The institution, long regarded as independent, is facing a White House deadline to hand over records about its content and will see turnover that could reshape its governing board.

Austin Peay State University in Tennessee also reinstated Darren Michael, a tenured acting professor whose post about Mr. Kirk’s killing inflamed conservatives.

[Vanguard] The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, yesterday, disclosed that it is working with relevant authorities to unravel the circumstances behind the death of one of its medical students, Timilehin Toromade.

[Vanguard] Faqced with inadequate accommodation as over 30,000 students jostle for about 8,000 bed spaces, the management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, may approve squatting for students with their colleagues, just as it vowed to sanction those engaged in hostel racketeering.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The National Police Service’s ambition to establish a National Police University continues to gain momentum, marking a transformative chapter in police training and leadership development in Kenya.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The government is set to roll out the NYOTA Project Business Support Component Phase Two following the successful completion of mandatory classroom training by youth beneficiaries in 27 phase two counties.

[This Day] With the dawn of a new year, stakeholders have called on the government and the ministry of education to draw lessons from past experiences and take the necessary measures to ensure the smooth running of the education sector in 2026. Uchechukwu Nnaike and Funmi Ogundare report

[This Day] To early identify innate skills and potential beyond educational abilities, education experts have called for more extracurricular platforms that allow children to engage in activities that can spot and note them on time.

[Ghanaian Times] President John Dramani Mahama has said that government would work with the teacher unions to undertake reforms across all levels of the educational ladder, to adequately prepare Ghanaian children for the future.

[Ghanaian Times] Hundreds of passengers stranded at major terminals in Accra as work and school resume. Acute intercity bus shortage causes frustration, long queues, and missed reporting fears amid post-Christmas travel rush.

The university is reviewing courses under new rules restricting teaching about race and gender. Administrators told a philosophy professor to cut some lessons on Plato to comply.

[Afrobarometer] Most citizens say women should have the same chance as men of being elected to public office.

[Premium Times] In January 2025, PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Oxford English Dictionary added Nigerian terms, including Japa, 419, agberoo, abi, area boy, yahoo boy, yahoo, Edo, and Kanuri, to its global lexicon.

[The Conversation Africa] Academics today, around the world, are confined by the way their research output is measured. Indicators that count the number of times their work is cited by other academics, and the relative prestige of journals that publish their papers, determine everything: from career development to research funding.

[This Day] Lafia — Governor Abdullahi Sule has distributed 1,000 mattresses and 500 double-bunk beds to students of the College of Education, Akwanga, in Nasarawa, to improve their learning environment.

Since Mr. Kirk’s death, chapters of his organization’s affiliate for teenagers have more than doubled in number, aided by politicians who have said they won’t tolerate opposition.

[Leadership] The Federal Government has inaugurated a Joint Implementation Committee of the National Conference on Digital Literacy and Emerging Skills to drive the execution of resolutions and outcomes of the National Conference on Digital Literacy and youth empowerment in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda.

[Leadership] The Old Students Association of Government Science Secondary School, Darazo (DOSA), Class of 1997, has raised concerns over the preparedness of senior secondary school students in North-Eastern Nigeria for Computer-Based Testing (CBT), warning that many candidates lack basic digital skills required to sit for such examinations.