President Bola Tinubu is expected to commission several newly completed projects at the University of Ilorin as part of activities marking the institution’s 40th convocation ceremony. According to a statement issued by the University Registrar, Mansur Alfanla, on Thursday, the week-long convocation will be held from October 17 to 26, 2025. The event will feature
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has again urged the Federal Government to reinstate five doctors dismissed by the management of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja (FTHL), over alleged union activities. NARD President, Dr Muhammed Suleiman, who addressed journalists in Lokoja, said the doctors were wrongfully sacked between October 2024 and August 2025 under
President Bola Tinubu has praised Nigeria’s early free primary education schemes, describing them as a powerful tool that lifted many families out of poverty. Speaking at the 70th anniversary of the launch of Free Universal Primary Education in Lagos, Tinubu said the policies introduced in 1955, 1957, and 1960 by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi
The All Progressives Congress, Lagos State chapter, has lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his nationwide declaration of free technical education. The chapter describes it as a “visionary and people-oriented policy” that will equip young Nigerians with practical skills and secure the country’s future. In a statement issued on Monday by its spokesman, Mogaji (Hon.)
Dr Fasagba Femi, the Provost of Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa, has praised the President Bola Tinubu-led administration for expanding the scope to allow Colleges of Education to run degree programmes alongside the training of National Certificate of Education (NCE) holders. Fasagba gave the commendation while speaking with newsmen shortly after receiving the award
The debate over the relevance of the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) has once again become a contentious issue among stakeholders, particularly in the Southeast. Where parents, students, teachers, and education activists are calling for it to be scrapped. In a recent plea to President Bola Tinubu, they insisted that the Post-UTME has become an
Nearly two months after President Bola Tinubu pledged automatic employment to 210 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), beneficiaries say the promise has not been fulfilled. The commitment was announced in a ceremony honouring the ex-corps members, held on July 29 in Abuja. In a statement afterwards, the NYSC said the President
Ayodele Ademiluyi, convener of the Ife Book and Arts Festival and curator of the Books Feast Collective, has taken President Bola Tinubu, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, and several senior officials to court over donations raised for the National Library project. The suit, marked FHC/L/CS/1900/25, was filed on behalf of Ademiluyi and the Booksfeast Collective. Respondents
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the construction of 600-bed hostels at the Nigerian Law School in Abuja and a new road linking the Body of Benchers Secretariat in Jabi District to Nile University. The directive was conveyed through the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and announced in a statement on Tuesday
The Alumni Association of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has praised President Bola Tinubu’s administration for some bold reforms it has made in the Education Sector Mr Ifeoluwa Oyedele, the President of the association, gave this commendation at a news conference for the association’s 55th Anniversary and Award night coming up later this year. Oyedele,
