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FG gifts teenager who won global English contest ₦200,000

August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government, yesterday, gifted the winner of the TeenEagle global finals competition, Nafisah Abdullahi, ₦200,000. Recall that the Atiku Foundation rewarded the TeenEagle champions, namely Nafisa Abdullahi, Rukaiya Fema, and Khadija Kalli, with fully-funded scholarships following their outstanding performance at the TeenEagle Global Finals. The girls, who emerged as global winners in various categories of the prestigious academic competition, were recognised by the Foundation for what it described as their “remarkable success”. At a special recognition ceremony in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, alongside…

FG to return 500,000 out-of-school children to learning centres

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has begun a programme to reintegrate more than 500,000 out-of-school children into learning centres across the country, in the first phase of a national literacy initiative. The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, (NMEC), announced the rollout yesterday, at a two-day training for enumerators in Abuja. Acting Executive Secretary of NMEC, Dr. John Onimisi, said the exercise would capture data on young people aged 15 and above, who either dropped out or never completed formal schooling. He explained that the scheme would combine literacy…

ASUU issues strike notice, says lecturers teach on empty stomach

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), is warming up for a fresh crisis with a call on the Federal Government to act now in its own interest and in the interest of industrial peace in the nation’s campuses. The union said investigations in the Universities indicate that lecturers are not happy as “they teach students on empty stomachs”, conduct research in libraries and laboratories bereft of essential electronic and physical journals, books, chemicals and reagents. President of ASUU, Prof Christopher Piwuna, raised the concerns in a statement sent to…

Atiku grants scholarships to 3 TeenEagle Global champions

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 Aminu Imam

Three Nigerian teenagers, Nafisa Abdullahi, Rukaiya Fema, and Khadija Kalli, have been awarded fully-funded scholarships by the Atiku Abubakar Foundation following their outstanding performance at the TeenEagle Global Finals, in London, UK. The recipients, Nafisa Abdullahi, Ruƙayya Fema, and Khadija Kalli, were honoured through the Atiku Abubakar Foundation (AAF), for what the organisation described as an “inspiring display of excellence and intellect on the global stage”. The announcement was conveyed in a letter dated August 5, 2025, and signed by the Acting Secretary of the Foundation, Professor Ahmadu Shehu. The…

Atiku, Pantami, others celebrate Yobe Teens’ Global English triumph

August 6, 2025August 6, 2025 Aminu Imam

…Urge National Honours A wave of national pride swept across Nigeria yesterday following the historic achievement of two Yobe students from Yobe State, Nafisa Abdullahi Aminu and Ruqayya Fema, who emerged overall best in English Language and Debate at the 2025 TeenEagle Global Finals, held in London, United Kingdom. The event, which featured over 20,000 participants from 69 countries, tested English proficiency, critical-thinking, and debate skills, with the Nigerian duo clinching top prizes. Seventeen-year-old Nafisa Aminu, a student of Nigerian Tulip International College (NTIC) in Mamudo, Yobe State, claimed the…

“Tinubu to commission College of Petroleum in Kaduna” – Uba Sani

July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 Aminu Imam

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to commission the newly-established College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna (CPESK), later this month, following the granting of a provisional license for the institution to operate as a private post-graduate university. Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, disclosed this on Monday when he received the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Ahmad Galadima Aminu, on a courtesy visit at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House. Commending Tinubu for his commitment to human capital development, Governor Sani emphasised the strategic importance of the…

NELFUND restarts student upkeep funds nationwide

July 12, 2025July 12, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, (NELFUND), has officially resumed the disbursement of upkeep allowances to student beneficiaries who successfully updated their bank account information from digital wallet services to traditional commercial bank accounts. This update was made public in a statement released yesterday by the Fund’s Director of Corporate Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, who described the move as a major step forward in resolving prior payment delays. “Over 3,600 students who had initially provided details of digital-only bank accounts have now received their outstanding upkeep payments after switching to commercial bank…

ASUU suspends strike, as FG pays June salaries

July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has backed down from its earlier threat to embark on strike action, following the late disbursement of June 2025 salaries to its members. Its Chairman, University of Abuja branch, Dr. Sylvanus Ugoh, who confirmed this in an interview with newsmen yesterday, said the union suspended plans to withdraw services as salaries began to reflect in members’ accounts before the expiration of the 11:59pm ultimatum issued by the branch. “The June 2025 salary of our members started to drop before the end of the…

FG sets admission age at 16 for tertiary institutions

July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has formally set 16 years as the minimum age for admission into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced this yesterday, during the 2025 Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), which was held in Abuja. Alausa, while declaring the meeting open, emphasised that the age benchmark is now official and non-negotiable. He warned that any admission carried out outside the Central Admissions Processing System would be considered illegal. The Minister further stated that Heads of institutions found culpable of admission…

Tinubu appoints Governing Councils for 3 federal varsities

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 Aminu Imam

Two months after sacking the Governing Council of the University of Abuja, President Bola Tinubu has appointed new council for the university, alongside the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Recall that in February, Tinubu dissolved the Governing Council of the University of Abuja and sacked the university’s vice-chancellor, A’isha Maikuɗi, amid controversy over her eligibility. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed the latest development in a statement yesterday, titled: ‘President Tinubu appoints new Governing Council members for three federal universities.’…