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The House of Representatives has ordered the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to remit N3.602 billion to the Federal Government Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF). Rep. Bamidele Salam, the Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, who gave the order during an investigative hearing in Abuja, said that the remittance demanded by the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC). Salam ...
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has entered into a partnership with the North-China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, Henan, China, to establish academic linkages and foster educational collaboration. The partnership, which was formalised through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in China, is expected to promote academic cooperation in various ...
…Excludes third-party research grant funds from TSA By Sodiq Adelakun The Federal Government has directed the exclusion of third-party research grant funds of federal universities and research institutions from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). This directive, conveyed by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman on Monday to the Coordinating Minister of Finance and National ...
The Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has commended the Federal Government for giving clarification on its ban of underage students from gaining admission into tertiary education institutions. The Deputy Chairman of NAPTAN, Mr Adeolu Ogunbanjo, made the commendation in an interview in Lagos on Sunday. Ogunbanjo said that the clarification had given a clear picture ...
Former First Lady of Ondo state and Founder of Bemore Foundation, Dr (Mrs) Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu and the Vice Chancellor of Dominican University, Ibadan, Professor Jacinta Opara have underscored the important role of technology in empowering young girls. The duo made their submissions while delivering remarks at the closing ceremony of Bemore Summer Bootcamp in Ibadan, ...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has approved student loan disbursements to five tertiary institutions in the South-East and 35 other regions in Nigeria. NELFUND disclosed this in a statement on Friday, announcing the second phase of disbursements. Institutions from the South-East include Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Imo State; Ebonyi State University; Abia State University; Michael ...
The recent Federal Government decision to establish a minimum age requirement for candidates taking the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) appears set to remain in effect, according to the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education. In July, Education Minister Prof. Tahir Mamman announced that starting in 2025, candidates younger than 18 will be ...
As part of efforts to strengthen institutional partnerships for academic growth, the management of Dominican University and the Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT) are exploring a partnership to enhance capacity building and encourage knowledge sharing. This was disclosed when the Vice Chancellor of Dominican University, Ibadan, Prof. Jacinta Opara paid a courtesy call ...
The Universal Basic Education Board Commission (UBEC) has partnered with the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) to launch a cloud server for quality assurance in the education sector. The innovative platform, known as the Electric Quality Assurance Platform for Federal Quality Assurance Services (FEQAS), aims to modernise the evaluation process. At the launch ...
Vice Chancellor of Dominican University, Prof Jacinta Opara, has called for collective action to empower women in science, particularly in the developing world. Delivering a keynote speech at the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) event held at the University of Ibadan on September 4, 2024, Prof Opara emphasized the need ...
By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo The Osun State government has instructed the Ministry of Education to conduct interviews for the teachers’ recruitment within the cutoff range established after the test. The recruitment test took place from March 27 to March 28, 2024, across 13 centres in the state. In a release on Wednesday, Kolapo Alimi, the ...
By Sodiq Adelakun The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has denied reports of a planned protest and shutdown of major cities across the country. In a statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect on Wednesday, NANS President of the Senate, Comrade Akinteye Babatunde, described the claims as baseless and untrue. “We wish to categorically state ...
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has announced plans to protest against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede. This decision was communicated through a statement issued by the Senate arm of the union. In their announcement, NAPS has called on participation from all federal and state polytechnics, private polytechnics, ...
The administration of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) in Ijagun, Ogun State, has enacted disciplinary measures against its students, including the expulsion of 25 individuals and the indefinite suspension of 58 others, due to various offenses such as forgery, threats to life, examination malpractices, and other fraudulent activities. Mr. Dapo Oke, the University’s Registrar, ...
By Sodiq Adelakun The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has absorbed all prospective corps members posted to Lagos State in the 2024 Batch B, Stream 2, including graduates of polytechnics and monotechnics. This was disclosed by the Lagos State Coordinator of NYSC, Mrs. Yetunde Baderinwa, in an interview with the journalists on Monday. According to ...
A controversy has erupted over the accreditation of Nigerian universities in Togo, with the proprietors of these institutions countering claims made by the Education Minister, Prof. Tahir Mamman. At a news conference in Lagos, the Governing Council and Academic Board of Centre for the Development of Technical, Economics and Commercial Learning (CPTEC), a degree-awarding institution ...
Students of the Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) are ready to take on the world in sports competitions, both locally and internationally. This was the assurance given by the Director of Sports, Dr. Adeniyi Jimmy, during a games competition between the two campuses of the university on Monday. According to Dr. Jimmy, LASUED has ...
By Sodiq Adelakun The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has directed schools and candidates with withheld results from the May/June 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to check their statuses on the council’s portal. Recall that the council continues to address numerous cases of alleged examination malpractice, affecting over 215,000 candidates. The West ...
By Saka Laaro, Ilorin The University of Ilorin has screened 16,097 admission seekers for the 2024 Post-UTME screening exercise. The exercise, which took place between August 29 and August 31, was described as seamless by the Director of the Computer-Based Centre (CBT), Prof. Kamil Rauf. Prof. Rauf attributed the success of the exercise to the ...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reported that 21 candidates with counterfeit IJMB results were recommended for 2023 admissions by various institutions. According to a policy document obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, 12 of these candidates were recommended by Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. JAMB disclosed that these 21 candidates, who presented ...
The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) says the 120 candidates with disabilities in its teachers’ recruitment exercise will be interviewed between Sept. 10 and 11. The board’s Executive Chairman, Dr Nureni Adeniran, disclosed the dates during Saturday’s board meeting in Ibadan. Adeniran said of the 50,700 applicants who registered on the board’s website, ...
Students at the University of Ibadan (UI) have pledged to persist with their protest against a recent tuition fee increase imposed by the university administration. They have also rejected the institution's offer of a three-week extension for fee payment. The university had raised fees from N230,000 to N412,000, which sparked significant discontent among the student ...
Governor Muhammadu Yahaya of Gombe State has appealed to the Gombe State University branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to postpone their planned strike action. Yahaya, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Njodi, made this appeal on Thursday during a visit by the ASUU National Executive Council (NEC) ...
