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The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, on Monday said the Federal Government would declare a state of emergency in the education sector in April. He made this disclosure when he received Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State and some members of his cabinet at the Federal Ministry of...

The Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday issued provisional licences to the six newly established private universities. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, gave the provisional licences to the institutions in Abuja. The institutions are Admiralty University Ibusa in Delta...

A primary school teacher in Anambra State, Mr. Okodo Clement Nwoye, has been named as the winner of Nigeria’s 2017 Overall Best Teacher. Nwoye, a teacher in Central School Abagana, in Njikoka Local Government Area, won the award organised by the Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja. Announcing...

The Minister of State for Education, Anthony Anwukah, is being hospitalised in the United States. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this at a press briefing on the 2017 World Teachers’ Day in Abuja. Mr. Adamu, who did not disclose the ailment for which his colleague is...

The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has revealed Rivers state governor Nysome Wike is responsible for the controversy over Christian Religion Knowledge (CRK) and Islamic Religion Knowledge (IRK) subjects in schools. The minister disclosed that the controversy started when Wike was the...

Federal government has directed the ministry of education to restore both the Christian Religious Knowledge and the Islamic Religious Knowledge as independent subjects. The government asked the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, NERDC, the country’s education body to...

The federal government has launched a fresh investigation into the deaths of students of Queen’s College, Lagos, in order to identify “those responsible” for the tragedy. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in an interview with TheCable on Thursday, said the first phase of the investigation...

The Federal Government Thursday said it has released the result of this year’s National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Unity schools. Acting Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. Husseini Adamu said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said Minister...

Nigeria's Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, has stated that only teachers with teaching qualifications should be employed in Nigerian schools. “Teacher education itself is dying simply because non-professionals have now become teachers. Therefore, the professionalisation and registration of...

The Ministry of Education has released a new schedule of fees for all Unity Schools in the country The announcement was made since June 2016, contrary to the claim by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, that there was no raise. The disclosure by parents that the government had increased...

President Muhammadu Buhari's minister of education, Mallam Adamu Adamu and the Minister of State for Education, Professor Anthony Anwuka are currently engaged in cold war over agencies and parastatals appointments. According to NewTelegraph, the two ministers had not been in good terms since...

Nigeria's Education Minister, Adamu Adamu and the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Folashade Yemi-Esan over hiking the school fees of unity schools from N20,000 to N75,000. The National Parents and Teachers Association of Federal Government Colleges recently raised alarm over the hike. However...

The Federal Government said on Saturday that it would soon launch a new education strategy, 2016 to 2020, to serve as a guiding framework for transforming the sector. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said at the 32nd combined convocation and Diamond Jubilee ceremony of the Kaduna...

Nigeria's Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, has banned the conduction of interview tests for National Common Entrance Examination (NCCE) into federal government colleges, starting from the 2017/2018 academic session. Mr. Adamu said the test is not necessary and pointed out that multiple...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has condemned the ban placed on post UTMEs by the federal government of Nigeria. According to a statement issued by its chairman, Dr. Deji Omole, the decision adds no gain to the Nigerian educational system and is ill-timed as FG currently owes...

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has directed all tertiary institutions that have conducted Post UTME examination to immediately refund money taken from candidates. The minister made this position known yesterday, in a press statement issued by Deputy Director Press and Public...

Nigeria's Education Minister Adamu Adamu, has reiterated that the ban on post UTMEs in the country is with immediate effect. “The ban is with immediate effect, and under no circumstance should any institution violate the directive," a statement issued by the education ministry said. “The...

Nigeria's Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has scrapped the conduction of post UTMEs in Nigerian universities and other tertiary institution, a report from The Nation says. According to him, the examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is sufficient and...

Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu yesterday in Abuja inaugurated committees to investigate the managements of 10 universities and polytechnics over allegations of abuse of due process, financial mismanagement and sexual harassment. The institutions include the: Federal University...