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  1. SSANU and NASU Members May See Relief with Half of Withheld Salaries, Says Minister of Education

    Nigeria SSANU and NASU Members May See Relief with Half of Withheld Salaries, Says Minister of Education

    Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, has hinted at the possibility of members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) receiving half of their withheld salaries, pending President Bola Tinubu's approval. This development arises...
  2. Nigeria Expands Crackdown on Diploma Mills: Minister of Education Announces Plans to Extend Accreditation Suspension to Uganda and Kenya

    Nigeria Nigeria Expands Crackdown on Diploma Mills: Minister of Education Announces Plans to Extend Accreditation Suspension to Uganda and Kenya

    In a recent announcement on a Channels TV program, Minister of Education Tahir Mamman revealed the Federal Government's intention to broaden its suspension of degrees accreditation and evaluation to additional countries beyond Togo and Benin Republic. Expressing concerns about dubious...
  3. Federal Government Halts Accreditation of Benin and Togo Degrees Amidst Certificate Milling Scandal

    Nigeria Federal Government Halts Accreditation of Benin and Togo Degrees Amidst Certificate Milling Scandal

    The Federal Government has taken a decisive step to suspend the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates obtained from educational institutions in Benin and Togo Republic. This action follows an investigative report by Umar Audu, a journalist with the Daily Nigerian Newspaper...
  4. Tinubu Reverses 40% IGR Cut for Universities, Sparks Funding Debate

    Nigeria Tinubu Reverses 40% IGR Cut for Universities, Sparks Funding Debate

    President Bola Tinubu has declared the cancellation of the controversial 40% automatic deduction from the Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) of federal universities. The announcement was made during the 75th Founder's Day ceremony at the University of Ibadan, where Tinubu, represented by the...
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    Politics I’ll Work Like A Bricklayer – Education Minister

    Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, has officially taken office following his inauguration by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The swearing-in ceremony saw 45 Ministers being sworn in at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Flanked by Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, Mamman expressed his...
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    Metro Are you eligible for FG’s 2020/2021 scholarship? - Daily Trust

    The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has announced the opening of its portal to commence registration for the 2020/2021 Computer Based Test, (CBT), for Federal Government Scholarship award. Read more:
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    Metro FG begins screening of 40,000 varsity degrees obtained abroad - Punch Ng

    The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Education, said on Monday that it had constituted a 16-man committee to screen over 40,000 degrees claimed to have been obtained from Nigerian students who studied in foreign institutions. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who inaugurated...
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    Politics What make Nigerians graduates non-competitive in global market– Minister – Vanguard News

    The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu on Thursday said Nigeria must produce a workforce of skilled, efficient, highly mobile, adaptable and innovative people for a global market place. Malam Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education Adamu said this at the launching of the National Skills …...
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    Metro FG Sets To Declare State of Emergency in Education Sector

    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...
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    Metro FG Gives Provisional Licences To 6 Private Universities

    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...
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    Politics Buhari's Minister, Anthony Anwukah, Hospitalised In US

    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...
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    Metro Why We Suspended Strike – ASUU

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities said it suspended its strike after the federal government agreed to fulfil its promises by end of October. The ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, addressed a briefing at the Nigeria Labour Congress secretariat to announce the union’s “conditional...
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    Metro Wike, During Jonathan's Era Behind Rift in Religious Subjects - Buhari's Minister, Adamu

    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...
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    Politics Queens College: FG Begins Fresh Probe Into Students' Deaths

    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...
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    Metro FG Releases Results Of Unity Schools

    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...
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    Politics Most Directors In Civil Service Cannot Write - Education Minister, Adamu

    The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu on Wednesday lamented that most directorate-cadre officers in the Federal Civil Service in Nigeria cannot write a good memo; a factor he said was responsible for failure of most government policies and programmes. Adamu represented by the Director...
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    Politics Mark Zuckerberg: Oby Ezekwesili Sends Powerful Message to Nigerian Youths

    Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has sent a strong signal to Nigerian youths over the visit of the Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Ezekwesili said: “Mark Zuckerberg. Hopefully he left a strong message for our young friends that "the SUBSTANCE of a person's life is not defined by...
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    Politics President Buhari's 2 Ministers In Cold War Over Appointments

    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...
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    Metro Nigeria Ready To Launch New 4-Year System That Will Identify Polytechnics Education – Minister

    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...
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    Politics Shekarau, Former Ambassador, Wali Honour EFCC’s Invitation

    Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, a former Minister of Education and his counterpart, Ambassador Aminu Wali yesterday reported to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), over the N950million that was allegedly shared among top members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano, DailyTrust...
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