Education

The Eduere Girls Foundation in collaboration with the Do Foundation has led scores of women in Bayelsa State on an awareness walk for the Special Educational Need and Disability (SEND) for children with special needs and disability. The founder of Eduere Girls Foundation, Elizabeth Ijeh-Tarila Jack, who is based in …

Lecturers in the Bayelsa State owned Niger Delta University, Ammassoma have staged a peaceful protest around the university campus against the recently introduced Federal Government Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund loan scheme. They also described loan as a deliberate generational bondage of the university lecturers as they have tied the …

A university don and activist Prof. Philips Okolo of the Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University (NDU) has said that corruption as and abuse of entrusted power for private gain is part of the woes of Nigeria. The erudite professor said corruption happens in both public and private sectors, saying it’s …

By Amos Odeh. A Corps Member, Brown-Ofoeme Ebubechukwu Prosper (BY/24B/2451), has taken a bold step to restore dignity to public education in Bayelsa State by renovating four dilapidated classroom blocks at Community Primary School, Swali, in Yenagoa Local Government Area. The project, executed as part of his Personal Community Development …

Federal and State Governments has been urged to increase their budgetary provisions for the education sector in the country. Professor of Economic Planning and Political History, Department of History and International Diplomacy at the Rivers State University (RSU), Nkpolu Orowurukwo, Rivers State, Prof. Frank Amugo, stated this in a chat …

Professor of History and Policy of Education in the Department of History and International Diplomacy, Faculty of Humanities at the Rivers State University (RSU), Port Harcourt Rivers State, Prof. Amakievi Okien Ijeoma Gabriel, has advocated for the building and construction of Barges and House Boats for use as classrooms for …

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has officially announced the commencement of the 2025 edition of its Annual National Undergraduate Essay Competition. The 2025 annual edition of the Undergraduate Essay Competition is in the ninth year which is aimed at promoting academic excellence and deepening awareness of local …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed the Pro-Chancellor, Governing Council members and principal officers of the Federal University of Environment and Technology, Koroma/Saakpenwa, in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State. A statement from the office of the Special Adviser, Information And Strategy, to the President, Bayo Ononuga stated that …

Bayelsa State Government has assured that qualified applicants of the ongoing teachers’ recruitment exercise would be shortlisted for employment soon. The government equally noted that it would ensure payment of salary arrears of successful applicants who had started working with the Bayelsa State Post Primary Schools Board before the exercise …

A group, the Federal University of Agriculture Support Committee, has raised a total of N232.562 million for the take-off of the newly established Federal University of Bassambiri, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Delivering a keynote address at the fundraising ceremony in Yenagoa, the chairman of the Federal University …