EDUCATION

FG appoints Chancellors, Governing Councils of Federal Universities

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2021

The Federal Government has appointed chancellors and Governing Councils of some Federal universities, who are expected to be the moral compass of the various universities to which they are assigned. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday said

EDUCATION

Nigeria doesn’t have glut of universities — Afolayan, Anchor varsity VC

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2021

With less than 300 public and private universities in Nigeria, it is not appropriate to say the nation has a glut of universities and that more should not be established. The Vice-Chancellor, Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos, Prof. Joseph Afolayan, who stated this on Thursday during a press briefing to herald the first convocation ceremony of […]

EDUCATION

Senate upgrades Maritime Academy to university

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2021

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to upgrade the Maritime Academy, Oron in Akwa-Ibom state into a full-fledged University of Maritime Studies. Also passed was a bill to establish the Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Ogoja, Cross River state. Both bills were passed by the upper chamber after the presentation and consideration of […]

EDUCATION

FG spends N1.5bn on school feeding programme monthly in Kano State

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2021

Kano State Gov Abdullahi Ganduje, says that Federal Government spends N1.5 billion monthly on school feeding programme in the state. Ganduje stated this on Tuesday while playing host to the technical committee on the National Home Grown School Feeding programme (NHGSF) who visited him in is office in Kano. The governor said the state has […]

EDUCATION

Ogun teachers to instill discipline in public schools

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2021

The Chairman, Ogun State Teaching Service Commission, Evangelist Olalekan Ifede has admonished teachers in public schools to instill their professional skills in classrooms and also inculcate disciplines on the students, so as to extinct truancy, misconduct and misbehaviour in schools across the State. Ifede made this known while addressing teachers during usual monitoring

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Mass abductions: El-Rufai orders immediate closure of Deeper Life, Winners, ECWA, 10 other schools

Daily Dispatch July 5, 2021

The Kaduna State Government has ordered the immediate closure of 13 schools located in areas that have been identified as vulnerable to attacks by bandits. This followed Monday’s bandits’ attack on Bethel Baptist school in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where an unspecified number of students were kidnapped. The directive which was issued […]