Education
FG backs upgrade of FRSC academies in Udi, Shendam
The Federal Government has expressed support for the upgrade of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Academy in Udi, Enugu State, and FRSC training institution in Shendam, Plateau state.
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, assured the agency of necessary support to ensure that the institu [...]
TETFund disburses N2bn to army varsity
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has announced the approval of N2billion take-off grant for the Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State.
Executive Secretary of TETFund, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, said the allocation letter will be issued as soon as the 2018 intervention guidelines are a [...]
2018 UTME: over 1.5 million candidates await admission
Over 1.5 million candidates who sat for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, are still awaiting admissions from tertiary institutions of their choice.
The long wait for admission continues five months after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, conducted the [...]
Stakeholders Charge Parents On Adolescents Sexuality Education
Stakeholders working with adolescents in Lagos State has charged parents to initiate early sexuality education for youths as well as adolescents in order to reduce deaths from unplanned pregnancy and unsafe abortions.
Speaking to journalists at an event in Lagos, the Executive Director, Youth E [...]
UNICEF: 24 children released from military custody
No fewer than 24 children suspected of ties with Boko Haram have been released from the Nigerian Army administrative custody in north-eastern Nigeria.
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, in a statement, welcomed the release of the 24 children aged 12 to 17, stating that the figure [...]
NUC approves distance learning programme for UNN
The University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, has been given approval by the National Universities Commission, NUC, to run its distance learning programme.
Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, in a letter to the Vice-Chancellor of UNN, Prof Benjamin Ozumba, said the Centre for Distance a [...]
LRCN commences induction of librarians at graduation
Qualified Librarians would henceforth be inducted into the Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria, LRCN, at their point of graduation from tertiary institutions.
Registrar of LRCN Prof Michael Afolabi, who announced this during the Mandatory workshop on Electronic Resource Management Systems [...]
LRCN commences induction of librarians at graduation
Qualified Librarians would henceforth be inducted into the Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria, LRCN, at their point of graduation from tertiary institutions.
Registrar of LRCN Prof Michael Afolabi, who announced this during the Mandatory workshop on Electronic Resource Management Systems [...]
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