The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expended N185bn in the training of 35,000 scholars under its Academic Staff training in public tertiary institutions across the country. Acting director of academic staff training and development, Alhaji Abdullahi Imam, stated this when the representatives of the TETFund Scholars Alumni Steering CommitteeContinue Reading
Vice Chancellors of Nigerian universities have been urged to prioritise the actualisation agriculture transformation, urging them to make their institution the centres of excellence as soon as possible. The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, stated this in Abuja during the vice chancellors roundtable onContinue Reading
The Executive Secretary (ES), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris M. Bugaje, has identified ASUU and ASUP strikes, outdated curricula, non-skill contents to be the major challenges militating against educational development in Nigeria. The ES who made the observation while delivering convocation lecture at the 10th Combined ConvocationContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged stakeholders in Nigeria’s education sector to continue to toe the path of dialogue in resolving the crises that have led to frequent strikes, disruption of academic activities, with a view to finding lasting solutions to them for unfettered development. The president made the call inContinue Reading
As of today, Nigerian students have been home for about 130 days, no thanks to the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities which has been on for over four months. There are at least 1.2 million students in Nigeria’s federal universities currently idling away at home. Meanwhile, ourContinue Reading
If you pass through Ahmadu Bello University Zaria between 1978 – 2020 and you don’t know his face, then you are not a genuine Abusite! His name is Prof Krzysztof Schoeneich and he is one of the biggest Icons of ABU Zaria and a legend in the field of GeologyContinue Reading
Many Nigerians have been reacting and expressing their views on the possible parties to win the upcoming presidential election while highlighting the lapses of some parties and their candidates. The Nigerian professor of journalism, Farooq Kperogi, has revealed two signs indicating how the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has shown moreContinue Reading
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has criticised Kaduna State Government led by Nasir El-Rufai for sacking 2,357 teachers in the state. The National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement released on Monday slammed the state government, describing the decision as vindictive, illegal and absolutely wicked. TheContinue Reading
No fewer than 18 lecturers in the nation’s tertiary institutions have been indicted and dismissed over sexual misconduct in one year, analysis of media reports by The PUNCH has revealed. The issue of sexual harassment has been recurring in Nigerian institutions with a survey conducted in 2018 by the WorldContinue Reading