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When Francis Elendu, a secondary school teacher in Enugu, in southeastern Nigeria, wants to go out, he picks up his phone and his guide cane to aid his navigation. “My guide cane is like the best tool for mobility,” he says. “I use some apps on my phone, like Envision AI and Seei...
Nigeria is sitting on one of the greatest demographic dividends in the world. With over 60% of its population under 25 , the demand for higher education is surging at an unprecedented rate. To meet this demand, universities across the country are expanding curricula, launching ne...
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has described Nigeria’s co-hosting of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2026–2030 replenishment campaign with Italy as a demonstration of President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to education and Nigeria’s ren...
Former presidential spokesman and Arise News anchor, Reuben Abati, on Thursday faulted the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, for inspecting road projects in some parts of the country and reporting their findings to the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi. Abati said the ...
He said the administration was doing its best to reposition the economy particularly in the areas of education, health, science and technology, agriculture. The post Shettima seeks support for Renewed Hope Agenda in New York appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA — Following the controversy surrounding the proposed concession of King’s College, Lagos, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, has called on the Federal Government to retain the school as a public institution. Speaking with Vanguard, Country Director of AAN, Dr Andrew M...
Head of Operations, NEMA Enugu Zonal Office, Priscilla Madukwe, described the recent incident at Ring Road, Nibo, where school children were trapped inside a bus in a flooded road as heartbreaking. The post NEMA urges caution as flooding persists in Anambra appeared first on Prem...
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has raised concerns that weaknesses in Nigeria’s education system are limiting young people’s employment prospect Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerias-education-system-not-meeting-job-needs-nesg/...
Nigeria and Italy have strengthened collaboration to implement the proposed Global Partnership for Education (GPE) financing campaign targeted at mobilising $5 billion for education financing worldwide. This is just as President Bola Tinubu has said the GPE vision aligns with Nig...
Nigeria and Italy are leading a campaign to mobilise $5bn for education financing worldwide through the Global Partnership for Education, says the presiden Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-italy-lead-5bn-global-education-financing-campaign/...
—Vision aligns with our agenda to improve outcomes, invest in access, capacity building- Tinubu—Education driving Nigeria’s economic future, prosperity, says VP Shettima By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Nigeria and Italy on Wednesday strengthened collaboration to implement the proposed Glo...
The Federal Government has constituted a committee to determine the equivalence of results issued by American schools operating in Nigeria with Nigerian qualifications, the Registrar of the National Examinations Council, NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, has disclosed. Wushis...
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has suspended its strike over the concession of King’s College, paving the way for 115 unity schools to Read More: https://punchng.com/unity-colleges-staff-suspend-strike/...
The United Kingdom has removed teachers trained in Nigeria, Ghana and India from the list of countries whose teachers can use its direct application service for Qualified Teacher Status, QTS, in England. The change, which takes effect from September 9, 2026, means teachers traine...
Former Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University, Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has said public universities in Nigeria may need to charge at least N1 million per student annually to achieve financial sustainability. Olatunji-Bello, whose five-year tenure ended on Saturday, made the co...
T he Nigerian troops have foiled a kidnapping attempt and rescued six female students of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma and their driver in Katsina State. The victims were rescued along the Daye-Malufashi road in Danm...
Nigerians think of technology in the simple daily tasks like like sending money, paying bills, receiving payments or running a business from a mobile phone. However, technology can also be used for bigger things. It can open doors to education, create opportunities for women, sup...
A member of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, has called on the Federal Government and security agencies to make the rescue of schoolchildren abducted in Borno State an urgent priority. The lawmaker, who represents Kaduna North Federal Constituency, made the ...
The Owners of Private Schools Association of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to halt the ongoing university admission process until all O’Leve Read More: https://punchng.com/why-fg-must-stop-ongoing-varsity-admission-school-proprietors/...
The Tax Appeal Tribunal in Abuja has ordered the Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria to pay a N2bn tax bill for income and education taxes from 2018-202 Read More: https://punchng.com/tax-tribunal-orders-institute-to-pay-n2bn-tax-bill/...
