Tamar Shirinian, a former professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, was among those who lost their jobs over their posts about the slain conservative activist.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Eight students from Utumishi Girls Academy are scheduled to appear before the Kibera Law Court for a mention before Justice Diana Kaveta.

[Vanguard] as FG vows to scraps failed education policy

[This Day] Abuja — The Federal Government will phase out the policy separating Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) from Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) after data showed more than 20 million pupils dropped out before reaching the senior secondary level.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi’s public universities have quietly triggered one of the most consequential policy shifts of the year: a doubling of tuition fees for generic students, from K650,000 to K1.3 million.

[Daily Trust] The list of students abducted during the invasion of Government Day Secondary School Lassa, Askira Uba LGA of Borno State, has been obtained.

Two federal courts have blocked a new Trump administration rule that could have narrowed eligibility for a student loan forgiveness program for public servants.

Instead of home-schooling her daughter, she spent hundreds of millions of dollars building an idiosyncratic educational institution in the Hamptons.

[Premium Times] More than 32 million students are enrolled on the DNEMIS portal, according to the National Project Coordinator of the Special Programmes Operations and Implementation Unit in the Office of the Minister of Education, Adebayo Onigbanjo.

[Premium Times] The attack occurred as students were preparing to sit the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations

A legal challenge to a law that takes effect this week has doubled the amount certain graduate students can borrow from the federal government to $50,000 per year.

[Leadership] The Benin Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to shut down academic activities in seven state-owned universities in Edo, Delta and Ondo sStates if the 2025 FGN/ASUU Agreement is not implemented in the payment of July salaries.

[Leadership] Nigerian skit maker Oderohiwo Joseph Efe, better known as Carter Efe, has gotten himself into trouble after a private University, Babcock, threatened legal action against him.

[Vanguard] NSUKKA — The Federal Government has reaffirmed that education remains central to Nigeria’s national development, reiterating its commitment to strengthening teacher education through comprehensive reforms under the Renewed Hope Agenda.

[New Dawn] Monrovia — The Acting President of AIIST University College, K. Ishmeal V. Konneh, delivered a message of congratulations and partnership during the 4th Commencement Convocation of Margibi University, highlighting the growing collaboration between Liberia’s higher education institutions.

[Liberian Observer] The United Methodist University (UMU) has entered a new era of leadership with the appointment of Rev. Dr. David M. Togbah as its new President, following a six-month nationwide search launched after the death of former President Rev. Dr. Emmanuel F. Bailey.

Jennifer Mnookin will be the Ivy League university’s fifth president in four years. She describes herself as “a principled pragmatist.”

[New Times] The Ministry of Education is working with internet service providers to introduce zero-rated access to education platforms used in schools and host frequently used school services in local data centres as part of efforts to improve internet performance.

[Vanguard] Gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Monday attacked Government Day Secondary School in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, abducting an unspecified number of students writing the National Examinations Council (NECO).