A Jimeta based Digital entrepreneurship outfit has set the stage ready to drill some 30 fresh secondary school graduates in Adamawa State. Speaking at the launching of the project the Head of Human Resources of the Outfit Mr Zacheaus Ezra said, “We have discovered the huge talents that if often […]
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For a final year student of Bauchi State University Gadau (BASUG), Fatima Abdullahi, the best that happened in her four years as a student, was gaining access to Internet facility, the Moot Courts at Faculty of Law Misau and the fact that she has a good hostel accommodation to lay […]
The UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has expressed concerned over the low morale and poor welfare packages for teachers in Adamawa. Mrs Mairama Dikwa, Education Specialist, UNICEF Field Office, Bauchi, made the observation on Thursday during the inauguration of Technical and Vocational Education training programme in Hong Local Government […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, pledged to increase the budget for the education sector by 50 percent in the next two years. Buhari stated this at the ongoing Global Education Summit in London, United Kingdom. His commitment was contained in a document titled, ‘Heads Of State Call To Action On […]
Safina Shehu Ahmed has joined the list of students abroad who make Nigeria proud with outstanding performances. 21-year old Safina Shehu Ahmed has graduated with First Class Honours in Biomedical Science from Keele University, London Keele University, officially known as the University of Keele, one of the best in the […]
Ripples Nigeria centre set to hold annual data journalism masterclass The Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism (RCDIJ) has fixed Thursday, August 5, for the 2021 edition of its annual data journalism masterclass for African journalists. RCDIJ is a non-profit sister organisation to Ripples Nigeria online newspaper. The centre […]
Professor Owunari from the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has defeated 12 other contestants to emerge the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The Chairman of the university’s Governing Council, Senator Andrew Uchendu, made the announcement at the school’s Senate Building at […]
An NGO, Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) has kicked off a right to education campaign in Adamawa State. The organization said in Yola during an interaction with newsmen that it was launching the campaign against the fact that over 13.5 million Nigerian children, a huge number of them in […]
Numan/Demsa/Lamurde federal constituency in the house of representatives, Rt. Hon Kwamoti La’ori, has commissioned an examination hall at Government Day Secondary School (GDSS) Imburu in Numan local government area of Adamawa State named after late Pemuel Nathaneul Mygomyu. Speaking at the occasion, the lawmaker, said the project was a fulfilment […]
…..says Adamawa state accounted for 51 percent of the 60 percent out of school children in the Northeast. A Foundation which is a non- governmental organization (NGO), Project-Community led collective action for girls education (C-CAGE) in their biannual engagement with the Press have identified hidden charges levied on students in […]
The Alumni Association of Federal Polythecnic Mubi has constituted a caretaker committee to be headed by Engineer Sule Ishiaku and Adamu Isa Baba as Secretary. The constitution of a caretaker committee follows the official formation of new ALUMNI. The advertorial statement which draws the attention of the graduates of the […]
A bill for the establishment of the Federal College of Education Technical, Ganye sponsored by the member representing Ganye, Jada, Tongo, and Mayo-Belwa federal constituency at the House of Representatives has passed the second reading. Hon. Namdas while pressing the bill on the floor of the House on Thursday said […]
Several students have reportedly escaped death as a seriously distressed and worn out hostel structure at government secondary school Numan caved in on Friday killing one student identified as Harka Yinasinma. Sources at the school said despite its state of dilapidation, the school authorities allowed several students to be sleeping […]
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a three-year $2.05 million grant to Washington, DC-based Gallaudet University to support initiatives to advance education, employment, and life opportunities toward the empowerment of deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind children and youth in Nigeria. In collaboration with its partners, the […]
PRESS RELEASE His Excellency the Governor of Adamawa State the Rt Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has approved the appointment of Dr Yusuf Benson Baha as Provost of the College of Education Hong. Dr Baha’s appointment follows the expiration of the tenure of Professor Johnson Pongri. Other Principal officers appointed include […]
A Non-Government Association for literacy support services (NOGALSS) has inaugurated its officials in Yola last weekend at state and local government levels. In an invitation letter made available to this medium signed by the state chairman, Hon C. A. Jallo said one of the organization’s mission and aims is to […]
Kaduna State Chapter of the apex students union in the country, the National Association of Nigerian Students, Kaduna State chapter, on Tuesday, raised the alarm that thousands of candidates may be disallowed from taking part in this year’s Joint Admission and Matriculation Board examination due to hitches in their NIN/Profile […]
Government of Borno State has ordered the closure of Kashim Ibrahim College of Education, Maiduguri and Umar Ibn Ibrahim El Kanemi College of Science and Technology, Bama. This is following the cases of clashes between students of both institutions for two weeks. According to a statement signed by the Permanent […]
The National University Commission (NUC) is to embark on environmental impact assessment tour of the Lutheran University Nigeria in Adamawa towards its establishment. The President, Lutheran World Federation, Archbishop Musa Panti Filibus, said the visit is sequel to provision of preliminary prerequisites by the church. The Cleric made the announcement […]
Bronnum Lutheran Seminary (BLS) Yola is set to celebrate 35 years of its existence. In an announcement made public by the Assistant Register of the School Mr. Liviticus Yusuf said the school anniversary celebration will be in conjunction with a convocation and awards of certificates to some of the graduates […]
