[Leadership] Amid growing public concern over education funding and accountability, the Bayelsa State Educational Trust Fund (EDTF) has moved to strengthen transparency by engaging the media as a critical bridge between the board and the public.

The Stanford Daily lost a 1978 Supreme Court case over the search of its newsroom. But a bipartisan backlash prompted a federal law protecting journalists.

The president doesn’t have ideals. Just enemies.

A state law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom has already divided Texas schools. Now a federal appeals court will decide its constitutionality.

Some New Yorkers hope that raising a child in the city could become more affordable thanks to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plans for free child care and preschool.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Two suspects linked to the production and circulation of fake Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) 2025 result slips have been arrested, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has confirmed.

The United States is broken, but not in every way.

Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, appointed new board members at three state schools, hours after she was sworn in as Virginia’s first female governor.

Even as some instructors remain fervently opposed to chatbots, other writing and English professors are trying to improve them.

A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.

The Education Department has temporarily paused a plan to seize tax refunds and begin garnishing the wages of borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans.

After months of upheaval at the state’s flagship university, a new Democratic governor appeared ready to shake up the school’s leadership.

Russia has targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in past winters, but this year intensified its attacks as temperatures in Ukraine plunged well below freezing.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — More than 134 students of the Pre-Clinical Division at the A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine, University of Liberia(UL), have formally commended Cllr. J. Nelson Freeman, Deputy Inspector General for Operations of the Liberia National Police (LNP) for sustained supervision and the strategic deployment of police officers on the Fendall Campus.

[Leadership] Borno State government has approved the recruitment of 1,000 teachers for its public secondary schools.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — President William Ruto has lauded the Dawoodi Bohra community for their longstanding contribution to Kenya’s development, highlighting their role in housing, healthcare, and education.

[Leadership] The Adamawa State Scholarship Trust Fund (ASSTF) has announced the commencement of applications for the Adamawa State Government 2026 Special Female Scholarship, aimed at supporting eligible female students from the state.

[Leadership] Nigeria’s tertiary education sector is set for a year of transformation as the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) kicks off its 2026 intervention cycle.

[Leadership] Institute for Negotiators, Community and Social Development Experts (INCOS-DE) has secured an international partnership with the Moller Institute of the University of Cambridge, marking a leap in global recognition for the Nigerian professional body.

[Leadership] After more than 16 years of stalled negotiations and recurring industrial disputes, the Federal Government of Nigeria has formally approved a 40 per cent salary increase for academic staff in federal universities.