The Lions International Lagos, Ikoyi Club has inaugurated 11 renovated toilet facilities at the Tinubu Methodist Primary School on Lagos Island. Read More: https://punchng.com/lions-club-donates-toilet-facilities-to-lagos-school/...
The Lagos State Government has launched a five-day child protection campaign targeting over 1,500 children across its six education districts. Read More: https://punchng.com/lagos-targets-1500-children-in-child-protection-campaign/...
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria is developing an AI-powered system to generate classroom resources for teachers as part of efforts to modernis Read More: https://punchng.com/teachers-council-develops-ai-powered-lesson-tool-for-nigerian-schools/...
The Presidential Candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has unveiled his “Reset Nigeria Agenda,” promising far-reaching reforms in the economy, education, security and governance if elected President in 2027. Speaking a...
The Oyo State Ministry of Education delegation found that some affected children in Yawota had not returned to school. The post Oyo Abduction: One of attacked school remains closed as new academic session begins state-wide appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SROL), the Nigerian wholly owned subsidiary of Thor Explorations Ltd, has advanced its commitment to sustainable community development with the empowerment of women entrepreneurs and the award of scholarships to students across its host commu...
The Onimeko of Imeko, Oba Benjamin Olanite, has appealed to the Federal Government to establish a customs training school to accelerate development in the Read More: https://punchng.com/ogun-monarch-seeks-development-of-border-communities-customs-training-school/...
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, has hinted on the “only” path the Igbo race can produce Nigeria’s President. Amadi disclosed that the only pathway for the Igbo nation to produce Nigeria’s President is through dignity. Posting on X, Amd...
The UK has excluded teachers trained in Nigeria and Ghana from a route to apply for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England, citing verification issues. Read More: https://punchng.com/full-list-uk-removes-nigeria-ghana-from-teacher-qualification-route/...
By Adeola Badru The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has issued a five-day ultimatum to the Benue State Government to resolve its disputes with the state chapters of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COASU) and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic...
Students of the Taraba State College of Nursing Sciences, Jalingo, protest attack on one of their hostels during which a female student was allegedly raped The post Taraba nursing students protest hostel attack, alleged rape appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
Teachers trained in Nigeria and Ghana are no longer eligible to apply for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England under the United Kingdom’s overseas-trained teacher application route. The change took effect on September 9 and means teachers trained in the two West African coun...
About 90 schools and 900 children are set to participate in the North Central Catch Them Young Gymnastics Festival in Abuja on September 26. Read More: https://punchng.com/90-schools-set-for-gymnastics-festival-in-abuja/...
Five young Nigerian golfers made their debut at the World Schools Games Golf Championship in Scotland, with Toluwalashe Balogun finishing as runner-up. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-debuts-at-world-schools-games-golf-championship/...
The Federal Government is overhauling Nigeria’s tertiary education system with new quality checks to tackle illegal admissions and borrowed facilities. Read More: https://punchng.com/illegal-admissions-borrowed-facilities-fg-unveils-new-tertiary-quality-checks/...
Ride-hailing platform inDrive invested N1bn in Nigerian drivers’ welfare last year, covering healthcare, school fees, and fuel vouchers to boost its market Read More: https://punchng.com/indrive-invests-n1bn-to-boost-nigerian-drivers-welfare/...
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Federal Ministry of Education has urged parents and guardians to ensure that their children and wards return to their respective federal unity colleges, as the 2026/2027 academic session has commenced nationwide. The call was made by the Minister of Ed...
The United Kingdom, UK has changed the eligibility rules for overseas-trained teachers seeking to obtain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England, removing Nigeria, Ghana and India from the countries whose teachers can use the direct application service. The Department for Educa...
A Nigerian student reflects on his visit to Xiaoying Lane in Hangzhou, China, and what its community-focused development taught him about true prosperity. Read More: https://punchng.com/what-a-narrow-alley-in-hangzhou-taught-me-about-prosperity-mohammad-toyeeb-abdulsalam/...
