By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has called for increased investment in agricultural education that effectively blends theoretical knowledge with practical enterprise, alongside improved access to financing and tools for young agripreneurs. She also advocated for the establishment of innovation hubs where...
Education
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani’s relentless efforts towards providing a well rounded quality education, have manifested at the maiden edition of AGILE Games, where Kaduna State clinched eight laurels. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary, Malam Ibraheem Musa on Monday, noted that...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has taken human capital development to a new level, by building 62 new secondary schools and constructing more than 600 classrooms and renovating quite a number. He has improved the lives of the citizens of both rural and urban...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen education in communities recovering from insurgency, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has commissioned three newly built Government Junior Day Secondary Schools in Tungushe (Konduga LGA), Yerimari, and Wadiya (Jere LGA). The schools were delivered under...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The newly appointed Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Dr. Ronke Soyombo has stated that efforts are being made to elevate the quality of teaching in schools. The Registrar who assumed duties on Monday made the statement during a media interview...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Coordinator of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project, Engr. Ibrahim Baba, has been honored with the prestigious Independent Electrical Operators Association (IEOA) Special Merit Award. This recognition is a testament to his outstanding leadership and commitment to...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government will convene an Education Summit as part of its strategy to bring about transformative change in the education sector, which will be anchored on four strategic pillars. The Commissioner for Education, Professor Muhammad Sani Bello, who disclosed this while inaugurating the...
The former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief John-Nnia Nwodo, has expressed serious concern over what he described as “a drastic decline” in the quality of education in the country. He said, “It pains me that children of our contemporaries in the university cannot get the quality education that...
The Federal Government and education stakeholders have vowed to end the Almajiri street-begging crisis by integrating modern learning with quranic education. This was the position of stakeholders at one-day presentation of Civil Society Organisations on the Revitalisation of the Almajiri- Tsangaya System of Education in Nigeria in Abuja on...
PART ONE: EDUCATION With less than 8 weeks to May 29, 2025 today, I have undertaken an altruistic and apolitical assessment of the midterm performance of the administration of Governor Hyacinth Iormem Alia of Benue State. It is about halftime! Every week from Sunday, April 6 until Sunday, May...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Finpact Development Foundation (FINDEF), in partnership with UNICEF Nigeria, have successfully supported out-of-school adolescent girls in Rimi, Mani, and Katsina LGAs of Katsina State through the REACH project weekend. The FINDEF Representative, Sadiya Badamasi, said the initiative has empowered 1,950 out-of-school adolescent girls by...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Aisha Garba, has reaffirmed commitment of the commission to strengthen collaboration with the Nasarawa State Government to improve access to quality basic education. Garba made this known when she led a high-level delegation of...
Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr Danlami Hayyo, has said the administration has spent N200 billion on education from 2023 to date. Hayyo disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, at the opening of a two-day innovation and entrepreneurship education training for Vice Principals (Academic) in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, Aisha Garba, has called on School Support Officers (SSOs) in Local Government Education Authorities (LGEAs) across the nation to rededicate themselves towards improving the quality of basic education in Nigeria. She made the call while...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – . The management of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has received report from its adhoc committee on medical simulation and innovation interventions with a strong recommendation for government to incorporate medical simulation in the education curriculum. The committee also urged the Federal Government to...
Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago has announced that the state government will invest N1 billion on a project aimed at providing education for children with special needs. Bago announced this during the inauguration of Resources, Inclusivity and Strategic Communication (RISE) project by Farid Centre in collaboration with MacArthur Foundation...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A Non Governmental Organization, Save the Child Initiative (STCI) Nigeria, has engaged various stakeholders in Sokoto state on socialization of national and state policy on inclusive education. Speaking in his opening remarks, STCI Head of Migration, Mobility and Protection, Malam Rabiu Gandi, said the...
Security and defence, infrastructure, health and education were some of the sectors with high allocations in the N47.9tn Budget Proposal presented by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday afternoon. “It is with great pleasure that I lay before this distinguished joint session...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) Students Wing, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), has joined the growing opposition to the controversial tax reform bills. The leader and spokesperson of the CNG, UNIMAID branch, Comrade Fatima Abubakar, at a press conference held on Friday at the...