The Ministry of Education on Tuesday launched the 2017/2018 Annual School Census, aimed at solving the problem of out-of-school children. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said at the ceremony in Abuja that the census was designed to obtain the accurate number of schools and validate the figures.
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has adopted Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, as the venue for its 2018 national convention scheduled for May 17 to May 20, a communique has said.
The communiqué, made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, was issued at the end of NANS 74th National Senate Meeting/pre-convention held at Niger State College of Education, Minna.
The communiqué, signed by NANS Senate President, Mr Taiwo Bamigbade, said that the tenure of incumbent NANS’s leadership had long elapsed constitutionally; hence the need for a convention and election.
The Senate of Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola has ordered an indefinite closure of the school following students’ unrest on Sunday. Students of the federal university of technology have two hours to vacate the campus.
The decision was the outcome of an emergency meeting of the Senate which took place Monday.
The school confirmed one student had been killed.
Earlier reports said the crisis was caused by a student union government leadership tussle.
As part of efforts toward immortalizing late Dr. Alex Ekwueme, the Federal Government on Friday renamed the Federal University, Ndufu-Ikwo Ebonyi to Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State. The change was announced by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo during the burial service of the late patriarch at the St John, The Divine Church, Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
About 10, 000 children in two local government areas of Benue state have been forced out of school following incessant violent clashes between herdsmen and farmers. The Chairman of Benue State Universal Education Board (SUBEB), Rev. Philip Tachin who stated this on Sunday during an interview with journalists in Makurdi lamented that after the New Year's attack in Guma and Logo LGAs of the state, many families fled their homes alongside their children to take refuge in different camps, forcing the children to abandon their education.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a television license for University of Lagos (UNILAG TV), this is even as management of the school said it will enhance research-oriented education and ease communication within and outside the university campus. This was disclosed in a meeting with the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, and the Senior Special Assistant, Garba Shehu, at the Presidential Villa.