Two ex-students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state, who escaped from Boko Haram in 2014, Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu, have graduated from Southeastern University in the United States. Bishara and Pogu were among the 276 girls kidnapped by the insurgent group in the first mass student […]
The Honourable Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has inaugurated a six Man Visitation Panel to Federal College of Education, Bichi. The panel is a six Man committee has a seasoned academician, Professor Rashid Aderionye as the Chairman of the panel with notable men across the country as member of […]
The Honourable Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has inaugurated a six Man Presidential Visitation Panel to Federal College of Education Technical (FCET) Bichi. The panel is a six Man committee with Adamawa Former Chairman of All Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Honourable Aliyu Wakili Boya as a member of […]
The Visitation Panel sent to review the activities of the Federal College of Education, Yola, has called for memoranda. The ‘Call for Memoranda’ letter, signed by the visitation panel Secretary, Aje Maikarfi Livinus of the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja, explained that the FCE Yola review exercise is part […]
Periscope’s report * Can a governor who worked hard, in spite of antagonistic circumstances and other odds, to establish a state university – the first in the northeast, among other achievements – be said to have contributed to the backwardness of the state? – Yunusa Abubakar The Periscope Literati Yunusa […]
The West African Examinations Council on Friday announced a new method through which candidates can collect Attestation of Results and certificates. It said candidates under the new method can now collect those documents from any of its offices in Nigeria. Before now, WAEC candidates only collect their Attestation of Results […]
Hon. Dayyabu Ciroma, Chairman Bauchi State Drugs and Medical Consumables Agency, has declined Adamu Adamu’s Federal Government’s offer as member of the Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic Shendam in Plateau State. Ciroma, in a letter addressed to Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, dated 12th April, 2021,and sent to our […]
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) in the Federal Polytechnic Mubi, announced on Wednesday that it has aligned with its national body over its current strike action. Officials of the Mubi chapter of ASUP who addressed newsmen at the campus of the polytechnic in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, […]
The indefinite strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics on Tuesday has paralysed academic activities in polytechnics across the country. ASUP embarked on the action following the failure of the government to address the deplorable state of polytechnics and monotechnics and the expiration of the ultimatum […]
West African Examinations Council, on Tuesday, announced the release of the results of the First Series of the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates. Head of WAEC Nigeria National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, said at a press conference that the examination was primarily designed to help […]
The old Boys Association of General Murtal Mohammed College (GMMC), one of the provincial school in North -eastern Nigeria established by colonial masters is set to have a mega celebration to mark the school hundreds years of existence. The Association under the Tiddo Yo Daddo Umbrella through it’s publicity Local […]
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic has declared that its members would from April 6, 2021, embark on a nationwide strike over the described as a “culture of neglect by the government on issues affecting the technological education sub-sector.” ASUP President, Anderson U. Ezeibe, made this known to newsmen at the […]
Christian and Muslim parents of students in mission schools in Kwara State clashed on Wednesday after the government directed for the reopening of 10 mission schools previously shut down over the hijab controversy. The clash happened after the government late Tuesday night directed that the schools be reopened for academic […]
The former Governor of Adamawa state, Dr. Boni Haruna, has attributed the slow pace of research and development in the Nigerian universities to unnecessary political interference in administering tertiary institutions in the country. Haruna, who was speaking at the combined 5th to 12th convocation of the Adamawa state university, Mubi […]
The management of Adamawa State University has banned a students’ press club operating in the institution for three months for allegedly posing a threat “to the security of other students on campus”. Lumping nine years of convocation together, the Adamawa State University, Mubi, says it will confer various degrees and […]
By Adamu Muhammad Dodo She has a focus with a solid purpose of being there, hence would not be distracted by idle conjecture, uncreative, bereft of strategic planning. Her “parliament” is real not imagined, upholding the philosophy that champions the ideal, not “digital” in the sense of deception, manipulating those […]
The vice chancellor of Modibbo Adama University, professor Abdullahi Liman Tukur has disclosed that the management of the institution has concluded arrangements to convert to a conventional university. He noted that the university is 100% ready to take up its new status as more management courses are already underway while […]
No fewer than 70,000 candidates who sat the Secondary School Certificate Examination October/November 2020 in Kano have yet to receive their results. The waec in January 2021 released results of 1,209,992 candidates that took the examination across the country. According to WAEC, 894,101 candidates scored credits in English and Mathematics. […]
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Barrister Boss Mustapha has commissioned another Ultra-modern Information Technology center called, “NCC School Knowledge Center” in Government Day Secondary school Njoboliyo in yola-south Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The Technology Center, which was equipped with about one hundred computers, was donated […]
The West African Examinations Council has released 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates (second series). Announcing the release of the results on Monday, the council said 39.82 per cent made credits in five subjects, including Mathematics and English. According to the Head of the National Office, […]
