Category Education

Firm empowers students with content-creation skills

A social media company, GSMNS Global, said it empowers students to finance their education through content creation.  The firm focuses on assisting young Nigerians, particularly students who face challenges funding their education, by teaching them how to create and monetize…

Strive to be the best, Babcock tells students

Graduating students of Babcock University High School, Ogun State, have been advised to always strive to be the best version of themselves, and maintain the good morals and virtues instilled in them during their time at the school. Speaking at…

Osun monarch laments poor learning conditions

The Owamiran of Esa-Oke in Osun State, Oba Adeyemi Adediran, has expressed concern over the poor state of public schools in his community. His remarks came as the children of the late Pastor Ezekiel Daramola unveiled a renovated four-block classroom…

NECO fixes certificate reprint at N50,000

The National Examinations Council has stated that candidates are now expected to pay a N50,000 fee for reprinting of certificates. In a statement to announce the new policy and disclosed by the Registrar of NECO, Dantani Wushishi, in public notice…

Scholars advocate reforms to address economic challenges

The THINKING HAT group has called for immediate and comprehensive reforms to tackle Nigeria’s deep-rooted issues, ranging from governance failures to economic hardship and societal instability. At a recent forum, the group, composed of distinguished scholars and experts, engaged in…

Egypt varsity, LASU, UNILAG emerge winners at FASU games

The American University in Cairo, Lagos State University, and the University of Lagos secured the top three positions at the just-concluded 11th Federation of Africa University Sports Games, 2024. The event, co-hosted by LASU and UNILAG, was tagged ‘Lagos 2024’…

IELTS reaffirms commitment to faster test results

The Director of Operations for the Middle East, Africa, European Union, and Commonwealth of Independent States at the International Development Program, Darrin Vardon, has announced that Nigerians taking the International English Language Testing System on a computer can now receive…

CIHP graduates 60 girls in tech courses

The STEM Hub for Empowerment of Young Girls program facilitated by the Centre for Integrated Health Programs in Lagos has graduated 60 girls in coding and advanced technology courses in its third training cohort. Funded by the U.S. Centers for…

Education in ruin — ASUU, SSANU

As Nigeria marks its 64th Independence Anniversary today, university workers have expressed their views on the state of the nation’s educational system. Education has always been a cornerstone of Nigeria’s socio-political evolution. In the years leading up to independence in…