Education

  The University of Maiduguri Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has promised to make its decision on the renaming of the institution after late President Muhammadu Buhari by President Bola Tinubu known soon.   In a telephone interview on Sunday with PUNCH Online, the chairman of the ...

  The digital age has brought incredible opportunities and new forms of danger.   One such threat is sextortion, a form of blackmail where someone threatens to release another person’s nude or explicit photos unless their demands are met, often involving money or more images.   In Nigeria, where laws ...

  The Director-General of the Asue/Ogie Campaign Council, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, on Thursday, resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party.   His resignation was contained in a letter dated July 17, 2025, and addressed to the Chairman of the PDP, Ward 5, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, Edo State, Andrew Esemuede. ...

  Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has launched a conditional cash transfer programme benefiting 8,225 secondary school girls across the state’s 14 local government areas.   The official rollout ceremony held on Wednesday in Gusau, the state capital was held under the state’s partnership with the ACReSAL and AGILE projects. ...

  A young boy named after former President Muhammadu Buhari, who impressed the audience at the book launch of a former media aide to the ex-president, Garba Shehu, has been awarded a scholarship covering his education from primary school to university.   According to a statement by Shehu on Sunday, ...

  In a move to combat child hunger, boost school enrollment, and reduce the number of out-of-school children, the Governor of Zamfara state, Dauda Lawal has officially launched the Zamfara State Pilot School Feeding Programme.   According to a statement by the Office of the Senior Special Adviser to the ...

  The Nigerian Education Loan Fund on Friday announced the commencement of upkeep disbursements to student beneficiaries who have updated their bank account details from digital wallet platforms to commercial bank accounts.   A statement by the Director of Corporate Communications of the Fund, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, said the development marks ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has recommended tough penalties for 11 Computer‑Based Test centres and registrants involved in fingerprint irregularities during the registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made this known after a brainstorming session with some critical stakeholders, following a ...

No fewer than 64,000 candidates from Nigeria, Benin Republic and Togo on Saturday participated in the National Common Entrance Examination for admission into Federal Government Colleges. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the examination is conducted by the National Examinations Council. Speaking after monitoring the exercise at Model Secondary ...

  The Nigeria Union of Teachers has said that a shift to computer-based examinations by West African Examinations Council and the National Examinations Council will not eliminate malpractices.   The NUT National President, Audu Amba, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja. ...