ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 23, 2022 The Vice-Chancellor, University of Maiduguri, Prof. Aliyu Shugaba, says there is no room for cultism and sex-for-marks in the institution. Shugaba said this at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. The vice-chancellor said that the university wasContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 21, 2022 Kano Government has ordered an indefinite closure of a private school, Noble Kids Academy, Kano, where a teacher allegedly kidnapped and killed a five-year-old pupil. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Public Relations Officer, State Ministry of Education, Mr AliyuContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 17, 2022 Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has called for review of Section 131 of the 1999 Constitution to increase the minimum educational qualification of persons aspiring for key public offices. Gbajabiamila made the call while delivering the 52nd Convocation Lecture of UniversityContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 15, 2022 The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has cautioned governors against politicizing education by establishing universities they cannot fund. The union gave the advice in a communique issued on Friday after its zonal meeting in Maiduguri. The communique was read by its NationalContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 14, 2022 The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) management has announced a new date for the University 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This is contained in a statement signed by Chief Chris Igbokwe, the Registrar of the university, in Nsukka on Friday. Igbokwe said theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 10, 2022 The Kaduna State Government has directed all public schools in the state to migrate to the four-day working week, as schools reopen on Jan. 10 for the second term of the 2021/2022 academic session. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Halima Lawal, gave the directivesContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 9, 2022 The Kano State Government says the state recorded 95 per cent success in the National Examination Council (NECO) examinations in 2021, with over 80,000 students obtaining nine credits. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Sanusi Sa’idu-Kiru, made the announcement at a news conference onContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 8, 2022 Kano State Government has announced plans to establish an Information and Commmunication Technology (ICT) Girls Day Secondary School, to boost ICT education among women in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Sanusi Sa’idu-Kiru, made the disclosure while reviewing activities of the ministry inContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 7, 2022 The Nasarawa Government has earmarked N31.9 billion for the education sector, representing 30 per cent of the 2022 budget. Mr Daniel Agyeno, Commissioner of Finance, Budget and Planning, made the disclosure on Friday in Lafia during the 2022 budget breakdown. The commissioner explained that educationContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 7, 2022 The Kaduna State University (KASU) has begun screening to admit 4,800 candidates for various programmes in the 2021/2022 academic session. The Registrar of the university, Mr Samuel Manshop said in a statement in Kaduna on Friday, that 14,000 candidates applied for various programmes beingContinue Reading
