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- 5 Sept 2024
FG Launches Digital Quality Assurance Platform For Basic Education
The Federal Government has launched an electronic quality assurance system, Federal Education Quality Assurance Service Cloud Server-FEQAS-collect, to boost the quality of basic and secondary…
- 28 Sept 2010
FG Appoints Afribank for UBE Funding
Afribank Nigeria Plc has been designated as Universal Basic Education (UBE) Funds Domiciliation and disbursement bank by the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Finance and the…
- 10 Jul 2022
SERAP Sues 36 State Governors for Underfunding Schools
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the 36 state governors of the federation before a court over their failure to redirect public funds budgeted to pay ex-governors…
- 7 Nov 2016
NgREN Bandwidth Infrastructure for Universities Idle Away
Nigeria University Commission’s Nigerian Research and Educational Network (NgREN) launched some two years ago is now idle, leaving universities scratching for bandwidth. NgREN is a collaboration…
- 14 Feb 2024
NCC, Partners ENSUBEB Against Book Piracy in Schools
In a renewed stride to curb the prevalence of book piracy in schools, the Enugu State Office of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) is collaborating with the Enugu State Universal Basic Education…
- 9 Jul 2025
NITDA Reaffirms Commitment to 95% Digital Literacy by 2030, as UBEC Pledges Collaboration
Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s unwavering commitment to achieving 95% digital…
- 6 Feb 2025
FG Seeks Fresh $580m Loan from World Bank
Federal government of Nigeria is seeking two fresh loans totaling $580m from the World Bank in March 2025. The loans are for: Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria 2.0; and HOPE for Quality Basic…
- 21 Sept 2025
NITDA Empowers 3,600 Teachers Nationwide to Lead Nigeria’s Digital Literacy Transformation
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has intensified its efforts to transform Nigeria’s education sector by equipping teachers with essential digital skills under its flagship…
- 18 Jul 2014
Resourcery Deploys Video Conferencing Solution Across 27 Universities
Resourcery, leading Information Technology Company in West Africa, in collaboration with the National Universities Commission has deployed video conferencing solution across 27 universities in…
- 1 Oct 2015
Nigerian Universities Research goes Online
Julius Okojie, executive secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), said so far 27 Nigerian universities had been connected to share high-speed 10 gigabit core and internet resources content…
- 1 Nov 2022
NCC Pledges Support in Production of Books in Accessible Format for the Blind
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has assured publishers that in collaboration with the Nigerian Association of the Blind (NAB), it would provide the requisite technical support to facilitate…
- 8 Dec 2024
Digital Literacy Initiative: NITDA and Ministry of Education Join Forces
As part of its mandate to foster digital literacy, cultivate talents and empower Nigerians with the knowledge and skills needed, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has…
- 30 Jun 2026
FG to Abolish JSS-SSS Separation Policy after 20m Pupils Drop Out
Federal government has announced plans to end the separation between Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS) as part of efforts to improve school retention and reduce the high…
- 15 Jul 2014
CWG Leads Consortium to Deliver NgREN
Dr. Jonathan Ebele Goodluck, President of Nigeria, recently commissioned the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN), the first of its kind in West and Central Africa, built by a consortium…
- 13 Feb 2017
Hope Rises for Universities as NgREN Infrastructure Breathes
Nigerian Research and Educational Network (NgREN) has been reactivated, after lying idle for more than one year. The reactivation of the bandwidth infrastructure for universities and research centres…
- 12 Jan 2020
50,000 People Apply for 1,000 Teaching Jobs in Lagos
Mr Suru Avoseh, a member, Lagos State Civil Service Commission, says no fewer than 50, 000 applicants had applied for one thousand vacant teaching jobs announced by the state government in 2019.…
- 5 Feb 2020
NCC Commences Nationwide Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has, again, demonstrated its commitment to making sure that Nigerian children and youth are protected from cybercriminals and their antics, as it…
- 12 Oct 2022
Girl Child Education In Nigeria, Five Important Facts You Should Know
At various points, creatives in the entertainment industry spotlighted impending issues in Nigerian society, especially the need for women's empowerment. From Simi's woman anthem, 'Woman', to…
- 14 May 2026
MTN Foundation Expands Digital Access as Iwerekun Junior High School Records Stronger Academic Results
The recent access to digital tools and facilities in Lakowe’s Iwerekun Junior Secondary School has become a thing of pride. The school is one of the beneficiaries of the MTN Foundation’s What Can We…
- 21 Jul 2015
Encomiums, Joy as Airtel Adopts School in Kwara State
It was a day of songs, dance and encomiums when leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, commissioned its newly adopted, last week, in Offa, Kwara State. Pupils, teachers and stakeholders in the…
- 15 Jul 2026
NITDA, FUET Partner to Boost Digital Infrastructure, Innovation and Skills Development
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening Nigeria's higher education sector through strategic investments in digital infrastructure,…
- 27 Jul 2014
NgREN Pushes Bandwidth Demand to 377 STM-1
Launch of Nigerian Research and Educational Network (NgREN) recently have increased bandwidth demand by telecommunications operators, banks among other companies using the commodity to 377…
- 12 Jan 2016
Etisalat Donates Computers to Boost ICT Literacy in Zaria School
As a further demonstration of its commitment to the development of the education sector, Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunication services provider, Etisalat has donated 30 desktop computers to…
- 9 Jan 2016
Etisalat Donates Computers to Boost ICT Literacy in Zaria School
As a further demonstration of its commitment to the development of the education sector, Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunication services provider, Etisalat has donated 30 desktop computers to…
- 14 Jul 2015
Airtel to Commission Newly Adopted School in Kwara State
Resolved to continually develop projects aimed at promoting inclusiveness and access to quality primary education for Nigerian children, leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, is set to add a…
- 9 Apr 2014
Airtel Receives Applauses for Eye-Screening Exercise
In line with its Corporate Social Responsibility objectives, Airtel Nigeria, leading telecommunications services provider, has taken another giant stride in its Adopt-a-School CSR initiative by…
- 11 Apr 2021
NPA Donates ICT Centre to ATBU, Bauchi
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has established an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ABTU) Bauchi. Hadiza Bala-Usman, DG, NPA Alhaji Tukur…
- 22 Oct 2023
Accra Institute of Technology marks graduation milestone with inspiring ceremony
Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), a leading technology-focused private university, celebrated another milestone as it graduated a new cohort of PhD recipients during its 19th Graduation Ceremony,…
- 24 Mar 2014
Broadband Must Be Recognized As a Vital Development Enabler
UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development which met in Dublin this weekend has said that access to broadband could be the universal catalyst that lifts developing countries out of poverty and…
- 18 Mar 2022
NCC Partners Lagos Business School on Capacity Building
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Lagos Business School of Pan-Atlantic University are considering forging a partnership that will result in developing customised capacity building…