North West University, Sokoto (NWUS), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Lahore, Pakistan, in a move aimed at strengthening academic cooperation and international engagement. The Vice Chancellor of NWUS, Professor Mukhtar Umar Bunza, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists in Sokoto, describing the...
Education
Education remains a central pillar of post-insurgency recovery and long-term development in Borno State in 2025, as the Babagana Umara Zulum-led administration intensified policy interventions, funding commitments, and partnerships aimed at restoring access, quality, and inclusiveness across the education sector. However, despite notable gains in infrastructure, scholarships, and enrolment...
Governor Okpebholo’s latest award as the Governor of the Year in education is a clear recognition of his huge investment to rescuing the sector from its previous rots by the immediate past Governor Godwin Obaseki. Edo state educational sector was abandoned despite the hoopla that greeted the touted EDOBESST...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has urged Nigerian youths to seize the opportunities created by ongoing national reforms, describing them as critical pathways for personal growth and nation-building. The Minister stated this while delivering the 2026 Convocation Lecture at the 34th Convocation Ceremony of the Federal...
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima @officialSKSM, has said the ongoing reforms of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT are beginning to restore the confidence of the global community in Nigeria. This, he said, explains why persons from foreign countries now choose to participate in professional courses...
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and former Governor of Katsina State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has advised Nigerian universities on the need to deploy technology that would equip their graduates with relevant skills to compete globally. He also emphasised the need...
Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project has completed 94 out of its 161 planned activities for the 2025 fiscal year in Sokoto State, with over ₦8.4 billion already expended, the State Project Coordinator, Dr. Mansur Buhari, has disclosed. Dr. Buhari made this known during a media...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s education sector reforms are creating real opportunities for young Nigerians, and ensuring access, stability and quality across Nigerian universities. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated when he received the Vice Chancellor of Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja (formerly University of Abuja), Professor...
Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have formally signed and unveiled a new agreement designed to strengthen Nigeria’s university education system and promote long-term industrial harmony. According to a report by Channels Television, the agreement replaces the controversial 2009 pact, which had been at the...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the immediate employment of 81 top graduating students of Kashim Ibrahim University (KIU), most of whom hold first-class and second-class upper degrees. Zulum announced the approval during the university’s maiden combined convocation ceremony on Saturday, an event graced by high-level...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has observed that there is no investment in education that is a gamble, saying the the education sector remains a deliberate commitment to securing a better future for Nigeria. He described education as the most powerful tool for development, economic empowerment, and societal liberation. Speaking...
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday presented a N890,331,686,000.00 budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly, with the education sector receiving the highest single-sector allocation of N135 billion. Tagged the “Budget of Sustained Recovery and Growth,” it places the capital expenditure...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has commissioned the newly remodelled Government Girls Day Secondary School (GGDSS), Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The landmark project, executed under the COAS Special Intervention Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) initiative, reflects the Nigerian Army’s unwavering commitment to promoting education...
Nasarawa State and Angola’s Bengo Province have taken a significant step towards sub-national cooperation, signing a bilateral partnership agreement. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covers key areas like human capital development, agriculture, skills acquisition, investment promotion, and solid minerals development. The signing ceremony took place at the Government House...
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has flagged off the Aliko Dangote Foundation Education Scholarship Initiative, with a call for stakeholders to recommit to building a future where every Nigerian child can become the best version of themselves. This is just as the President of the Foundation, Alhaji Aliko...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday, declared open the 28th Quarterly Meeting of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), stating that the State Government invested over N53.6 billion in education sector in 2025. The meeting, which brings together Executive Chairmen and management of State Universal Basic...
Nigeria’s education budget has jumped to ₦3.52 trillion in 2025 under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, which is a significant increase from ₦1.54 trillion in 2023. Vice President Kashim Shettima @officialSKSM , who stated this in Tuesday in Abuja, said that the number of out-of-school children in the country...
A regional workshop on Open Education Resources (OER) Practices in the age of Artificial intelligence (AI) begins in Abuja on Tuesday to ascertain new opportunities, possible risks, and emerging good practice that Al introduces to the creation, curation, and sharing of OER. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Vice...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to expanding learning opportunities for indigent students from Borno and Nigerian refugees in Cameroon. The Governor stated this during a visit to the University of Maroua in Far North Region of Cameroon Republic as part of his...
Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC) has expressed its full readiness to partner with the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, to ensure safer school environment across the country. The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Aisha Garba stated this during a courtesy visit to the Commission by the Chief of Air Staff...