EDUCATION

NANS Urges Niger Government To Immortalise Ex-President

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2017

The National Association of Nigerian Students has urged the Niger State Government to immortalise Mohammed Dauda, the ex-President of the association who passed on Sunday. Dauda, the President of NANS between 2011 and 2012, died on Sunday enroute India where he had gone for medical treatment

EDUCATION

NUC 2017 ranking: UI rated best in Nigeria as Covenant University makes top 10

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2017

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has published the 2017 national universities ranking. It sees University of Ibadan rated the best in Nigeria, with University of Lagos in second place. Obafemi Awolowo Univesity, Ahmadu Bello University and University of Ilorin complete the top five. Covenant University is the only Private University in the top 10. Full […]

EDUCATION

JAMB remitted N50 million to Nigerian govt in seven years

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2017

The total amount the Joint Admission and Matriculations Board, JAMB, remitted to the federal government coffers between 2010 and 2016 is N 50,752,544, PREMIUM TIMES can reveal. This is about one per cent of the N5 ‎billion the agency remitted to the federal government in 2017 alone. The seemingly ridiculous nature of the remittances before […]

EDUCATION

Borno: 7,169 teachers trained by USAID on Shettima’s request

Daily Dispatch October 1, 2017

Seven thousand one hundred and sixty nine (7,169) primary and junior secondary schools teachers in Borno State have been trained by the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, following a request by Governor Kashim Shettima. The Shettima administration is engaged in massive building of modern schools and remodeling of existing across Borno State. Many

EDUCATION

Breaking: NANS ex-president is dead

Daily Dispatch October 1, 2017

The National Association of Nigerian Students has announced the death of a former National President of the association, Dauda Mohammed, aged 38, after a protracted illness. NANS President, Comrade Chinonso Obasi, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said Mohammed died on Sunday enroute India where he had gone for medical treatment. […]

EDUCATION

Boko Haram leaves 3 million kids out of school in Northern Nigeria- UNICEF

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2017

Boko Haram’s ongoing insurgency in northern Nigeria has forced the closure of more than 57 percent of schools in Borno state, leaving about 3 million children without an education as the school year begins, the United Nations Children’s Fund said Friday. “Children in northeast Nigeria are living through so much horror,” said Justin Forsyth, UNICEF’s […]