Education

Sep
29
2026
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By Abia ThinkTank
One Good Tenure Deserves Another: Educational Revival – How Rt. Hon. Obi Aguocha Rescued A Failing System

One Good Tenure Deserves Another: Educational Revival – How Rt. Hon. Obi Aguocha Rescued A Failing System

National Assembly, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Education
EDUCATION REVIVAL: HOW RT.HON.OBINNA AGUOCHA RESCUED A FAILING SYSTEM For many years, the education system in Ikwuano Umuahia Federal Constituency was in a state of deep neglect. Dilapidated school buildings, poorly equipped laboratories, and the inability of students to sustain academic progression painted a bleak picture. In some communities, education had almost lost its value, as generations of students were unable to complete basic secondary schooling due to financial constraints. It is against this troubling backdrop that the intervention of Rt .Hon. Obinna Aguocha)Ogwumabiri Ibeku) stands out as both timely and transformative. Without exaggeration, the region’s education sector was on…
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Sep
24
2026
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An Address By The Author At The Public Presentation Of Ohanaeze @ 50: The Burden Of Memory, The Politics Of Relevance- By Agbaeze Ireke Kalu Onuma, AI-KO

An Address By The Author At The Public Presentation Of Ohanaeze @ 50: The Burden Of Memory, The Politics Of Relevance- By Agbaeze Ireke Kalu Onuma, AI-KO

Abia State, Culture, Education, People & Events
An Address by the Author at the Public Presentation of Ohanaeze @ 50: The Burden of Memory, The Politics of RelevanceAuthor. · Agbeze Ireke Kalu Onuma, AI-KODate. · Tuesday, 22nd September 2026Venue. · Dover Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, NigeriaPress enter or click to view image in full size “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” – Chinua Achebe, The Paris Review (1994) “Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit – in state, in church or mosque, in party…
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Sep
21
2026
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By Abia ThinkTank
JAMB Lifts Ban On SIM Swap, Email Change For Candidates

JAMB Lifts Ban On SIM Swap, Email Change For Candidates

Education, FGN, News Flash
JAMB Lifts Ban On SIM Swap, Email Change For Candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has relaxed its long-standing restriction on the swapping of candidates’ registered GSM numbers and changing of registered email addresses, offering relief to candidates who have lost access to their credentials. Under the revised policy, candidates who have lost their registered SIM cards or are unable to recover their registered email accounts can now update the details through a controlled verification process designed to protect their profiles from fraud and unauthorised persons.The new arrangement takes effect Monday, September 21, 2026, according to a statement…
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Sep
06
2026
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By Abia ThinkTank
A Fresh Case For Reducing The LLB Programme From Five To Three Years: Addressing The Bar Finals Crisis And Aligning With Global Standards – By Charles Ude, Esq

A Fresh Case For Reducing The LLB Programme From Five To Three Years: Addressing The Bar Finals Crisis And Aligning With Global Standards – By Charles Ude, Esq

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Education, Judiciary
A FRESH CASE FOR REDUCING THE LLB PROGRAMME FROM FIVE TO THREE YEARS: ADDRESSING THE BAR FINALS CRISIS AND ALIGNING WITH GLOBAL STANDARDS By Charles Ude, EsqLegal Practitioner and AuthorEmail: Charlesude2014@gmail.com A CONGRATULATORY AND WELCOMING MESSAGE Before I roll up my sleeves and plunge into the substance of this paper, it is fitting, indeed, it would be my great pleasure to pause and offer a resounding salute to Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, on her historic election and assumption of office as the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association. She is the first woman ever to be elected to that…
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Aug
30
2026
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By Abia ThinkTank
How To Apply For FG’s N10 Billion TETFund Research Grant

How To Apply For FG’s N10 Billion TETFund Research Grant

FGN, Education
How To Apply For FG’s N10 Billion TETFund Research Grant The Federal Government has approved N10 billion for the 2026 National Research Fund Grant Cycle of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. TETFund, in a call for concept notes, said the grant would support research projects across 30 priority thematic areas under Humanities and Social Sciences; Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation; and Cross-Cutting. The fund said the 2026 grant cycle followed the successful completion of the 2025 cycle, which resulted in the award of a little over N6.09bn to support 174 research projects. According to TETFund, accessing the 2026 NRF grant…
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Aug
17
2026
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El-Rufai, KASU And The Sacking Of Lecturers: Why The Kaduna Record Does Not Prove Otti Ordered The ABSU Suspension – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

