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Tinubu Appoints 39-Year-Old Professor as New JAMB Registrar President Bola Tinubu has appointed 39-year-old Professor Bashiru Aremu as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), making him one of the youngest individuals ever to head the examination body. Aremu, a professor of Mathematics and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the Federal University... Read More

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education, entertainment, nigeria, Politics

October 8, 2025

Nigerian Students to Benefit as Loughborough University Launches Hologram Lectures

Nigerian students considering study in the UK are set to benefit from a groundbreaking new development at one of the country’s leading institutions, Loughborough University. The University has launched its DigiLabs (a £5.8 million suite of futuristic learning spaces) and with it, the UK’s first hologram lecture series. At the heart of the DigiLabs is the Proto Hologram, a life-sized... Read More

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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | FG Warns Nigerians in Flood-prone Areas To Relocate Amid Rising Death Toll

August 6, 2025

DJ Cuppy Advocates For Quality Education For Children at The United Nations.

The International Day of Peace Youth Event at the United Nations in New York was graced by Nigerian artiste Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy. The philanthropist and disc jockey made her voice heard, advocating for quality education for children. DJ Cuppy expressed her passion for ‘Sustainable Development Goal 4’, about quality education.... Read More

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Cuppy Foundation, Cuppy Otedola, education, UNGA, United Nations

May 29, 2023

Fuel Subsidy is Gone – President Bola Tinubu

In his inaugural speech as president on Monday, President Bola Tinubu made a significant announcement, stating that the era of petrol subsidies in Nigeria has come to an end. Highlighting the absence of any provisions for fuel subsidy in the budget prior to his assumption of office, President Tinubu emphasized the removal of this long-debated... Read More

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education, fuel subsidy, healthcare, job creation, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

January 7, 2023

Stay and rebuild Nigeria – Oyedepo cautions Nigerian youths against japa

Bishop David Oyedepo has issued a warning to young people to avoid the ‘Japa’ syndrome (leaving Nigeria for greener pastures). Winners Chapel pastor and founder of Living Faith Church talked with Nigeria’s state-run news agency NAN on Saturday. If the government wants to regain its former glory, Oyedepo says it must invest heavily in its... Read More

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bishop david oyedepo, education, Japa, nigeria, Nigerian youths, rebuild, winners chapel

March 10, 2022

Award-winning student, Temilade Salami set to co-host Chevening-focused webinar for intending applicants

On March 4, 2022, Temilade Salami emerged one of three students of the University of Sussex who each won the COP Climate Leader Prizes worth £3,000 in recognition of their outstanding climate leadership. An environmental sustainability advocate, Temilade was chosen for her impressive and excellent contributions to promoting a culture that leaves positive footprints on... Read More

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November 7, 2020

It appears difficult but this perennial ASUU ‘strike festival’ can be stopped

In what has now become almost an annual ritual, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on an industrial action which has now lasted about 8 months. With no foreseeable end in sight, students in public universities in Nigeria have now lost hope in the system. And, when school resumes, the ongoing session might... Read More

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ASUU, education, Federal Government, FG, strike

October 22, 2019

According to NMAC, 1 in 4 Nigerians are illiterate

65 million Nigerians that cannot read or write. That’s the number that Prof. Abba Haladu, the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass literacy, Adult and Non-formal education (NMAC) asserted in his most recent address to the National Assembly House Committee on Basic Education last week. Of that 65 million, Haladu asserts that 10... Read More

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Chidlren, education, illiteracy

January 22, 2019

Why we must ‘Theme’ Up with Sanwo-Olu to revive Lagos

Every Nigerian citizen deserves access to basic amenities that make life worth living and the good people of Lagos are no exception. Successive administrations in the state since 1999 have keyed into this vision, but recognise that it is still very much a work in progress. Ours is a bustling metropolis ideally meant for a... Read More

