Turji Alausa, Minister of Education The federal government has announced the scrapping of all Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools in the country and introduced a compulsory 12-year uninterrupted basic education model after which a Nigerian child can aspire to higher education. With this development, the Nigerian government is seeking the abolition of…
A graduate of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Adamu Sunday, has been struggling with depression after being denied enrolment in the National Youth Service Corps. Sunday, who completed his Economics degree in 2024, alleged that the university assigned his Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board registration number to another student, enabling that person to serve in his…
The 24-year-old NYSC member, who was beheaded by a gospel singer, Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, was not a girlfriend to the artiste. The family of the girl has come forward to set the record straight, contradicting earlier reports that suggested Ele was the singer’s girlfriend. Eliojo Salomey, a young woman from Nyanya, had left her home to…
The Borno State government has expressed concern over the growing cases of prostitution among former Boko Haram captives, warning that the disturbing trend poses serious social challenges for the state. The State Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Lawan Wakilbe lamented that some of the freed victims were exposed to sexual exploitation due to…
Aggrieved professors from the University of Abuja (UNIABUJ) have called for the investigation of over N3 billion alleged fraud uncovered by a report of the 2021 Presidential Visitation Panel to the university for the 2019/2020 academic session. This is as dust over the appointment of Prof. Aisha Maikudi as Vice-Chancellor of the university is yet…
Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has revealed that approximately 80 percent of the illegally recruited secondary school teachers in the state are unable to write an acceptance letter. He made this statement during a meeting with a coalition of Christian denominations under the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) at the Government House. Governor Sule firmly…
Full time HND graduates with part time National Diploma programmes have expressed their grievances over the proposed exclusion from the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme as the registration of second stream Batch C mobilisation begins on Monday (today). The graduates who stormed the NYSC secretariat in Lagos in the early hours of Monday displayed…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has announced a ban on all forms of payment in primary and secondary schools across the state. In his New Year address, Otti underscored his administration’s resolve to safeguard the future of the children, declaring, “We have stopped all forms of payments in the primary and secondary schools. Not even…
Nigerian government has announced the return of history studies in primary and secondary schools in the country. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, announced the return Tuesday. According to him, President Bola Tinubu, has mandated the return of Nigerian History as a subject in primary and secondary schools. The Minister said this on Tuesday when he…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of failing to fulfil the promises made to it. This comes amid threats by the union to embark on a strike action by January. This development was communicated to SaharaReporters in a phone conversation with the ASUU President, Prof. Victor Osodeke, on…