El-Rufai, KASU And The Sacking Of Lecturers: Why The Kaduna Record Does Not Prove Otti Ordered The ABSU Suspension – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Education
EL-RUFAI, KASU AND THE SACKING OF LECTURERS: WHY THE KADUNA RECORD DOES NOT PROVE OTTI ORDERED THE ABSU SUSPENSION The Difference Between Evidence, Institutional Responsibility and Political Attribution The controversy surrounding the suspension of Professor Nnamdi Nwaeze by Abia State University has increasingly been dragged into a wider political argument about Governor Alex Otti. The argument being circulated in some quarters is straightforward: because Otti is Governor of Abia State and Visitor to ABSU, and because the university suspended a professor whose public comments were critical of the welfare conditions of lecturers, the suspension must therefore have been ordered by…
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Aug
17
2026
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ABSU, ASUU-ABSU And The Otti Question: Who Really Created The Crisis At Uturu? – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

ABSU, ASUU-ABSU And The Otti Question: Who Really Created The Crisis At Uturu? – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Education
ABSU, ASUU-ABSU AND THE OTTI QUESTION: WHO REALLY CREATED THE CRISIS AT UTURU? An investigative examination of salary arrears, union claims, inherited liabilities, university finances and the suspension controversy now being placed at Governor Alex Otti’s doorstep There is a seductive simplicity to the story presently being told about Abia State University, Uturu. Lecturers are unhappy. ASUU-ABSU has declared an indefinite strike. A professor has been suspended after criticising the remuneration and welfare of academics. Alex Otti is Governor and Visitor to the university. Therefore, the argument goes, Alex Otti must be responsible for everything that is wrong at ABSU.…
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Aug
16
2026
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The Dangerous Political Punches At ABSU – By Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere (Okpotemba Ohafia)

The Dangerous Political Punches At ABSU – By Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere (Okpotemba Ohafia)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Education, Politics
THE DANGEROUS POLITICAL PUNCHES AT ABSU. The inauspicious suspension of Professor Nnamdi Nwaeze of the Department of Economics in the Abia State University, Uturu, is raising more eyebrows than was ever expected. What should have been handled quietly as internal domestic affairs of the University has been allowed to trend badly in a politically very hot season. This is not the best of times to clutch what might turn out to be hot potatoes. It is either that the authorities in ABSU are ignorantly toying with fire or may have ulterior sinister motivation reminiscent of the fifth columnists in an…
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Aug
05
2026
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WAEC Disowns Viral List Of 50 Schools With Withheld 2026 WASSCE Results

WAEC Disowns Viral List Of 50 Schools With Withheld 2026 WASSCE Results

Education, News Flash
WAEC Disowns Viral List Of 50 Schools With Withheld 2026 WASSCE Results The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dissociated itself from a viral letter listing 50 schools across different parts of the country as those whose students’ 2026 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Exam (WASSCE) were withheld. The letter claimed WAEC has withheld the results over examination malpractices. The viral letter, dated August 2 and purportedly signed by the head of WAEC Nigeria, Amos Dangut, directed the affected schools to submit detailed reports of what transpired during the examinations within 14 days or face sanctions. “The West African Examinations…
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Jul
21
2026
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A Government That Notices Merit: The Michael Offorkaile Example- By Pastor Prof. Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

A Government That Notices Merit: The Michael Offorkaile Example- By Pastor Prof. Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Education, Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters
A GOVERNMENT THAT NOTICES MERIT: THE MICHAEL OFFORKAILE EXAMPLE By Pastor AProf. Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke A good government does not only build roads, rehabilitate schools and improve public infrastructure. It also identifies excellence, rewards hard work and creates opportunities for gifted young people to fulfil their potential. Governor Alex Otti, OFR, has demonstrated this responsibility through the support extended to Master Michael Offorkaile, an Abia-born student who scored an outstanding 367 in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. By receiving the student, his parents and representatives of his school at the Government House in Umuahia, Governor Otti sent a clear…
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