Month: March 2024
On Thursday, at least 260,000 candidates took part in this year’s Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Mock UTME), which was held at 793 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across the country. Professor Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB’s Registrar/Chief Executive, made the announcement
The University of Ibadan has integrated the customised International Labour Organisation (ILO) SCREAM-‘Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts, and the Media’ curriculum into the institution’s GES programme. This was announced at the start of a six-day
The University of Ilesa in Osun State commissioned the Faculty of Law building and auditorium on Wednesday, reaffirming that the university will be a model for other sister institutions to follow in the near future. Meanwhile, the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Talwo Olufemi
Abdul Ghani Oyarekhua, a Nigerian scholar, has been Africa’s first professor of linguistics at the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia. Oyarekhua’s promotion to Professor of Arabic Linguistics at the institution’s Faculty of Arabic Language and Humanities makes him
For the past eight months, Nigerian students studying on Federal Government scholarships in Russia, Morocco, Algeria, China, Hungary, and other countries have complained about their unpaid stipends. The students are enrolled in the Federal Government’s Bilateral Educational Agreement
Ada Amazu, a final-year student at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), reportedly attempted suicide due to an increase in school fees. The Veterinary Medicine undergraduate attempted suicide after being required to retake an academic session for failing to pay her tuition fees, which had
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted Lighthouse University an operational licence in Edo. Lighthouse University, a privately owned institution, is located in Evbuobanosa Community, along the Benin-Agbor Motorway in Edo’s Orhionmwon LGA. The NUC gave the operational
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has encouraged applicants taking the 2024 Mock-UTME on March 7 to bring a regular HP pencil with them to the test venue if they want to do numerical analysis. This clarification was required in response to a series of questions from candidates
Professor Jimoh Afolabi, suspended Provost of the Osun State College of Education in Ila-Orangun, Osun State, filed a lawsuit against the institution’s Chairman of the Governing Council, Mr Peter Babalola, members of the council, and three others before the National Industrial Court (NIS)
A total of 238 Imo State University (IMSU) students have been recommended for expulsion due to the display of falsified admission letters. According to a news release issued by Ralph Njoku, the university’s Public Relations Officer, PRO, the impacted students fraudulently hacked into the
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced on Friday an increase in scholarships and bursaries for students of Lagos State origin attending tertiary institutions. He stated that his administration would no longer pay N200,000 and N50,000 for scholarships and bursaries, but would instead
The National Board for Technical Education has announced that it will collaborate with Environmental Health Council of Nigeria to combat quackery in health-care specialties. Prof. Idris Bugaje, Executive Secretary of the Board, stated this at the National Curriculum Review Workshop on Tuesday
The Anambra State Government is taking initiatives to enrol students in the state’s Social Health Insurance Scheme in order to improve healthcare services for students in higher education institutions. Dr. Simeon Onyemaechi, Managing Director of Anambra State Health Insurance Authority
The Nigerian Bar Association conducted its final bar examination in November 2023, and 888 people failed it. This was due to the fact that 4,412 students passed the exam out of a total of 5,300 who took it.251 of the successful candidates received first-class grades. Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma,
Meshack Agaba, a 16-year-old student of Government Science Secondary School Maitama, died of electrocution on school grounds, according to reports. The school administration has remained silent about the event that occurred last Wednesday. One of the parents, who spoke on the condition of
The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has proposed that Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Ebonyi, be upgraded to a university of technology. Rep. Abubakar Fulata, Chairman of the House Committee on University Education, made the announcement on Tuesday at a public
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct timely payment of its withheld four-month salary arrears. Hassan Makolo, NASU’s national president, made the request at an emergency meeting of NASU branch chairmen and
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has stated that the payment of the four-month withheld salaries to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the expense of other university-based unions was due to a directive from the Chief of Staff to the
Colleagues of the late Olabode Olawuyi, a Veterinary Technologist in charge of the Obafemi Awolowo University’s zoological park in Ile-Ife, Osun State, who was killed by a lion in the garden, held a memorial service for him on Monday. Olawuyi was killed by a lion at the zoological garden
Yesterday, workers from Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, interrupted convocation to call for the payment of the N35,000 wage award that has been due to civil officials since last November. Since last week, protesters operating under the