Minister of Education

April 06, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has directed all heads of federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education to publish critical institutional data on their official websites with immediate effect. The directive, issued by the Minister of Education, Dr....

September 22, (THEWILL) – When the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, announced at the 2024 Policy Meeting of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) on education in Abuja that students under 18-years should not be given admission into...

September 01, (THEWILL) – The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman has stirred an unnecessary controversy among stakeholders with his policy on age brackets for students sitting for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination, JAMB and by implication, the...

September 12, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has expressed commitment to increase funding for the education sector by 25%. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known when he declared open the 2021 and 2022 Nigeria Annual Education...

July 19, (THEWILL) - The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has directed union members to go to work twice a week in view of the current hike in petrol prices occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy....

Nigerians will surely heave a sigh of great relief on Monday, May 29, 2023, as the eight-year tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari comes to an inglorious end. For the ex-General, who took over the reins of power from former...

May 02, (THEWILL) - Scholars, policymakers and other stakeholders in Nigeria’s educational sector gathered in Lagos from April 27-28 for the 15th annual Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria conference focused on the theme “Improving the Quality of Higher Education:...

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday, said the Federal Government could only afford a 23.5 percent salary increase for varsity workers and a 35% increment for only professors. The minister also noted that President Muhammadu Buhari warned against...