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As Nigeria prepares for this year’s Gitex Technology Expo and Conference which will be holding from 12th to 16th of October 2014 at Dubia, the Director General/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr. Peter Jack said in Abuja that Gitex’s over-riding obj [Read more]

The World Health Organization has highlighted facts and precautions that could help in actualising an Ebola free environment for travellers and health workers in Nigeria, Africa and around the Globe. In a recent release, the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued the following advisory to facilitate [Read more]

The 3rd International Conference on Science and Technology Education will be held at the federal capital resource center, Wuse, Abuja from 1st to 4th of September, 2014 for those who wish to present their projects, innovations and latest results in the fields of science, technology, education and re [Read more]

In order to further sharpen the skills of unemployed Nigerian graduates and make them relevant in a competitive labour market, the subsidy reinvestment and empowerment programme (SURE-P) through its graduate internship scheme (GIS), has enlisted over five thousands graduates across the country fo [Read more]

To reduce cost the Federal Government of NIgeria has directed that training of personnel of ministries, departments and agencies to be held in the country from this year. This was contained in a document analysing the 2014 budget on major focus of government to ensure good governance released by [Read more]

The Ondo State Government has commenced the retraining of mathematics and English language teachers across the 304 public secondary schools in the state. Selecting two mathematics and two English teachers from each of the schools, the state expects to fully prepare a total of 1,216 teachers to li [Read more]

Provost, Federal College of Education (FCE) Technical, Akoka, Dr. Sijibomi  Olusanya has appealed to Federal Government to quickly dialogue with the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) to end the ongoing strike action before things gets worse. Dr. Olusanya said governmen [Read more]

The Borno Government has said it planned to recruit 100 fresh graduates to beef up the state civil service. Gov. Kashim Shettima made this known when he received a delegation of past labour leaders in the state at the Government House, Maiduguri. Shettima explained that the objective was to [Read more]

USDA, in cooperation with the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), is now accepting applications from West Africa for 2014 Cocoa Borlaug Fellowships. The fellowships, under the auspices of 2014 Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program, are part of a joint USDA- [Read more]

An international research grant for a tripartite joint research project between the University of Lagos, the University of Sussex and the Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya has recently been awarded by the European Research Council of the European Union for a new international Cultural Studies pr [Read more]

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, has revealed that 14,000 officers of the service had been trained to take over Destination Inspection at the ports. Dikko disclosed this at a news conference in Lagos, after a three-day campaign on the Pre-Arriv [Read more]

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has disclosed that the University would soon begin a degree programme in Entrepreneurship Studies.  Prof. Ambali made this known during the launch of a book, “Management and Entrepreneurship in Societal Transfor [Read more]

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Dr Dikko Suleiman as Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). This information was contained in a statement signed by Mr. Sam Nwaobasi, Special Assistant (Media) to the Secretary to the Government of the Federa [Read more]

The House of Representatives on Thursday in Abuja urged the National University Commission (NUC) to approve the establishment of a medical school at the Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola. The House also urged the Federal Government to upgrade the Federal Medical Centre, Yola to a teaching [Read more]

Transparency International and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project have called on the government of President Goodluck Jonathan to account for the huge sums of money that has been invested in the education sector and be serious about teaching children the value of honesty. The organizat [Read more]

The Association of Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (ACVCNU) has called for innovative and workable solutions to disruptions in the academic calendars of universities. In a communiqué issued at the end of the 28th Annual Conference of the association, the vice-chancellor [Read more]

Lagos State Government said it has put in place public enlightenment programmes to sensitize students against the twin-evil of drug abuse and teenage sex. Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, who stated this in Lagos while being inducted as the first Matron of the Drug Free Clubs in [Read more]

Technical, vocational and entrepreneurial education is key to Nigeria’s bid to grow her economy and become one of the best top 20 economies in the world in 2020. The Director-General, National  Office  for Technology Acquisition  and Promotion  NOTAP, Federal Ministry of Sc [Read more]

The National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) in Abuja has graduated 243 engineers in the three key areas of the power sector. Mr Reuben Okeke, the Director General of NAPTIN said the graduates studied programmes in three critical areas of Generation, Transmission, and Distribution as th [Read more]

The Kano State Government has approved N14.7 million for the training of 300 youths on modern bee keeping. The state Commissioner for Information, Dr Umar Jubril, announced this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting in Kano on Wednesday. Jubril said the c [Read more]