Prof Rasaki Olufemi Kareem has been appointed as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Crescent University, Abeokuta. This was an announcement by the Registrar, Barr. Zakariyya Ademola Ajibola, on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, during the Senate meeting held on Thursday, September 25, 2025. A Professor of Resource and Development Economics, Kareem joined the institution in 2009
Claims making the rounds that the University of Ibadan (UI) has overtaken the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to become Nigeria’s best university in the 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings are misleading. Fresh checks by FactCheck Africa reveal that both UI and UNILAG are ranked within the same global performance band, the 801–1000
As the world marks World Mental Health Day, experts are calling for more attention to the mental health of people living with intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) — a group often left behind in conversations about health and inclusion. They say proper inclusive education must start with recognising the rights, feelings, and dreams of people
For many years, Nigeria has been drowning in a sea of fake certificates. Whether it is local government jobs or top federal appointments, forged academic credentials have become a silent epidemic. Nevertheless, with the new National Credential Verification Service (NCVS) officially launched on October 6, 2025, the federal government says it is finally ready to
Why are Nigeria’s nursing schools struggling to produce quality research? This question took centre stage at the second Undergraduate Nursing Research Summit and Award in Lagos, organised by the Golden Lamp Leadership Initiative Africa. Experts, lecturers, and students gathered to find answers — and to discuss how to fix the deepening research gap in nursing
Some blacklisted universities in the Benin Republic have allegedly found new ways to smuggle their graduates into Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) with the help of certain private polytechnics. Findings by Saturday PUNCH revealed that these foreign schools now obtain fake Higher National Diploma (HND) or National Diploma (ND) certificates for their graduates through
The Oyo State Government has rejected the proposal to extend the retirement age for teachers and other civil servants from 60 to 65 years. This decision contrasts with moves by some states and the Federal Government, which recently approved the new retirement age for specific categories of workers. In February, the Federal Government extended the
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has reopened its online portal for 48 hours after 203 tertiary institutions failed to upload their students’ data for the 2024/2025 loan application. According to a statement by the Fund’s Director of Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, the portal will be open from midnight on Sunday, October 12, to midnight
Despite Kogi State’s “Free Education Bill,” parents are complaining that schooling is far from free, as students are still being charged compulsory fees. Reports indicate that secondary school principals have been instructed to collect ₦4,000 per student, whereas schools under local government control require over ₦5,500 per student. Many parents say the charges defeat the
The Federal Government has begun distributing over 800 interactive smart boards to primary and secondary schools across Nigeria as part of efforts to modernise classroom teaching. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, launched the initiative on Friday at Queen’s College, Lagos, explaining that it aligns with the government’s goal of introducing digital technology into the
