Educational

  Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka on Sunday October 13, raised an alarm over the Nigerian educational system which he said is in serious trouble.   In his speech at the presentation of a play entitled ‘Folly of Men’ (an adaptation of three plays ...

The National Examinations Council says a total of 40,630 candidates were involved in various forms of malpractice during its recent June and July 2019 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination.   The acting NECO Registrar, Abubakar Gana, disclosed these in Abuja in ...

15 staff of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria were on Thursday August 26 sacked by the management of the institution over offences which centered on sexual harassment, negligence of duty and corruption.   The sacked ABU staff are reportedly from different departments ...

Tonto Dikeh has advised ladies not to sleep with 100 men just to get the new iphone 11. In a post she shared on IG, the mum of one said she just bought the phone which goes for N600k, with her own ...

Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State has just enrolled his six-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Siddique El-Rufai into primary one of Capital School Malali, Kaduna, a public school, in fulfilment of a promise he made in 2017.   El-Rufai in a state ...

A woman is sounding a note of warning to other women by narrating an experience she had when she tried to treat a vaginal infection by herself.   @TheStorybabe said she was a Unilag undergraduate the first time she had ...

As shared by former presidential aide, Reno Omokri.  

Reno Omokri has made a post on Twitter that’s led to a debate.   He spoke against giving to poor parents with multiple kids but said there are exceptions. Ha added that it is “wicked” to have kids you can’t ...

Orikadun is one of the twenty six festivals celebrated annually by the good people of Igbara-Oke in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State. It has always been a moment of celebration filled with colourful display of traditional and cultural ...

Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, says Nigerians will soon begin to stone Senators who have remained insensitive to the plights of Nigerians, feeding fat on the taxes collected from hardworking Nigerians.   ...

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The fourth Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Adeoye Adeniyi has died at the age of 95.   A bulletin issued by the information office of the institution said the late Adeniyi, who was a renowned Professor of Pediatrics and ...

A Nigerian PhD holder has shared his inspirational story just after bagging the highest university degree from an American university.   Reflecting on how far he has come, Ezekiel Olusola Adekanmbi disclosed that he grew up without his father as he died ...

Aside from his football career, the Nigeria international has taken steps to develop his academic life Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is ‘happy’ to be studying business and management at the De Montfort University (DMU). The 22-year-old is focused on being educated ...

Obiwon, who has been married to his wife, Nkechi, for over 7 years now, has listed three things that doesn’t make marriage a good one.   In a post shared on his Facebook page, the singer stated that money, marriage or ...

A University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) lecturer identified as Yakubu Nura, is now recognized as the father of modern Einstein’s planetary equation studies in Physics after defeating about 5720 contenders from 97 countries to win the 2019 World Physics Competition.   ...

24 final year students of Bayero University Kano (BUK) have been expelled from the institution as confirmed in a statement released by its management on Friday August 9.   The statement released by the spokesperson for the university Lamara Garba, revealed that 6 ...

Borno Governor Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday August 9, announced the approval of N152.6 million to pay for the May/June 2019 West African Examination Council (WAEC) registration fees of 23, 323 students from the state.   Payment of the WAEC registration ...

Regina Askia took to Instagram to share the excitement of her daughter, Teesa Williams, graduating from High School and beginning a new journey in College.   The former beauty queen and actress shared a graduation photo of Tessa, 18, and ...

Grace Dara Opeyemi, an English Studies student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) committed suicide on Friday August 2.   The OAU student reportedly took sniper (insecticide) upon learning that she might not graduate with her coursemates following an alleged poor performance in her final year ...

A Netherlands-based Nigerian researcher Emeka Chinaka, made a call for the Bible to be updated to reflect the knowledge and findings of today via Facebook.   According to the Nigerian researcher, Bible verses like Psalms 93:1, 96:10 and 1 Chronicles 16:30 have ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has sacked the Vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University, Prof. Blessing Chimezie Didia of his appointment with immediate effect.   A statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dagogo Adonye Hart, said ...

16-year-old Kondu Paul Sopriye, impressed family and friends after he got 9 A1s in the 2019 West African Examinations and scored 330 marks in his JAMB exam.   See photos of his outstanding results below.  

The Deputy Registrar of the West African Examination Council, WAEC, Osidehinde Adewunmi, on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, disowned the Cambridge University’s Moderated International Examination credentials produced by President Muhammadu Buhari and tendered as exhibits before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal ...

Luck just shined on an Almajiri boy, as Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has pledged to sponsor his education from primary school till he graduates from the University.   The promise came after Twitter user @el_bonga shared a photo of the Almajiri ...