By Chido Onumah Comrade Biodun Jeyifo (BJ), who will be interred on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Ibadan, Oyo State, was a man of many distinguished parts: First class student, Professor Emeritus of English at Cornell University and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, journalist, author, literary critic, President of the Academic Staff…
The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has a primary school teacher at Ansa-Ur-Deen Main School I, Kemta Lawa, Abeokuta, Mr Solanke Taiwo, a brand new car for emerging as Nigeria’s Overall Best Primary School Teacher According to a statement issued on Friday, the governor presented the car keys to Solanke at his office in…
Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Joint Campus Council Lagos, escaped being abducted on way to their convention in Ekiti. The delegation of student leaders were said to be travelling to the NANS South-West Zone D Convention at Ekiti State University when the incident occurred. In a Tuesday statement by its Public…
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, yesterday disclosed that there was a reduction in examination malpractices in the year 2015. The board said the incidence of the 2025 examination malpractices represented a slight percentage decrease compared to the 2024 November/December NBC/NTC and ANBC/ANTC examinations. Dr Mohammed Aminu Mohammed, Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of NABTEB…
By Chido Onumah Against All Odds: A Biography of Innocent Chukwuma emerges not simply as a chronicle of one man’s defiance against the vicissitudes of life, but as a profound meditation on a vanishing ethos in Nigerian public life: the ethos of unyielding, principled insistence. Through its meticulous narration, the book endeavours to safeguard the…
The Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, has disclosed that at least 15 female students have been expelled for engaging in acts of indiscipline. The affected students were reportedly involved in making sex videos, an offence that contravenes the rules and regulations of the institution. According to Punch newspaper, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing…
By Ambassador Eki David Greg The incessant hike in WAEC, NECO, NABTEB, and JAMB registration fees has become a hydra-headed monster, suffocating the aspirations of countless Nigerian students and their parents. As the saying goes, “education is the passport to the future,” but for many, this passport has become a luxury they cannot afford. The…
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have signed a new agreement aimed at improving the quality of the university education system and ensuring stability. The new agreement replaces the 2009 pact that triggered several industrial actions over unresolved issues. The signing and unveiling of the agreement took place on Wednesday…
Commissioner for Health, Dr Oreh The Rivers State Government has ordered a full-scale investigation into allegations of extortion, including money-for-marks and the sale of examination papers, at the State College of Medical Sciences in Port Harcourt. Already, the government has suspended the head of one of the departments linked to the alleged offences, although the…
Iyamu, Education Commissioner Edo State Ministry of Education has announced the postponement of resumption date for primary and secondary schools in the Edo Central. In a press statement Monday, signed by Emmanuel Paddy lyamu, Commissioner for Education, the ministry informed the general public, particularly parents, school heads, and proprietors, that the resumption of all public…
