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Niger Moves Ahead, Opens Academic Year For University Students To Study Oil Drilling
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Niger Forges Ahead, Opens University Applications For Young Nigeriens To Study Oil Exploration

The Republic of Niger has announced the opening of pre-registrations and academic year for 2024/2025 undergraduate students planning their careers in the petroleum...

Abia Otti Drugs Youths
EducationPolitics

Abia State Set To Pay Salaries Owed To State Workers

Abia State Government has said it would pay salaries owed to state universities’ workers in batches. As disclosed during a press conference on...

EducationWorld

India’s Supreme Court Orders Re-Examination of Medical Entrance Exam Amid Scam Allegations

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday instructed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to re-conduct the undergraduate medical entrance exams for 1,563 students...

WAEC WASSCE 2024 Results
EducationNews

WAEC Seeks Strike Exemption to Complete Exams

Dr Amos Dangut, the Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has requested an exemption from the...

EducationNews

FG Delegation to Meet UK University Over Nigerian Students’ Deportation Order

A delegation from the Nigerian Federal Government is set to meet with Teesside University officials in the United Kingdom regarding an alleged “unjust...

EducationWorld

Malian Economist Sentenced for Criticizing Military Junta; Faces Jail and Fine

Prominent Malian economist and professor Étienne Fakaba Sissoko has been sentenced to two years in prison, with one year suspended, following his criticism...

Imo State University Strike
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ASUU Rejects New Governing Councils Approved by Tinubu 

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has strongly opposed the recent appointments of new Governing Councils by the Federal Government for public...

Tinubu Appoints
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Tinubu Appoints Attahiru Jega, 554 Persons As Governing Board Members For Nigeria’s Tertiary Institutions 

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of new members for the governing boards of 111 Nigerian universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education....

Peter Obi/ Tolu
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“What can I do to be a good person like you?” – 11-year-old boy asked Peter Obi

An 11-year-old boy from Corona School in Gbagada, Lagos, has captured the attention of Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, by...

EducationNews

England to Ban Schools from Teaching Under-18s Gender Identity

England plans to prohibit teaching gender identity in schools and implement stricter guidelines for sex education, according to new government proposals set to...

Wigwe Uni
EducationNews

Wigwe University to Commence Operations in August

Wigwe University, founded by the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, is gearing up to open its doors to the...

UNICEF school children
EducationNews

Out-of-school Children in Nigeria Now 18.3 Million – UNICEF

UNICEF has expressed concern over the growing number of children in Nigeria who are not attending school, which, according to it, has reached...