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The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has postponed its ongoing 2023/2024 second semester examinations due to the planned nationwide protest from Thursday through August 10. Mrs. Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, Head of the Communication Unit at UNILAG, announced this in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. She indicated that exams scheduled for Thursday and Friday are postponed ...
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) Zone A has urged the Federal Government to establish a National Polytechnic Commission to oversee all polytechnics in Nigeria. The appeal was made by Abdulaziz Ibrahim Badaru, Zonal Coordinator of ASUP Zone A, during a press conference held at Jigawa State Polytechnic, Dutse. ...
By Jeleel Olawale Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has commenced immediate disbursement of bursary stipends to Osun State students in various tertiary institutions. The government had earlier collated students data across the tertiary institutions using the records from students stakeholders. The bursary award covers about three thousand five hundred regular students and almost three ...
By Sodiq Adelakun The National Youth Service Corps has suspended biometric clearance and Community Development Services for corps members nationwide due to a planned protest scheduled to hold from August 1-10, 2024. In a memo sent to State Coordinators, Local Government Inspectors, and Zonal Inspectors, the corps noted that this was necessary to prevent corps ...
The Vice Chancellor of Babcock University, Prof. Ademola Tayo, has warned that the high electricity tariffs imposed on universities pose a significant threat to the survival of higher institutions in Nigeria. Tayo made this declaration during the 22nd convocation ceremony of Babcock University, where he revealed that the university was slammed with a bill of ...
By Sodiq Adelakun The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has raised an alarm over fraudulent activities targeting students and parents of the School of Foundation Studies (SFS), warning them to beware of scammers soliciting payments for assistance with JUPEB exams. The UNILAG Communication Unit disclosed that certain individuals have been contacting students and parents, claiming to ...
By Sodiq Adelakun The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has introduced a new requirement for Higher National Diploma (HND) holders, mandating them to present evidence of completing their one-year Industrial Training (IT) as part of their documentation for NYSC mobilisation. In addition to presenting their National Diploma (ND) and HND certificates or statements of results, ...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market enjoyed a trading week to forget on the floor of the NGX following a loss of N1.32 trillion in the just ended trading week. The bourse recorded losses in four of the five trading days, gaining on just one trading day as the market suffered the second heaviest loss ...
The Federal Government says it has no plan to slash scholarship students’ allowances as recently projected in the media. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, stated this during a meeting with the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja on Friday. There was a report that the ministry, through the ...
Four officials of West African Examination Council (WAEC) were on Wednesday detained over their inability to answers questions raised by House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies, during an investigative hearing. This followed a motion by a member of the committee, Rep.Uchenna Okonkwo, during the hearing in Abuja. The committee was piqued that the ...
The Ekiti State government has approved the payment of N29,400,000 as bursary awards to 196 indigenes of the state who are currently at the Nigeria Law School (Bar 1) for the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions. This was announced in a statement released on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti by the secretary of the Ekiti Scholarship Board, ...
…Appoints new acting VC The governing council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has sacked Professor Joseph Ikechebelu as Vice Chancellor after just two months in office. The council has appointed Professor Carol Umobi as the new Acting Vice Chancellor. “I am pleased to inform you that by the provisions of Section 4 of First Schedule, ...
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) branch, has commenced a five-day warning strike over the non-payment of salaries owed to some members. This was announced by NARD’s Vice-President, Ashiru Mikail, during a news conference on Monday in Zaria. “We gave the hospital management a one-week ultimatum to address ...
…Commissioner inspects examination centres By Sodiq Adelakun The Lagos State government has conducted a placement test for primary six pupils transitioning to junior secondary school, with a total of 204,413 pupils in attendance across 400 locations in the state. The Honourable Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Jamiu Tolani Alli-Balogun, inspected the examination centres ...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Monday, announced that the result slips for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are now available for printing. The Board, in a statement signed by its Head of Public Relations, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the slips, which feature the candidates’ photographs and advanced security features, can be printed ...
The National Board for Technical Education has fully transitioned to a digital platform for all quality assurance processes, aligning with the Federal Government’s digital-driven policies and the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It said efective August 2024, there will be no more physical accreditation or other quality assurance activities in the institutions under its ...
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi As the Honourable Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Hyacinth Aondona Dajoh continue with his tour across nooks and crannies of Gboko local government area, the headquarters of the Tiv nation, the Chairman Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Benue State branch Comrade Levi Terna Akume has commended ...
By Matthew Denis There was rowdy session as stakeholders at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) policy meeting in Abuja have protested the new minimum admission age of 18 years, causing a disruption to the minister’s address. The stakeholders, comprising representatives from tertiary institutions across the country, loudly expressed their disapproval, prompting the ...
By Matthew Denis No fewer than three candidates scored 367 during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and by that emerged as the highest scorers for the examination. This was revealed at the ongoing 2024 policy meeting by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday in Abuja. They are Olowu Joseph from Ondo State, ...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has vowed to enforce a law mandating admission age for entry into tertiary institutions as 18 years. Mamman was speaking at the 2024 Policy Meeting on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions, organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, in Abuja on Thursday. The meeting was put in place ...
Some students of University of Ibadan, on Wednesday, took to the street to protest against the recent hike in tuition fees and power supply rationing. Reports that the protesting students wore masks to hide their identities, with some blocking the main entrance to the school and others around the Senate Building. According to ...
The National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), has warned public and private schools across the country to adhere strictly to the guidelines of conducting public examination to avoid sanctions. The Executive Secretary of NSSEC, Dr Iyela Ajaji gave the warning while monitoring the ongoing National Examination Council (NECO) in Abuja on Wednesday. Ajayi ...
The Federal Government says there is no plan to hand over public universities to private investors. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made the clarification at the Second Quarterly Engagement of the ministry with Heads of units and Chief Executive Officers of parastatals and agencies under the ministry. The Academic Staff Union of Universities ...
