of government and policymakers including those of the Reference Committee and Plenary Meeting of the Joint Consultative… Read more »
December 04, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerian University Confers Doctorate Degrees On Ex-Governor, Top Monarchs
Four thousand three hundred and six-five undergraduate students and 401 post-graduates graduated from the university. Read more »
November 24, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerian Student Faces Jail Time, Deportation Over Threat to Bomb UK University
Mr Okwuoha, 26, claimed he had enlisted ISIS, an international terrorist organisation, to help bomb the university in Scotland. Read more »
November 22, 2023
Nigeria: 15-Year-Old Student Wins UBA Essay Competition, Receives N5 Million Scholarship
While the overall winner received a prize of N5 million in scholarship, the first and second runners-up received N3 million and N2.5 million grants, respectively, among other… Read more »
Nigeria: 288 Bag First Class As Nigerian University Graduates 12,962 Students
The Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe is among the four Nigerians to be bestowed with honourary doctorate degrees by the university. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian University Speaks On Alleged Admission Racketeering
The allegation of admission racketeering by the university was raised on the floor of the Nigerian Senate. Read more »
November 21, 2023
Nigeria: Fudma Student Regains Freedom After 50 Days in Captivity
The students were abducted on 3 October 2023, when the gunmen invaded their apartments located behind Mariamoh Ajiri Memorial School, Dutsinma, around 2 a.m. Read more »
November 14, 2023
Nigeria: ASUU Directs Members to Join Nationwide Workers' Strike
The NLC had on Monday announced the commencement of the industrial action from midnight of Monday, 13 November. Read more »
November 13, 2023
Nigeria: WAEC Adopts Cbt for Conduct of WASSCE
According to the statement, the new innovation will kick off with the conduct of the WASSCE for private candidates in February 2024. Read more »
November 11, 2023
Nigeria: Staff Unions Accuse President Tinubu of Planning to Annihilate Universities
ASUU president, who described the new policy as the government's attempt to "strangle the poor," said there is no revenue generated by any university. Read more »
November 09, 2023
Nigeria: What Happened After Zamfara University Students Were Abducted - Matawalle
The two Zamfara-born politicians have been at loggerheads since the beginning of the 2022 political campaigns. Read more »
Nigeria: UK Pledges to Support Jigawa to Improve School Enrollment, Train Teachers
Many of the out-of-school children in Jigawa are Almajiris. Read more »
November 08, 2023
Nigeria: Senate to Probe Admission Fraud in Varsities, Polytechnics
The lawmakers noted that authorities of some higher institutions are using admission to exploit and frustrate intelligent students. Read more »