Education

Several students of the University of Benin have been trapped in a three-storey building that collapsed in Ekosodin on Saturday morning. Ekosodin shares borders with the University of Benin, and hosts a large number of student population. The storey building on Ekhator Street, Benin, the state capital, collapsed during the …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the exclusion of third-party research grant funds of federal universities and research institutions from the Treasury Single Account. The president’s directive was conveyed by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, to the Coordinating Minister of Finance and National Economy, Wale Edun, mandating the exemption. …

The Senate Clerk of the National Association of Nigerian Students, National Headquarters, Oladimeji Uthman, has called on economic managers to reverse the newly introduced electronic money charged by Fintechs. In a statement signed by Uthman on Sunday, he voiced strong opposition to the new policy, which mandates a N50 deduction …

Exceptionally intelligent children below 18 years may be allowed to write the West African School Certificate Examinations, WASCE and the National Examinations Council, NECO examinations, the federal government has said. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, disclosed this, Thursday during a tour of the Federal Government Academy, Suleja. “It may …

The Enugu State Government said it asked private schools to pay between N100,000 and N300,000 as education tax, debunking reports of a N5 million mandatory payment. NAN reports on Thursday that the State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ndubueze Mbah, made the clarification in a statement in Enugu. “New and existing …

At least four people died and nine were wounded in a high school shooting in the US state of Georgia on Wednesday, law enforcement authorities said, with a suspect taken into custody. After the latest chapter of America’s gun violence crisis — nearly 400 mass shootings this year alone, by …

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has berated the Federal Ministry of Education over its policy that pegged age limits for entry to tertiary institutions, describing it as absurd. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, had said that individuals under 18 …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, from stopping the admission process of a teenager, Master Aondo Terdoo Caleb. The student had dragged the College before the court over an admission dispute. Justice Peter Lifu issued the restraining order on Tuesday following the failure …

● Says 18-year minimum age policy for university admission kicks in as from next year Education Minister Professor Tahir Mamman said on Sunday that underage candidates would no longer be allowed to sit for the secondary school certificate examinations. The minister stated this on Channels Television’s “Politics Today” programme. He …

The proposed meeting between the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), earlier scheduled to be held today, has been postponed. President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed that the meeting will no longer be held as announced by the Minister of Education on Friday. Although …