Minister of Education

Proprietors of Private Polytechnics in Nigeria, on Thursday, disagreed with lecturers that tertiary institutions should remain closed to activities due to COVID-19 pandemic, saying that they were not sincere. Lecturers under the aegis…

A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, though commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech on efforts at battling the Coronavirus pandemic, she however, questioned why it had to take so much drama to get President Buhari to…

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says the state government will integrate the Almajiri education system into the modern academic curriculum of  the state. Ganduje made the promise on Friday in Abuja while speaking to newsmen during a…

The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, and the Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, on Wednesday assumed duties after the inauguration ceremony. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the ministers, who…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on well-meaning Nigerians to caution the Federal Government to honour its agreement with the union to forestall further industrial crisis in the nation’s tertiary education sector.…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it should not be held responsible if there is any disruption in the university system. Biodun Ogunyemi, national president of the union, was speaking in Abuja while updating the public…

Adamu Adamu, minister of education, says the federal government has approved an additional N25 billion allowance for members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking at a valedictory press conference in Abuja on…

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has announced the release of the 2019/2020 National Common Entrance Examination for admission to the 104 Unity Schools across the country. Adamu, while presenting the results in Abuja on…

The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has threatened to embark on strike for failure of the Federal Government to honour its agreement. President of the Union, Mr. Nuhu Ogirima, made this known in a letter forwarded to…

The Federal Government has commenced the resuscitation of the Technical Teacher Training Programme (TTTP) by inaugurating a committee that would recommend ways of producing more technical and vocational teachers in basic and post-basic…