Education

A video capturing a secondary school student (SS3) purportedly driving a high-end Mercedes Benz to school has set social media abuzz. The video, shared on TikTok by an auto dealer (@sadiqmotors1), claimed that the student had purchased the car himself. In the viral video, the young student can be seen skillfully maneuvering the red …

Today, on Monday, members of the Non-Academic Staff Union   (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) began a nationwide walkout against the Federal Government on the grounds of perceived discrimination and inequity in salary distribution.   Last Monday, the unions threatened to cut off electricity and hostels …

The House of Representatives has condemned the recent abduction of citizens, particularly the school abductions of pupils in Sokoto and Kaduna states. The Gistfox News reported that gunmen abducted scores of schoolchildren in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Wednesday. Two days later, bandits reportedly kidnapped no fewer than 15 …

A Nigerian teacher has taken to social media to share the meal her student was consuming in class during lunch hour. The teacher identified as @i_ammarygold shared on TikTok that rice is an expensive food in the local market, but people still need to eat, hence, they opt for the food they …

British Columbia, a Canadian province, has banned tertiary institutions from admitting Nigerians and international students for the next two years.   Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller disclosed this recently in a statement. According to Miller, the measure aims to decrease new student visa issuance by 35 per cent for the …

Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, has announced plans by their government to extend its suspension of degree accreditation and evaluation to Kenya and Uganda.   Over 45 universities have been affected by the suspension of degrees due to allegations of granting fake degrees to students. “We are not going …

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The National University Commission has approved the commencement of Medicine and Surgery, Anatomy, and Physiology programmes at Veritas University, Abuja. Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Hyacinth Ichoku, who disclosed this on Thursday, said that in spite of the challenging  economic situation in the country, the University has continued to make …

Search engine giant, Google has announced partnership with the Kaduna State Government to train 5,000 women and girls in technology. They will be trained in data science, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurial application of digital technologies. This initiative, part of a broader skills development program supported by Google.org, aims to empower …

More than 85 per cent of Nigeria’s graduates have no digital skills, a survey by GetBundi, an online education technology outfit, has shown. The outcome of the survey, according to Mr Osita Oparaugo, Chief Executive Officer of the outfit, shows that the more than 100 million young people are not …