Education

THE Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has spent only a fraction of its allocation for capital projects in 2017, despite accelerated decaying of its facilities, The ICIR has learnt.  While N49.2 million had been approved for OAU's…
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By Abdulaziz Abdulaziz NIGERIA'S Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, did not participate in the mandatory one-year national youth service scheme. Instead, she forged an exemption certificate many years after graduation. The year-long service,…
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A thesis―what many Nigerians refer to as a 'project'—is defined as “a dissertation on a particular subject in which one has done original research, as one presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree”. “Original research”, or sometimes…
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A thesis―what many Nigerians refer to as a 'project'—is defined as “a dissertation on a particular subject in which one has done original research, as one presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree”. “Original research”, or sometimes…
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This is the sixth and the concluding part of a six-part series by Cletus Ukpong on how corruption, poor budget planning and implementation, and outright neglect have led to the near-collapse of public education in Akwa Ibom, one of…
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Administrative bottlenecks, late payments to vendors and suppliers, and paucity of funds, remain a thorny issue in the largely successful free school feeding programme.
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This is the fifth in a six-part series by CLETUS UKPONG on how corruption, poor budget planning and implementation, and outright neglect led to the near-collapse of public education in Akwa Ibom, one of Nigeria’s richest states.
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In spite of the  Imo state government's policy aimed at promoting free and qualitative education statewide, several schools in Owerri, the capital city, still lack basic amenities that make learning convenient. ABBA AMOS, who visited one of…
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This is the fourth in a six-part series by CLETUS UKPONG on how corruption, poor budget planning and implementation, and outright neglect led to the near collapse of public education in Akwa Ibom, one of Nigeria’s richest states. APART…
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This is the third in a six-part series by CLETUS UKPONG on how corruption, poor planning, shoddy policy implementation, and outright neglect led to the near-collapse of public education in Akwa Ibom, one of Nigeria’s richest states. …
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