The Pro‑Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Kayode Olubunmi Ojo, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prioritise sweeping investment in higher education, warning that years of neglect have left the sector at breaking point. Speaking at the university’s 54th convocation ceremony, Ojo described the decay in
President Bola Tinubu has appointed retired Air Vice Marshal Saddiq Ismaila Kaita as the new Pro‑Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Bayero University, Kano. A statement from the president’s office said Kaita takes over from Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, who will now focus on his role as chairman of the Federal Housing Authority.
President Bola Tinubu has told his education team to stop university and college workers from going on strike again. The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, revealed this during an interview on Channels Television. Alausa said the Federal Government is now meeting regularly with school unions like ASUU, NASU, SSANU, and COEASU to prevent future problems.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has offered 200 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) jobs in the Federal Civil Service. The president also gave them ₦250,000 and a scholarship each up to Ph.D level in their preferred university in the country for their outstanding service during their service years between 2020 and 2023. He
President Bola Tinubu has reiterated that revitalisation of the country’s education sector will remain his administration’s priority and cornerstone of his Renewed Hope Agenda. Mr Tinubu said this in Nsukka on Friday in a message to the 54th Convocation of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), which featured the award of higher degrees, diplomas, honorary
Education advocate and Director of FasTrack Schools, FESTAC Town, Mrs Adesua Obaseki, has urged the Federal Government to treat education as a capital project, warning that Nigeria cannot tackle its out-of-school crisis without prioritising long-term investment in classrooms over politics. Speaking at FasTrack’s 2025 graduation in Lagos, Obaseki said, “If you train a nation, you
The Director General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Comrade Issa Aremu, has praised the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Education Agenda. He described it as a strong effort to rebuild Nigeria’s education system. Speaking in Ilorin during the first graduation ceremony for the institute’s Industrial Relations degree programme, Aremu said President
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has unveiled his plans for hybrid electrification at the Federal University Kashere (FUK) in Gombe State. He also announced the Federal Ministry of Water Resources’ plans to construct a dam on the Kashere River. Tinubu stated that the project will support the university’s agricultural training programme and
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has inaugurated its Board of Trustees (BoT), appointing Prince Tonye Princewill as chairman. Other members of the four-year tenure include Dr. Patterson Ogon, Honourable Anayo E. Nwonu, Mr. Samson Akpibere, Mr. Austin Okeze, and Ms. Chiadikobi Emmanuella-King. Senator Darlington Nwokocha, the National President of the Alumni Association, stated that
President Bola Tinubu has urged Saint Lucian students to embrace education as a transformative tool and avoid overdependence on artificial intelligence, stressing the importance of critical thinking, discipline, and cultural identity in nation-building. Speaking at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC) in Morne Fortune, Castries, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga,
