The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, has disowned a fake employment scheme allegedly linked to the hospital and warned the public to be cautious of fraudsters. In a statement on Monday, Usman Koli, the hospital’s Head of Public Relations and Protocol, said that some individuals, including insiders, were collecting money from job
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has celebrated a significant achievement by its law students who recently won the top prize at the first-ever ECOWAS Court of Justice Moot Court competition. The competition, which was held at Zuma Rock Resort in Abuja, saw the students of ABU’s Faculty of Law walk away with a total of
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to end what it describes as the long-standing dominance of medical doctors in the country’s health and education sectors. In a statement signed by its National Chairman, Ambrose Ezeh, the association accused the federal government of favouring physicians in appointments,
The Faculty of Education, University of Lagos (UNILAG), is set to host a one-day capacity-building workshop to equip early career researchers with essential skills in research proposal development and the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in academic work. Themed “Empowering Researchers to Write Winning Proposals and Leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Impactful Research,” the workshop
A professor of Educational Management at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Professor Akinrotimi Oyetakin, has called on the Nigerian government to allocate at least 20% of the national budget to the education sector. He appealed while delivering the university’s 42nd inaugural lecture titled “Cost Explosion and Expenditure Implosion of Tertiary Education: Equilibrium Heresies
The Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROOSC) Project, an initiative of the Kaduna State Ministry of Education, has extended its Back-to-School Campaign to Unguwan Shanu, Kaduna North Local Government Area. ROOSC, inaugurated on Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2025, plans to create awareness in Kaduna communities about the project and encourage parents and guardians to return their children and
The Federal Ministry of Education and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), have endorsed three books on climate change to promote awareness and alleviate the issue in schools. Mr Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, stated that the books, ‘Climate Change Education
Three events made Monday, June 16, 2025, a sobering moment for me. On that Day, back in 1976, news filtered that the killer Apartheid security forces, which had been terrorising African countries like Zambia, Botswana and Lesotho, had turned on unarmed school children in South Africa. The Nigerian society was so conscious then that I
A former Dean at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Bayode Isaiah Popoola, has made history by becoming the first substantive Vice-Chancellor of Adeyemi Federal University of Education (AFUED), Ondo. This landmark appointment was confirmed in a press statement released on June 16, 2025, by the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, OAU. Prof. Popoola, a seasoned
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening data and information sharing. The partnership is expected to enhance transparency and accountability in both Nigeria’s education and extractive sectors. The goal is to enhance transparency in remittances, plug revenue leakages,
