For Mary Peter, Treasure Ayuba is not just a grandson. “He is my blood and flesh. His mother only gave birth to him, but I am his everything. He and I had a strong bond even before he was born,”…
It is over 140 days since the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on another industrial action. In this report, Daily Trust Saturday spoke to some lecturers on how they have survived without salaries for months, amidst growing inflation in the…
The deplorable state of the teaching hospital, poor workers’ welfare conditions as well as deficiencies by the regulatory body has eventuated in the withdrawal of the Abia State University’s Medicine and Surgery accreditation by the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) amid lamentations by…
Parents and students in Zamfara and Sokoto states have expressed disappointment over what they described as a failure by their state governments to enroll the final year students in the states’ secondary schools for this year’s West African Senior School…
The almajiri system of education is predominantly practised in northern Nigeria and has remained a source of concern for those who mean well for the region. Most of the pupils called almajiri are young children between the ages of 5…
When Amina Ibrahim, an indigene of Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State completed her secondary education in 2017, she looked forward to gaining admission into the university to pursue her dream of becoming a certified nurse. The following year,…
Eight months after the abduction of 80 students from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, more than 10 of them are still being held by their captives, despite payment of ransom and prisoner swap, at different times. Daily…
A good academic thesis otherwise referred to as a project, is required for the award of a degree in Nigerian universities. While many final-year students make efforts to present their thesis to various supervisors for approval, others pay mercenaries to…
A request to reopen Madobai Primary School was submitted in mid-November to authorities in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. It is one of the over two dozen primary schools forced to shut their doors to students following attacks by…
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) is a federal government agency saddled with the responsibility to reform programmes aimed at providing greater access to and ensuring the quality of basic education throughout the country. Fundamentally too, the agency also ensures…
