Chidimma UCHEGBU The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has said the third edition of online conference of registered teachers in the country will hold from 30 to 31 August 2023. Registrar/Chief Executive of TRCN, Professor Josiah Ajiboye, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said…
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Chidimma UCHEGBU Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, Thursday met with the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri Erewa, over the implementation plans for the successful execution of the Diaspora Research Centre for Development project. The meeting was held as part…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that over two million students and staff of higher education institutions in the country will soon have access to online academic resources through the deployment of Blackboard learning platform. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, made this known at…
Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the biggest open market in Enugu popularly known as Ogbete, Mr. Kasie Justus Ezebinagu has opened up on the crisis that led to the killing of a shop owner at the market by the Police and his illegal detention. Ezebinagu, who hails from Ogor Affa…
Chidimma UCHEGBU No fewer than One million, two hundred and five thousand, eight hundred and eighty eight candidates registered for the on-going 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO). The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi disclosed this in Jos Plateau State…
Chidimma UCHEGBU UNICEF Nigeria Country Representative, Cristian Munduate, has called on the Federal and State governments and employers of labour to take decisive actions to ensure a supportive breastfeeding environment for all working mothers, including those in the formal and informal sectors. Mundate made the call as the world observed…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Universities Commission (NUC) has expressed its readiness to boost programmes aimed at improving the employability skills of Nigerian university graduates. Acting Executive Secretary of NUC, Dr. Chris Maiyaki, stated this in Abuja on Monday at the 2023 International Summer School and Conference of the African Centre…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has called on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to help it transform the education sector of the state. The governor, who made the call during a visit to TETFund’s Executive Secretary, Arc Sonny Echono, on Friday in Abuja, said Zamfara is…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie, has called on Nigerian leaders to make education at the basic and secondary levels free and compulsory. Okojie was speaking in Abuja on Friday at the launch of the Thomas Agnes Christianah Okojie (TACO) Charity Foundation, named after…
Chidimma UCHEGBU A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Soli Sada, has commended the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, for the technological innovations deployed by the board for the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Sada, who gave the commendation…