Education

By John Ikani  Almost 50,000 Nigerians have signed a petition calling on the United Kingdom (UK) home office to either remove Nigeria from the list of countries whose citizens are required to take English Proficiency tests...

By John Ikani The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to amend the Federal Colleges of Education Act 1998. It is titled: “A Bill for an Act to Repeal the Federal Colleges of Education Act, 1998”...

By Esther Adesulu Extremely early on Monday morning, protesting youths raided and burnt the school where a five-year-old minor, Hanifa Abubakar was killed and buried. Hanifa was kidnapped by her teacher who requested for ransom from...

By Cynthia Akande The National Universities Commission (NUC) has revealed that Nigeria currently has only 100,000 academic staff members teaching and supervising about 2.1 million students in universities across the country. The NUC disclosed this in...

By Emmanuel Nduka Two Nigerian Professors from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, have been listed among Elsevier B.V.’s most productive scientists in the world. The feat of the two University dons, Kayode Oyewumi, and Musa...

By Ebi Kesiena Iraq has signed agreements with two Chinese companies to build 1,000 schools in the country in the space of two years. An Iraqi government official said recently that the country needs a total...