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January 11, 2019

ASUU’s strike is a reminder education means nothing to the Buhari administration

That an administration with a Professor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria will treat education with such disdain means educational qualification and titles are somehow overrated for effective delivery of quality leadership. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on an indefinite strike on Monday, November 5, 2018. According to the body among... Read More

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ASUU, Buhari, education

September 25, 2018

Options Education Agency holds free workshop for those interested in studying in Australia

Do you want to study in Australia? Then you should attend the Annual Australian Education Fair, organised by Options Education Agency to meet with representatives from a number of Australian Universities and Colleges. They will be giving prospective students information on a wide range of courses at Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. During the fair, we... Read More

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September 23, 2018

Governor El-Rufai is setting the pace on girl-child education

The Governor of Kaduna, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has set a new pace with his recent declaration of free education for girls in all state-owned secondary schools. According to him, this is aimed at making sure girl-child education is given the much need importance. This decision by the Kaduna government is the first in the country... Read More

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education, elrufai, Girls, kaduna

September 8, 2018

Dear Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria does not need a University of Transportation

At a time the Nigerian tertiary education sector is in shambles and mired in a quagmire, the Federal government is set to embark on another wild goose chase which will increase the burden on the sector and lead to further rot. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi while speaking with journalists in Abuja a few... Read More

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August 12, 2018

The police interim report on NASS invasion is a true reflection of Nigeria’s rotten education sector

The state of Nigeria’s education sector has formed discourse at many fora with many calling on government to salvage our failing educational system. However, the government has chosen instead to ignore all the please for reform and the sector has worsened significantly since Nigeria became a democracy. In fact, the APC led government at the... Read More

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education, IGP, NASS

July 13, 2018

The Purple Girl Foundation seeks to provide support for girl child education in Nigeria

The golden age of fifty is seen by many as a time to wine, dine and make merry, but for Mrs. Mary Akpobome wife of ace comedian Alibaba Akpobome, it’s a time to give back to the society through a worthy cause. The banker who is currently an executive director at one of the country’s... Read More

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education, Girls, Purple

June 23, 2018

Buying a coffin for Nigeria’s education: #400 Recharge card per course

by ‘Lakunle Jaiyesimi “For any exam solution!! Always visit www.naijaclass.com.ng. Physics = #400 MTN Card, Commerce = #400 MTN Card, Animal Husbandry = #400 MTN Card, Agric Science = #400 MTN Card. Send your subject, MTN Recharge Card to XXXXXXXXX and you will get your pin as sms immediately we confirm your card.” That is... Read More

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April 8, 2018

[The Injustice Blog] Zamfara28: The federal government should not be worried

Education is the fastest way of illuminating the darkness surrounding an environment or a group of people. Western education has speed up the rate of development since It came to Nigeria through the early Christian missionaries. However, the Northern part of the country has experienced deficiency in its educational growth. The growth in the region... Read More

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education, nigeria, Zamfara

April 8, 2018

Akeredolu wants to start taxing poor pregnant women in Ondo state

Its now over a year that the administration of Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu SAN was inaugurated in Ondo state. The administration which came to power with a myriad of promises and a mandate to get right into the action has so far, failed woefully in fulfilling any of the conditions of its election manifesto. We are... Read More

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education, Health, Ondo

March 28, 2018

UI just increased medical student fees on its unsuspecting students

When Mr Bill Gates was in Nigeria last week at the expanded National Executive Council Meeting of the federal government, one of the statements he made that is still dominating discourse is the atrocious state of Nigerian healthcare. According to him, Nigeria is one of the most dangerous places to give birth on earth with... Read More

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education, medical, UI

March 2, 2018

[The Injustice Blog] Akeredolu and his 17th Century classrooms

The best way to keep memory alive is through pictures, in the same vein the best way to pass a message without a pen and paper is through pictures.Every 21st century media user understands even more that the internet never forgets, and as such takes twice as much scrutiny when they put a picture out... Read More

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akeredolu, education, Ondo

February 21, 2018

Interswitch in Supporting STEM Education in Nigeria, Introduces SPAK Initiative to Groom Interest in STEM subjects

The Quality of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education in Nigeria is on a steady decline and the causes are not farfetched; poverty, minimal or no investments in the training of teachers, inadequate learning aids, it is a long list. Traditional education is not keeping up with today’s knowledge economy; training our younger generation... Read More

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January 22, 2018

[YNaija2019] 16 simple answers to all your PVC questions

Here are answers to some common questions about the Permanent Voters Card (PVC). Where can a person register to become a voter? The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) designated centre nearest to his/her place of residence during the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. Mondays to Friday (excluding public holidays), 9am-3pm.

