Category: Education
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NEF to hold national education summit to address prevailing sector challenges in December
The conveners of the 2026 Nigeria Education Forum (NEF) says that the education summit will explore innovative solutions to foundational learning deficits, skill gaps, financing constraints, and increasing foreign education spending.
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C’River Govt. shuts 58 unapproved schools in ongoing crackdown
The Cross River government says it has shutdown no fewer than 58 unapproved schools in Calabar South, Calabar Municipality, Odukpani and Yakurr Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
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UniCal dons make 2026 global top 2% scientists list
The University of Calabar (UniCal) says four of its academics have been named among the world’s top two per cent of scientists in the 2026 Elsevier/Stanford Global Ranking
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BEQAEB seals 2 schools over alleged learner victimisation, policy breach
The Benue Education Quality Assurance and Examinations Board (BEQAEB) has sealed Orenda and Opal schools over alleged victimisation of learners and violation of the state government’s textbook policy.
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NLC/NUT Strike: Wike threatens no-work no-pay
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has declared the ongoing strike by the FCT Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) as political and baseless.
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CSOs demand suspension of FCT teachers’ strike, accuse union leader of political motive
The Abuja Resident Youth Association (ARYA) and the League of Civil Society Groups have demanded immediate suspension of the indefinite strike declared by teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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Teachers’ Day: Oyo NUT honours Oriire abduction victims, demands improved security, welfare
Teaching By Olatunde Ajayi The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State Wing, has demanded improved security and welfare for teachers across the state. The demand came, just as it honoured victims of the Oriire Local Government school attack as heroes and heroines of the profession. The NUT State Chairman, Fatai Hassan, stated this…
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Nigeria’s Indigenous languages to face extinction within 70 years-Linguists
By Amen Gajira Abuja Linguists estimate that if current non-transmission trends persist, many of Nigeria’s more than 500 indigenous languages could face severe endangerment or extinction within 50 to 70 years. Children, parents and experts who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said urban lifestyles had reduced children’s exposure to indigenous languages and…
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King’s College concession: No plan to sell unity colleges, FG insists
The Federal Government says it has no plan to sell any of the Federal Unity Colleges, describing such reports as misinformation.
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Strike: Resumption halted in Federal Unity Colleges in Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu
Students and workers of Federal Unity Colleges in Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States on Monday stayed away from school as education unions’ strike delayed the commencement of the 2026/2027 academic session.