By Vincent Egunyanga FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has called for increased investment in agricultural education that would effectively blend theoretical knowledge with practical enterprise, alongside improved access to financing and tools for young agricultural entrepreneurs, also known as ‘agripreneurs.’ She also advocated for the establishment of innovation hubs where young people could…
Jamb …Absentees to take part in mop-up exam; CBT centres involved in malpractice to be blacklisted The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2025 UTME resit for candidates affected by technical issues during the original exam. Of the 336,845 candidates rescheduled for the exam, 21,082 (about 7%) were absent….
DELTA: Staff of the Nigeria Maritime University (NMU), Okerenkoko in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State have thrown their weight behind the institution’s Governing Council over the recent appointment of principal officers, dismissing attempts to discredit the process as “baseless and mischievous.” In a statement signed by Comrade Moses Oghenekome Ogege,…
Three students of the Dowen College, Lekki Lagos are currently assisting the police in their investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni junior, a 12-year-old student of the college. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu who disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday, said three of the five students mentioned by Sylvester before he…
We Will Go Back To the Classroom without Waste of Time –NUT Chairman Promotion Benefit Arrears to Be Paid By December- Perm Sec The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has chaired a meeting between the FCT Administration and the leadership of the FCT Wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers that have embarked on…
The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed the latest allegations of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC in the State over favouritism in employment into the newly established Delta Universities, describing them as another round of APC’s usual misinformation on the new universities. Reacting to the Delta APC latest press release titled: “APC…
The National Association of Northern Nigerian Students has honoured a foremost female Academic Professor May Ifeoma Nwoye Sir Ahmadu Bello Leadership award of excellence for her contributions to Educational development of the country. The leadership of the students body led by its President Abdulrahman Ibrahim gave the award to her in Abuja on Tuesday at…
The Federal Government on Tuesday announced an increment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) research grants to universities and other tertiary institutions to N8.5 billion, up from the N7.5 billion it doled out in 2020. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who announced the increment while declaring open the first National Conference on…
The former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and two-time minister in the country, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, has described the Director New Media of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Chijioke Amu Nnadi, as a gifted writer and a beacon for the youths. Nwodo spoke during the public presentation of “the love canticles”, the new…
It was commendation galore by Owan Constituents as they trooped out in their numbers to listen to their representative at the House of Representatives, Hon Prof Julius Ihonvbere who in a spate of two days held two town hall meetings in the two LGAs that makes up Owan Federal Constituency, Owan East and Owan West…
