The National Council on Establishment (NCE) on Friday announced the approval of an upgraded salary grade level and promotion for engineering graduates in the public service.

The announcement was made at the end of the council’s 40th meeting which held in Owerri, Imo state.

Reading from a statement, Rufus Godwins, head of service Rivers state, said engineering graduates will now receive salary grade level 09 at entry point.

A team of four boys on Thursday defeated a female team of 11 girls in a cooking competition organised by the Holy Family School in Lagos.

The boys’ team was adjudged the winner against the girls’ team after the judges had tasted the dishes prepared by the teams.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the teams prepared fried rice, fried fish and locally prepared ‘Eve’ drink.

However, the girls’ team emerged the winner in the preparation of cassava flake (a.k.a. Eba) and Ogbonno soup, Jollof rice alongside the local drink, Zobo.

The leader of the boys’ team, Edward Akugbe told NAN that the current economic situation had compelled most boys to acquire the cooking skills and other domestic chores.

A Nigerian Olawunmi Bayode has set a new Guinness Record in the “Longest Marathon Reading Aloud” Category.

Bayode, the father of three kids, logged 120 hours at 15.30 today at the YouRead Library Yaba in Lagos, beating the previous record set by Nepali Deepak Sharma Bajagain.

The Nigerian government is taking a US university to court, accusing it of mishandling scholarship students' access to funds meant for rent, books and food.

The government has joined dozens of Nigerian students in a lawsuit against Alabama State University which dates back to 2016.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board on Thursday banned the use of 16 items in the forthcoming mock examinations scheduled for February 26, 2018. The Board made the position known in a memo issued by the Secretary of JAMB UTME Monitoring Groups, Ngozi Egbuna to members of Civil Society Group.

The Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta state has been accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC to begin undergraduate degree programmes from the 2017/2018 academic session.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, said the approval underscored government’s commitment to develop Niger Delta in line with the administration’s new vision to develop the region.

According to him, the NUC approved that academic activities begin in three faculties, Transport, Engineering and Environmental Management.