Lagos youth corps member Ushie Rita Uguamaye, also known as “Raye”, has accused the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) of withholding her discharge certificate in alleged retaliation for her comments against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Uguamaye made headlines earlier in the year following her viral TikTok video in which she criticised President Tinubu’s government and
The Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of AltSchool Africa, Adewale Yusuf, has lamented that many Nigerian aspiring undergraduates are choosing irrelevant courses when registering for JAMB’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). He made the statement during the Apex Tech Summit themed “The African Digital Economy: Building the Infrastructure for the Next Billion Users,” on August
Nigerian journalist and filmmaker Gbolahan Adetayo has appealed to the Federal and State Ministries of Education to review the growing trend of frequent graduation ceremonies in schools and restrict them to key academic milestones, namely, Primary 6, Senior Secondary School 3 (SS3), and university final year. In a statement, Adetayo expressed concern over the increasing
Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, has charged African researchers and intellectuals to be logical thinkers and problem solvers rather than mere knowledge creators and incubators. She disclosed this news at the Inter-University Conference for Doctoral Studies (IUCDS) on Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2025. The event, attended by post-students in collaboration with
The Abia State Government has finished its electricity supply project in the Abia State University Campus, Uturu. Prince Okey Kanu, Commissioner for Information, disclosed in a statement on Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2025, that the first phase of power supply to the campus is a huge achievement. He also described it as improving the learning and
Professor Akinrotimi Oyetakin, from the Department of Educational Management at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, has requested that the government increase the budget allocation for the education sector. “If the government increases the budget allocation to at least 20 per cent on an annual basis, it will cushion the problem we are experiencing
The Federal Government of Nigeria has constituted a governing council for the Federal College of Agriculture and Technology, Nabanje, Katsina State. Professor Suwaiba Ahmad, Minister of State for Education, stated that the newly established college exists to promote agricultural education, innovation, and national development. She revealed this at the council’s inauguration on Tuesday, Jun. 17,
Professor Hauwa’u Evelyn Yusufu has emerged as the first female professor in the history of Kaduna State University (KASU). She also serves as the Special Advisor to the Vice Chancellor on Research Culture. Her record shows her to be the first professor from whose department Doctorate Degree Students will graduate. Yusufu graduated with six PhD
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has mandated all accredited tertiary institutions to verify and upload their students’ data on the Student Loan Application System (SLAS). NELFUND disclosed this in a statement released on its official X handle on Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2025. The Student Loan Application System (SLAS) has now been fully digitised to
Some private school owners, under the aegis of the Association for Formidable Educational Development (AFED), and some education experts have suggested that the future must rely on low-cost educational solutions. The group added that education should be rooted in cultural wisdom, local resources, and innovative practices to make learning the key to sustainable development in
