ENEBE ADINOYI EMERGES 2019/2020 BEST GRADUATING STUDENT IN FUT MINNA

* Explains Why He Won Best Graduating Student

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

The best graduating student of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna for the 2019/2020 academic session, Enebe Simon Adinoyi with CGPA 4.88 First Class, has attributed the feat to his understanding and believing in himself and also, hardwork.

ENUGU GOV CELEBRATES JIM NWOBODO ON VANGUARD'S 'LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD'

By Chinelo Ogbodo (Enugu State Correspondent)

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, at the weekend, joined the management and board of Vanguard Media Limited, publishers of Vanguard Newspapers, in honouring elder statesman and former Second Republic governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, describing him as a man who stood out in service to his people.

Exam Fraud In Atani: ANAMBRA POLICE ARREST FAKE JAMB COORDINATOR, RECOVER EIGHT EXAM SLIPS, OTHER INCRIMINATING ITEMS

By Rose Nwankwu (Anambra State Correspondent, in Awka)

Operatives of the Police IG’s Safe School Initiative of the Anambra State Police Command, on Saturday morning, arrested one male suspect, Eric Nwombu, for alleged criminal impersonation and unlawful possession of JAMB examination materials.

EXCITEMENT AS ADEBUTU KESSINGTON, 'BABA IJEBU' RECEIVES EURO KNOWLEDGE AWARD IN LONDON

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Foremost communications consultancy outfit, Euro Knowledge, has honoured Nigeria's foremost philanthropist, business mogul and billionaire, Sir Adebukunola Kessington Adebutu, popularly known as ‘Baba Ijebu’, with its prestigious Euro Knowledge Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence 2022.

Executive Bill: BAUCHI STATE ASSEMBLY ENACTS BILL ESTABLISHING COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)

The Bauchi State House of Assembly has passed an executive bill seeking a law to establish the Bauchi State College of Education.

EXPERTS URGES UNITED ACTION AGAINST CHILD LABOUR

By Musa Inuwa (Niger State Correspondent)

A 4- days Stepdown Workshop organized by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment (FML&E) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) for staff of National Orientation Agency (NOA) and Media practitioners in Niger state has ended with a call on journalists to expose perpetrators of Child Labour and its worst forms.

EXPERTS WARN ON DANGERS OF UNDER-FUNDING OF EDUCATION SECTOR

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Experts have warned that except something is done urgently, Nigeria’s education system will continue to be corrupted by bad influences that are impacting negatively on Nigeria’s good cultural values and tradition on the present-day youths and the generation after them.

Fake Teachers Appointment: NASARAWA ASSEMBLY SUSPENDS DEPUTY MINORITY LEADER

• *As Committee Report Recommends Penalties Against Indicted Civil Servants Involved In Scam

By David Wuya, (Nassarawa State Correspondent)

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, on Monday, suspended Deputy Minority Leader, Hon Luka Iliya Zhekaba ( PDP- Obi ii) for his alleged involvement in the fake employment of 38 secondary school teachers in the state.

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY GASHUA GETS 4 NEW PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

By Danjuma Williams (Gombe State Correspondent)

The appointment of Dr. Abubakar Mamuda as the substantive Registrar of the Federal University Gashua, and three other principal officers have received the approval of the Institution's council.

FG ANNOUNCES DATES FOR NECO, NABTEB, BECE, NBAIS EXAMS FOR SSS3, JSS3 STUDENTS

By Hamid Abdullahi (MDA/Education Reporter)

Following its earlier decision to re-open secondary schools on Tuesday August 4 for students in the exit classes to write their West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSEC), the federal government, on Wednesday, came out with a comprehensive schedule for various national examinations for graduating students in both the Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3 and Senior Secondary School (SSS)3.

FG CLARIFIES ON REPORTED SCRAPPING OF 6-3-3 JSS, SSS SCHOOL SYSTEM

* Says Govt Only Proposes 12-Year Compulsory Education Within 6-3-3 Policy

By Tayo Oguntade (Education Correspondent)

The Federal Ministry of Education, on Friday, said it's attention has been drawn to what it described as "misleading reports" suggesting that the Federal Government has scrapped the Junior Secondary School (JSS) and the Senior Secondary School (SSS), and replaced them with a new 12-year uninterrupted basic education model.

FG MUST NOT EQUATE NBAIS CERTIFICATE WITH WAEC, NECO, NBTE - 112 Christian Groups

By Our Reporter

A coalition of Christians in Nigeria under the aegis of The National Prayer Altar (TNPA) has called on the Nigerian government to reverse its ratification of the policy equating certificates issued by the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) with WAEC, NECO, NBTE and other standardised examination bodies, describing it as a distortion of the nation's secularity.

FG THREATENING INTEGRITY OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA......ASUU

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has expressed worries over what it discribed as intentional violation of universities miscellaneous Act laced with an attempt to disrespect the autonomy and freedom of the Ivory Towers.

FG TO ESTABLISH THREE NEW TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH EAST

* As Tinubu Signs Into Law Bills Sponsored By Reps Deputy Speaker, Kalu, For the Schools In Abia And Imo States.

By Suzan Okenwa (National Assembly Correspondent)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed into law two bills establishing a Federal College of Education in Bende, Abia State and another Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Item Bende, in the same Abia State.

FG TO RE-OPEN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AUGUST 4 FOR WAEC CANDIDATES

By Hamid Abdullahi (MDA/Education Reporter)

From Tuesday August 4, 2020, all Secondary Schools in Nigeria will reopen for students of graduating classes to enable them prepare adequately for their West African Examinations, WAEC.

FG's Covid-19 Vaccination Card: NASARAWA NYSC PROMISES TO KEY INTO PROTOCOLS

• * Tasks Corp Members On Adherence

By David Odama (In Nasarawa State)

Nasarawa directorate of NYSC has promised to key into the federal government directive on operation show your COVID19 vaccination card which will come into effect on December 1, this year.

FG/ASUU TANGO AND JAMB’s DILEMMA

By Bola Bolawole

When everyone had hoped that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would call off its strike, it extended it by a whopping three months, to the consternation and bewilderment of students, parents and concerned citizens alike! The ongoing ASUU strike had started with a four-week warning strike on February 14, 2022. True to its threat that it would roll over the strike if nothing positive came from the Federal Government; ASUU announced an eight-week extension of the strike, as the warning strike lapsed without any positive action by the government.

FIDELITY BANK SPENDS OVER N200 MILLION ON SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT IN BAUCHI STATE

By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)

As part of its social responsibility programme, Fidelity Bank Plc, has spent over two hundred million naira for the renovation of three blocks of six classrooms and provided furniture at the Alhaji Garba Noma Primary School in the Bauchi state capital.

FINALLY, FG ORDERS RE-OPENING OF ALL NIGERIAN SCHOOLS

By Hamid Abdullahi (MDA/Education Reporter)

Amidst conflicting positions about whether or not, the Covid-19 pandemic is currently abating in Nigeria, the Federal Government has ordered the immediate reopening of all schools in Nigeria.

FOUR STUDENTS OF FEDERAL VARSITY KIDNAPPED IN LAFIA

By David Odama

Unknown gunmen, on Thursday night, kidnapped four students of the Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State.