Oyo State-owned tertiary institutions began an indefinite strike on Monday following the non-payment of staff minimum wage and other arrears. The chairman, Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Oyo State Tertiary Institutions, Kola Lawal, disclosed this in Ibadan. Mr Lawal said…
Proprietors of private polytechnics, under the banner of the Association of Private Polytechnics in Nigeria (APPN), have called on the Federal Government to place greater emphasis on technical education in the country. The President of the APPN, Benjamin Achiatar, made…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially concluded the registration process for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). It was gathered that a total of 2,030,627 candidates have successfully registered, enabling their participation in…
…As Abiodun hails Tinubu Omobolaji Adekunle The Federal Government has officially adopted Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) in Ijagun, Ogun State, as a federal university, marking a significant milestone in Nigeria’s education sector. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved the…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has constituted a Visitation Panel for the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo. The panel, chaired by Prof. Gbenga Olumekun, is tasked with examining various aspects of the…
…acquires high-performance scantron insight 1500c machine By Samson Baba Alfa, Minna The National Examinations Council (NECO) has acquired a state-of-the-art Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) scanner. This high-performance Scantron Insight 1500c machine, inaugurated at the ICT Department in Minna, is designed…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the appointment of Professor Isaac Zeb-Obipi as the new Vice-Chancellor of Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt. The announcement was made in an official government statement signed by the Secretary to the State…
The Centre for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CHRAN) has urged the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to accelerate the passage of a bill seeking to establish a University of Education in the state. The Director of CHRAN, Mr.…
The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has staged a mass protest, condemning what they describe as a deliberate effort by the SSANU National Women’s Committee to disrupt the university’s stability. The students have warned the…
The Bauchi State Government has inaugurated a technical committee aimed at enhancing the quality of Tsangaya and Islamiyya education by integrating Western education into their curriculum. Speaking at the event in Bauchi on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Muhammed…
