Zamfara Governor, Lawal Vows To Prioritise Education, Inspects Facilities
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to revitalising the education sector in the state. The governor conducted an inspection tour of the College of Nursing and Command Science Secondary School (Girls) in the state capital of Gusau on Monday. According to a statement by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, the inspection tour was characterised...
Edo Gov’s SSA Mubarak Meets Asefon, Collaborate on Student Development
In a bid to strengthen educational outcomes and address key student-related challenges in Edo State, the Senior Special Assistant to the Edo State Governor on Student Matters, Comrade Jimah Mubarak, held a strategic meeting in Abuja with the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Student Engagement. The high-level engagement, which took place recently, focused on innovative policy direction and...
Abia Govt To Pay Students 30k Each, Scraps ABSU 15k “Pandemic Prevention Fee”
Abia State Government has said all students of the state-owned university, Abia State University (ABSU) are now to be paid the sum of N30,000 each to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on them and families. The state government also reversed an earlier circular instructing student to pay the sum of N15,000 pandemic prevention fee. In a statement personally issued by...
Prof. Ibe Urges Students To Add Skills To Their Academic Programmes
Chancellor of Gregory University Uturu, Prof Gregory Ibe has advised students of higher institutions in Nigeria to prioritize the acquisition of additional entrepreneurial skills while undertaking their academic programme. According to Prof Ibe, human capital development especially among youths remains the fastest way of industrializing the nation through the establishment of many small and medium scale enterprises He gave this charge...
Don’t Reopen Schools Now – ASUU President Urges FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday kicked against the reopening of schools by the Federal Government due to the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the country. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU National President, spoke with the with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun. According to him, the Federal Government needed to address the challenges of the education sector...
Mascot Kalu Salutes Wife On Completion Of Masters Degree Programme In UK
Governorship candidate of Action Peoples Party (APP) in the just concluded elections in Abia State, Sir Mascot Uzor Kalu has congratulated his dear wife, Adaeze Aguele-Kalu as she completed her higher education programme. ABN TV learnt that she rounded off her Masters's Degree programme at Imperial College, London on Wednesday. The former Abia Chief of Staff described the achievement as an...
ASUU Says Its Issues With The FG Is Not Fully Addressed
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Friday called off its eight-month-old strike. However, the union in a press statement made available to reporters noted that the issues in its disputes with the Federal Government were not well addressed. The press release, which was signed by the National President of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, however, hailed the intervention of the...
Deeper Life High School Wins ₦1M In 2nd Edition Of Enyimbapedia Mathematics Competition (Photos, Video)
The second edition of the Enyimbapedia Mathematics Competition ended on a high note as Deeper Life High School, Aba Campus, clinched the top prize, emerging as overall winner in a keenly contested academic showdown. The competition, which held on Monday, July 21, 2025, at the premises of Enyimba FM, Aba, Abia State, drew participation from top-performing private schools in the...
How Our Free School Feeding Programme Increased Primary School Enrollment In Abia — Gov. Ikpeazu
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu says his administration has increased the public primary school enrollment figure in the state using the free school feeding programme which he said has worked like a magic. Governor Ikpeazu who stated this while addressing Members of the Free Meal Programme from Abia South during their solidarity visit at the Governor's Lodge Aba on Monday...
JAMB Postpones 2025 UTME Registration To February 3
According to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, or JAMB, registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, or UTME, will open on Monday, February 3, 2025, rather than January 31. JAMB explained that the change was necessary to allow the board to implement essential adjustments to its registration templates. In a statement by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB stated that...
