Google Introduces Landmark Update: Gmail Users Can Now Change Their Email Address.

In a major policy reversal, Google has begun rolling out a long-requested feature that allows Gmail users to change their primary email address without sacrificing their existing account, data, or history. This move ends a nearly two-decade restriction that permanently locked users into their original sign-up choice.   The update was first spotted on Google’s…

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2026 Budget: Anambra, Enugu, Kano Top Education Spending as Wide Gaps Emerge Across States

As governors across Nigeria present their 2026 appropriation bills to state Houses of Assembly, an analysis has revealed sharp disparities in education funding, with Anambra, Enugu, Kano and Jigawa emerging as the biggest spenders, while several states fall far below global benchmarks. So far, 34 governors have submitted their 2026 budget proposals, exposing uneven prioritisation…

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Measles Claims 153 Lives in Nigeria as Cases Surge Past 19,000.

Nigeria has recorded 153 deaths from measles in the first 11 months of 2025, with confirmed cases soaring to 19,213 across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention disclosed this in its latest measles situation report released on Tuesday, highlighting a worrying public health crisis fueled…

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Governor Adeleke Lauds Osun Educationist for Guinness World Record in Marathon Reading.

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has extended heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Stephen A. Oyelami on his extraordinary achievement of breaking the Guinness World Record for the ‘Longest Marathon Reading Aloud’ by a Team. Governor Adeleke praised Mr. Oyelami, an esteemed educationist from Iragberi, for his historic feat of reading aloud for 431 hours, 31…

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Final Batch of 130 Niger State Students Freed, Ending Mass Kidnapping Ordeal.

The remaining 130 students abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Niger State, have been released, bringing a definitive end to one of Nigeria’s largest recent mass kidnappings.   The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Communication, Mr. Sunday Dare, confirmed the development in a post on his official…

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ASUU Awards ₦6.2m Scholarship to 31 Indigent OOU Students

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) chapter, has awarded scholarships totaling ₦6.2 million to 31 indigent students of the institution, as part of efforts to ease financial hardship and promote access to higher education. The Chairperson of ASUU-OOU, Dr Ganiyu Yinusa, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, describing…

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Kwara Group Rejects Emir’s Call to Rename University of Ilorin.

The Kwara South Consultative Forum has rejected a call by the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, to rename the University of Ilorin after Sheikh Alimi, describing the proposal as divisive and insensitive.   In a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Mr Adebayo Daramola, the group said the university belongs to all ethnic groups in…

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US Honours 54 Nigerian Mandela Washington Fellows

The United States Mission in Nigeria has celebrated 54 emerging Nigerian leaders following their completion of the 2025 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The welcome reception, held in Lagos on Thursday, recognised the Fellows who were selected from more than 7,400 applicants and underwent intensive leadership training at top U.S. universities in business,…

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Flip Today, Reverse Tomorrow: What’s Broken in Nigeria’s Education Policymaking?

According to media reports, the Senate recently summoned Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education, and Amos Dangut, Head of the national office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), over new guidelines for the 2025/2026 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE). The resolution followed a motion sponsored by Sunday Karimi, senator representing Kogi West, who said the…

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