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72,850 Nigerians Apply As FG Opens Digital Skills Programme For Global Jobs

adminSeptember 15, 2026

The Federal Government’s new digital skills initiative has drawn massive interest from Nigerians, with 72,850 applications received for a programme offering training and professional certifications aimed at improving participants’ chances of securing jobs in the international digital economy. The Digital Training Academy (DTA), launched by the Federal Ministry of Education, is targeting 32,000 Nigerians under...

JAMB Eases Early-Morning Pressure On 2027 UTME Candidates

adminSeptember 14, 2026

Candidates preparing for the 2027 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will have an additional hour to arrive at their designated centres for the first examination session, following a timetable adjustment by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Under the new arrangement, candidates who were previously expected to report by 6:30 a.m. will now be...

UBA Foundation Puts Nigeria’s Food Crisis At Centre Of ₦41.5m Essay Challenge

adminSeptember 14, 2026

Nigeria’s food security challenge is to become the subject of a national intellectual contest among senior secondary school students, with the UBA Foundation offering ₦41.5 million in university educational grants and prizes to the five best entries in its 2026 National Essay Competition. The 16th edition of the competition, which has now opened for entries,...

Research Funding, Industry Skills Key To Nigeria’s Development — TETFUND Stakeholders

adminSeptember 14, 2026

Nigeria risks wasting the development potential of its universities unless research is adequately funded and converted into practical solutions for unemployment, industrial growth and technological advancement, tertiary education stakeholders in the South-South have warned. They therefore called for increased TETFUND funding for research, innovation and manpower development, arguing that stronger links between universities and industry...

Eno’s Primary Healthcare Push Reaches Ikot Osute As Model PHC Takes Shape

adminSeptember 13, 2026

Residents of Ikot Osute in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State are set to gain improved access to basic healthcare with the provision of a Model Primary Health Centre by the administration of Governor Umo Eno. The facility, listed as Project 13 among the 39 projects marking Akwa Ibom’s 39th anniversary, is...

A’Ibom Rural Education Gets Boost As Eno Commissions Nkari School

adminSeptember 13, 2026

The education crisis in Nkari community, Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has been eased with the commissioning of a new model primary school by Governor Umo Eno. The intervention is significant for pupils in the community who had been out of school for two years following the absence of a functional school...

FG Targets Classroom Quality With Six-Month Upgrade For 250,000 Teachers

adminSeptember 11, 2026

The Federal Government is moving to tackle one of the less visible challenges facing Nigeria’s education system , teachers working in classrooms without recognised professional qualifications , with plans to put 250,000 serving teachers through a six-month training programme from October. The intervention, known as the Accelerated Teacher Professionalisation Pathway, ATPP, represents an attempt to...

Textbook Quality: FG Tightens Rules To Protect Learning Outcomes

adminSeptember 11, 2026

The Federal Government has moved to strengthen the quality of classroom learning in Nigerian schools by introducing a national benchmark that will determine which textbooks are fit for use, following the discovery of instructional materials that scored as low as 25 per cent in the country’s first national textbook assessment. Under the new framework, only...

FG Orders Tertiary Institutions to Use Only Own Resources for Accreditation

adminSeptember 10, 2026

The Federal Government has announced plans to tighten accreditation procedures for tertiary institutions, saying schools will no longer be allowed to rely on borrowed lecturers, equipment or facilities to secure approval for academic programmes. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this in Abuja while inaugurating a ministerial committee tasked with strengthening accreditation and...

NUC Approves Medicine, Surgery Programme For AKSU

adminSeptember 10, 2026

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the commencement of Medicine and Surgery at Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU), paving the way for the institution to admit its first batch of medical students from the 2026/2027 academic session. The approval was contained in a letter dated September 3, 2026, following a resource verification exercise conducted...

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72,850 Nigerians Apply As FG Opens Digital Skills Programme For Global Jobs

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UBA Foundation Puts Nigeria’s Food Crisis At Centre Of ₦41.5m Essay Challenge

Research Funding, Industry Skills Key To Nigeria’s Development — TETFUND Stakeholders

Eno’s Primary Healthcare Push Reaches Ikot Osute As Model PHC Takes Shape

A’Ibom Rural Education Gets Boost As Eno Commissions Nkari School

FG Targets Classroom Quality With Six-Month Upgrade For 250,000 Teachers

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FG Orders Tertiary Institutions to Use Only Own Resources for Accreditation

NUC Approves Medicine, Surgery Programme For AKSU

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