Education Monitor Newspaper

08/10/2025

ABU Secures ₦4 Billion Boost, Set to Expand Medical School Intake
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07/10/2025

Saraki Takes Helm as 55th ABUSRC President, Appoints Sani As COS

By Mahdi Waziri Isa Abdurahman Halliru Saraki was sworn in today as President of the Ahmadu Bello University Students’ Representative Council (ABUSRC) for the 2025/2026 session, delivering an impassioned inaugural address that blended faith, gratitude, and a bold agenda for over 50,000 students am...

06/10/2025

UNFOLD AFRICA: Guiding Africa’s Next Generation Toward Purpose and Possibility, By Fatima Adam

In a world where many young people choose careers based on pressure rather than passion, Youth4Youth Africa is helping to rewrite that story through its new initiative the FutureLens Project. In collaboration with Nigeria’s global youth ambassador, Ambassador Fatima Adam, FutureLens was launched t...

06/10/2025

UNILAG Unveils Africa’s First University Auto Assembly Plant

By Waziri Isa Adam In a groundbreaking achievement, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has unveiled Africa’s first university-based automobile assembly plant. Located in Lagos, the facility is the result of a partnership between UNILAG and Nord Automobiles. Since its inauguration on November 10, 202...

06/10/2025

‘Everyone In Gaza is Sick, Injured, Or Both’ – Israel’s 2.1 million Victims

On 20 July 1982, an IRA bomb exploded beneath a bandstand on which 30 military bandsmen of the 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets were performing in Regent’s Park, London. Six of the bandsmen were killed instantly and the rest were injured; a seventh later died of his wounds. Eight civiliansContin...

05/10/2025

ABU Don, Professor Adewale, Leads World’s Regional Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) as Board Chair

By Amina I. Ahmed The Director of the Iya Abubakar Institute of Computing and ICT (IAIICT) of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Professor Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC). Aziz Hilali will serve a...

04/10/2025

ABU @63: We Are Committed to Sustaining Sardauna's Vision — VC, Prof. Adamu Ahmed

By Mahdi Waziri Isa Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, commemorated its 63rd anniversary today, October 4, 2025, with a press conference by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adamu Ahmed, at the University’s Senate Building in Samaru. Celebrating the institution’s six decades of transformative ed...

04/10/2025

Below the Tray: The Heavier Burden of Denied Education, By Fatima Adam

In the streets of Nigeria and across many parts of Africa, a familiar scene unfolds every day: young girls balancing trays of goods on their heads, weaving through traffic or walking long distances under the scorching sun. These trays are heavy laden with fruits, snacks, water sachets, and other goo...

04/10/2025

Senior FUGUS Academics Take VC Selection Dispute to Industrial Court

By Mahdi Waziri Isa Three senior academics from the Federal University Gusau (FUGUS) have filed a lawsuit at the National Industrial Court in Abuja, seeking to stop the ongoing selection process for the institution’s new Vice-Chancellor. The plaintiffs—Prof. Ahmad Galadima, a two-time Deputy Vic...

03/10/2025

Implementation of Minimum Wage: Kaduna NUT Issues 21-Day Ultimatum to State Government or Face Strike

By Mahdi Waziri Isa The Kaduna State Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has given the Kaduna State Government 21 days ultimatum to implement the agreed 72,000 naira minimum wage. In a Friday statement signed by the State Chairman, Ibrahim Dalhatu, the union expressed its dismay over theCon...

30/09/2025

Federal Varsity Lokoja VC Race: Intrigue Unfolds As House of Reps Speaker/Pro-chancellor’s Rumoured Favourite Candidate, Prof MS Audu, Tipped to Succeed Prof Akinwumi

By Mustapha Muhammad in Lokoja Barely a week after the closure of submission of applications, and few weeks to the commencement of shortlisting of qualified candidates for the position of the Vice-chancellor of Federal University Lokoja, supporters of the former deputy Vice-chancellor (Administratio...

30/09/2025

ASUU Gives FG 14-Day Ultimatum, Threatens Nationwide Strike

By Mahdi Waziri Isa The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address seven longstanding demands, failing which it will commence a nationwide strike. The union’s National Executive Council reached the decision at a meeting on Sunday ...