Nigeria has an estimated 50 million illiterate adults, 60 per cent of whom are women, local newspaper, Daily Trust, quoted the Minister of State for Education, Hajiya Aishatu Jibril Dukku, as saying at the weekend. Education In Nigerian University Of Nigeria

The staff of Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) have given the state government a fresh ultimatum of January 20, with which to clear their three months salary arrears or the workers will embark on indefinite strike which they described as mother of all strike. Education In Nigerian University Of Nigeria Abia State University

Mass promotion of students to the next class has been abolished in all public schools in Oyo State henceforth, the state governor, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala has announced saying this is part of a new course being chatted by the present administration towards revamping education sector in the state. Education In Nigerian University Of Nigeria NECO

Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo state, has awarded scholarship to 60 sons and daughters of Osu Clan, Isiala Mbano LGA, Imo state in various tertiary institutions of learning. Education In Nigerian University Of Nigeria

Senator Isah Muhammad on Saturday urged the federal government to rename the Federal University of Technology, Minna, after the late Maryam Babangida, in view of her contributions to the emancipation of rural women. Education In Nigerian University Of Nigeria Federal University Of Technology Minna

Loughborough University Alumni Nigeria web resource has been created for Loughborough university alumni in Nigeria. It is intended to be an avenue for Loughborough alumni in Nigeria to interact and network with each other. Education In Nigerian University Of Nigeria Loughborough University

Salem University, the first private University based in Lokoja, Kogi State, has unfolded its academic plan tagged, Transformational Academics Revolution mandate. Education In Nigerian University Of Nigeria Salem University

Some students of Ahmadu Bello University, under the auspices of an organized ‘United Front Against Illegality’ (UFAI-ABUZ), have called the university authority to intervene in what it described as “a current and growing evil being perpetrated by some students and staff of the university” Education In Nigerian University Of Nigeria Ahmadu Bello University

Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has trained 22 of its members for HIV/AIDS campaign awareness at the university of Lagos campus. Education In Nigerian University Of Nigeria Ahmadu Bello University

Enrolment of female students in the nation‘s higher institutions, has risen from 7.7 per cent in 1960, to over 45 per cent in the 2008/2009 academic session. Segun Ougbile reports that more women are enrolling for university education in the country. Education In Nigerian University Of Nigeria Ahmadu Bello University