Education

The University of Benin (UNIBEN) wing of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the weekend insisted on its rejection of enrolling in Federal Government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) for its members. It stressed that no ...

A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Joy Ogwu, has expressed worries over the moral decadence in the nation’s educational system. Ogwu made the submission at the weekend in Abuja during the 8th national annual dinner of Government College Ughelli Old ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said while the Federal Ministry of Education was making attempt to revamp the sector through its strategic plan, the private sector remains a key ally in supporting development of education in the country. He said ...

General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) has challenged government, private sector and other stakeholders to work out modalities that will facilitate the introduction of drug addiction studies in the nation’s tertiary institutions. Marwa said this would go a long way in ...

A professor of pharmacology at the University of Maiduguri, Prof. Isa Marte Hussaini, has decried the government’s failure to fund Research and Development (R&D) in the country. He lamented that Nigeria spends less than one per cent of its Gross ...

Polish author, Olga Tokarczuk, and Austria’s Peter Handke have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for 2019 and 2018 as the prize was not awarded last year. Olga Tokarczuk, who was 10/1 and Peter Handke, 20/1, upset bookmakers’ prediction ...

Prof. Ebenezer Farombi, Head, Department of Biochemistry, University of Ibadan has cautioned researchers against unethical conduct of research as technology advances at an ever-increasing rate. He gave the warning on Friday in Lagos at the University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) during ...

Osun State Polytechnic Iree Alumni Association (OSPAA) has inaugurated the Editorial Board members of the association who are saddled with the responsibilities of gathering, processing and disseminating information to the public through magazine publication. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony held ...

The Akwa Ibom State government has debunked allegations that principals, heads of public secondary and primary schools in the state used to inflate students enrollment figures to get more subventions from government, describing such claims as unfounded. Permanent Secretary, Ministry ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on the nation’s education sector, insisting that except the industry was fixed,  “our problems may be multiplying.” Its national president, Professor Biodun ...