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awareness, education, INEC, PVC, voters registration

January 12, 2018

[The Injustice Blog] Only 186 students wrote NECO in all of Zamfara last year, and no one seems worried about this

Cultural, religious and political forces have ensured that Northern Nigeria has trailed the rest of the country in matters of education and innovation. Successive military and civilian governments have made efforts to jumpstart the education sector and renew interest but all of that money and attention has done little to change perspectives on the ground... Read More

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education, yari, Zamfara

January 11, 2018

Opinion: If we will achieve sustainable development this year, then we have to make education a top priority

I have heard people lament about how education is boring, strenuous and less useful to the current realities of the times. What I find erroneous in this conclusion is the manner at which education is perceived. Education is often perceived as an event – a phase where you go to school, graduate, get a job and never... Read More

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December 29, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] The last thing any Northern state needs right now is another attack on education

The Nigerian North has suffered from decades of institutionalized illiteracy, fostered by religious practice and cultural alienation. Even though the region has received the sustained attention of successive governments at the Federal level, partnering with state governments and non-profit organizations to solve the problem of illiteracy and foster education, they’ve recorded only marginal success. At... Read More

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YNaija Daily Recap | Top Headlines Today

Nigerian Students to Benefit as Loughborough University Launches Hologram Lectures

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | FG Warns Nigerians in Flood-prone Areas To Relocate Amid Rising Death Toll

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | E-Hailing Drivers Plan Lagos Strike Over Poor Conditions

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Nigeria Ranks as Fourth Most Improved Visa-friendly African Country

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Nigerians Lament as Kerosene Price Hits ₦2,000/litre

DJ Cuppy Advocates For Quality Education For Children at The United Nations.

Fuel Subsidy is Gone – President Bola Tinubu

Stay and rebuild Nigeria – Oyedepo cautions Nigerian youths against japa

Award-winning student, Temilade Salami set to co-host Chevening-focused webinar for intending applicants

It appears difficult but this perennial ASUU ‘strike festival’ can be stopped

According to NMAC, 1 in 4 Nigerians are illiterate

Why we must ‘Theme’ Up with Sanwo-Olu to revive Lagos

ASUU’s strike is a reminder education means nothing to the Buhari administration

Options Education Agency holds free workshop for those interested in studying in Australia

Governor El-Rufai is setting the pace on girl-child education

Dear Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria does not need a University of Transportation

The police interim report on NASS invasion is a true reflection of Nigeria’s rotten education sector

The Purple Girl Foundation seeks to provide support for girl child education in Nigeria

Buying a coffin for Nigeria’s education: #400 Recharge card per course

[The Injustice Blog] Zamfara28: The federal government should not be worried

Akeredolu wants to start taxing poor pregnant women in Ondo state

UI just increased medical student fees on its unsuspecting students

[The Injustice Blog] Akeredolu and his 17th Century classrooms

Interswitch in Supporting STEM Education in Nigeria, Introduces SPAK Initiative to Groom Interest in STEM subjects

[The Activism Blog] DJ Cuppy has a deep love for education and she can’t hide it

[YNaija2019] 16 simple answers to all your PVC questions

[The Injustice Blog] Only 186 students wrote NECO in all of Zamfara last year, and no one seems worried about this

Opinion: If we will achieve sustainable development this year, then we have to make education a top priority

[The Injustice Blog] The last thing any Northern state needs right now is another attack on education

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