The House of Representatives has passed a bill through a second reading, seeking to establish a Federal College of Nursing and Midwifery in Ifako/Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State to expand access to professional training and help address the shortage of healthcare personnel in the country.
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has begun piloting a tokenised payment system to prevent students from paying their school fees twice and to eliminate refund complications, with nearly 400,000 applications already received under the ongoing process.
The Federal Government has warned Colleges of Education against offering substandard degree programmes under the Dual Mandate policy, insisting that institutions must have qualified lecturers, adequate facilities and functional quality assurance systems before commencing or expanding their programmes.
A 200-level Physiotherapy student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Wisdom David Fabunmi, has won the 2026 Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board’s National Undergraduate Essay Competition, receiving N1m, a laptop and a plaque.
The Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare, Bauchi State, has called on the Federal Government to provide a perimeter fence for the institution over security concerns.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has warned candidates against accepting admission offers outside its Central Admissions Processing System, saying such offers may not be recognised as valid.
Amnesty International has urged the management of Madonna University, Elele Campus, Rivers State, to reverse the expulsion of a final-year nursing student and the suspension of 14 other 500-level students over a viral TikTok video.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Ayedaade, Irewole and Isokan Federal Constituency, Hon. Taiwo Olukemi Oluga, PhD, has felicitated with Nigerian teachers on the occasion of 2026 Teachers’ Day, describing teachers as “architects of a good life and builders of a better society.”