Education Archives — Page 4 of 19

September 12, 2023 No Responses

Ecobank Announces Back-To-School Packages For Customers

Ecobank Nigeria is offering special loan packages for parents and guardians to enable them pay school fees for their children and wards ahead of resumption for the 2023/2024 school year. The Bank is also making special infrastructure loans available to educational institutions....

September 2, 2023 No Responses

Nigerian Pupil Wins Global Toyota Art Contest, Gets $5,000, School $10,000

A Nigerian pupil Oluwademilade Odumuboni has emerged as the global grand prize winner of the 2022/23 Toyota Dream Car Art Contest.The 10-year-old pupil of Corona School, Gbagada, Lagos, won the coveted prize after beating 782,852 other contestants from 90 coun...

August 29, 2023 No Responses

Akubuiro, Gomba, Ojomu make 2023 Shortlist of Three for The Nigeria Prize for Literature

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced the finalists for the 2023 edition of the Prize. The shortlisted plays in alphabetical order of their titles are: The Nigeria Prize for Literature is sponsored by Nigeria LNG...

July 29, 2023 No Responses

UBA Explains Summer Treat With Exclusive Benefits, Discounts

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has assured customers of a memorable summer treat with the launch of exclusive benefits and discounts tied to its cards during this period. Tagged, the #FunSummer campaign, customers are set to enjoy a wide...

July 21, 2023 No Responses

Eleven Jostle For $100,000 Nigeria Prize For Literature

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature on Thursday announced the longlist of 11 drawn from 143 plays in the running for the 2023 edition of the prize. The genre in focus is Drama.The literature prize is sponsored...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

ASUU Rejects NUC’s Curriculum

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). In a statement on Friday, ASUU’s national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the curric...

June 30, 2023 No Responses

Catholic Bishops Reject National Council For Christian Education Bill

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has rejected a bill seeking to establish National Council of Christian Education, pointing out that the proposal violates sections 10 and 42(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. Rath...

June 25, 2023 No Responses

Prof. Lai Oso: Sudden Departure Of An Erudite Communicator

The Bible alludes in Ecclesiastes chapter 3and verses 1 and 2 that “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to...

June 10, 2023 No Responses

Private Universities Hit 147 As NUC Issues 37 Provisional Licenses

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Friday presented provisional licenses to 37 newly approved private universities in Nigeria. The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on May 15, approved the establishment of...

April 27, 2023 No Responses

Edo Distributes 3m Books To Schools

Edo State Government on Wednesday said it distributed 3.3 million textbooks and writing materials to 848 primary and 306 junior secondary schools in the state in the last five years. The state chairman of the Universal Basic Education Board (...

March 29, 2023 No Responses

Ecobank Takes Financial Planning Education To Schools

Ecobank Nigeria has embarked on financial education for Secondary School students across the country on personal financial management including savings, budgeting, and investment being part of activities to commemorate Global Money Week (GMW). Tutoring t...

March 20, 2023 No Responses

SSANU Tasks FG On Varsities Outstanding N50b Earned Allowances

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has urged the Federal Government to pay the N50 billion outstanding Earned Allowances to universities and Inter-University Centres in the country. The SSANU National President, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, ...

February 21, 2023 No Responses

Shutting Down All Nigeria Varsities Over Elections Illegal, Inappropriate, Says Afe Babalola

Legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, has condemned the closure of all universities in Nigeria by the Federal Government over the general elections. Babalola made the remarks on Monday in A...

February 17, 2023 No Responses

VC Inaugurates UNICAL Radio

Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has formally inaugurated the Radio Unical International 103.5 FM. Radio Unical International is a dedicated terrestrial/digital Frequency Modulated (FM) radio station in the university, se...