Nigeria’s education services inflation rose sharply to 10.72%year-on-year (YoY) in August 2026 from 7.51% in July, as households prepared for the new 2026/2027 academic session. The post Education services inflation rises to 10.72% in August as new academic session begins appeare...
Popular media personality, Nedu Wazobia, has expressed concern over the rising cost of living in Nigeria, describing survival as a daily struggle for many citizens. Speaking in a recent video, Nedu highlighted the increasing costs of essential needs such as school fees, house ren...
Journalists for Christ International Outreach, Nigeria, has unveiled a youth-focused factsheet designed to help young people recognise and safely respond to misogyny and technology-facilitated gender-based violence in campus and digital spaces. The organisation said the publicati...
The National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West, has commended the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, for his reforms in the ministry. Read More: https://punchng.com/nans-swest-lauds-tunji-ojo-for-youth-empowerment-passport-system-overhaul/...
Controversial media personality, Nedu Wazobia, has said survival has become a daily battle in Nigeria amid the rising cost of living and economic hardship. Nedu made the remarks in a video while speaking about the rising cost of basic necessities, including school fees, house ren...
By Vincent Ujumadu The Owners of Private Schools Association of Nigeria, OPSAN, has called on the Federal Government to suspend the ongoing admission process for the 2026/2027 academic session until all outstanding O’Level examination results are released. The association made th...
The Nigerian Army has trained 925 forest guards from Borno State in basic military skills to support troops fighting terrorism and insurgency within the state. The personnel underwent a two-week theatre acclimatisation programme at the North-East Theatre Training School, Buni Yad...
"This is just the first step in the process of empowering these families. We plan to scale up as soon as more funds become available." The post Group enrolls 178 out-of-school children, empowers 60 displaced women appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
Read your morning news recap on states’ race to cut CNG transport fares, the FG’s flood warning for 8,000 communities, and other top stories in Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-cng-states-race-to-cut-transport-fares-8000-communities-4500-schools-at-risk-over-...
A country’s Ministry of Education is supposed to be a place of illumination with clear ideas about the future. Nigeria has had not just super educators like Professors Wole Soyinka, Ebi Alagoa, Alvan Ikoku and Adamu Baikie, but also outstanding Education Ministers like Abudu Yusu...
As the 2026/2027 school session begins across Nigeria, millions of parents face the familiar burdens of school fees, uniforms, books and transport. But for many, especially in conflict-prone communities, there is a more frightening question: will their children return home safely...
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has described the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) as a significant intervention that expanded access to higher education for Nigerian students. This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Mustapha Muham...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has commended President Bola Tinubu for introducing the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to expand access to higher Read More: https://punchng.com/tinubus-nelfund-initiative-expanding-varsity-access-kano-gov/...
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—Nigeria has been commended for its progress in climate governance, climate financing, the SDGs, primary healthcare and basic education at a High-Level Global Executive Roundtable side event on the margins of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York. T...
Paga CEO Tayo Oviosu has said the fintech company processes about $1.5 billion in monthly transaction volume, while revealing that the business is valued in hundreds of millions of dollars. Oviosu made the disclosure during an interview with School of Hard Knocks, which returned ...
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Long before the deaths of 37 detainees in the custody of the Nigwr state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC in Minna drew national attention to the state’s mining communities, children as young as school age were already working t...
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, on Sunday, hinted that Igbos have no ears for Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State. Amadi said Igbos have ears only for the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Posti...
There is a defining difference between occupying public office and using the privilege of office to establish institutions capable of serving the public long after the officeholder has left. Governor Dapo Abiodun’s assent to the Ogun State Education and Skills Trust Fund Bill mar...
…Law creates new funding window for education, skills development Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Friday signed into law the State Education and Skills Trust Fund Bill, creating a framework for sustainable funding and improved management of the state’s education and ...
By Adesina Wahab The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has said no student association has been sidelined and that it has not breached any protocol in its membership of the JAMB Committee on Life Skills and Critical Thinking. A statement on Sunday by the National P...
