The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede, has said the board lost more than N10 million in 2020 to fraudsters. Mr Oloyede, a professor, told … Read More
The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) has elected Prof Nnenna Oti as the new Vice Chancellor of the institution. She succeeds the outgoing vice chancellor, … Read More
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has disowned admissions being offered by the University of Abuja and few others, alleging that the admissions were being offered by the institutions outside … Read More
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has announced plans to reinstate the insitution’s Students’ Union. This was made known in a statement by the institution’s Dean, Division of … Read More
A professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Lagos, Bose Afolabi, has been awarded a $2.5 million research grant by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The university … Read More
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has rejected the appointment of new Rectors and other principal officers for the five of the six newly established Polytechnics situated in Enugu, … Read More
Kwara State government has said that the 2020/2021 Third Term academic session for the 10 schools affected in the recent hijaab controversy in the state will commence on Monday, April … Read More
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced full registration of candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) into tertiary education institutions in … Read More
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has scheduled the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) second series for School candidates to hold between August 16 and September 30. … Read More
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted formal approval to the Federal University of Technology, Akure, (FUTA), for the commencement of the Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) programme with effect from … Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and reconstitution of the Governing Councils of five federal universities in Nigeria. The affected universities are the University of Ibadan (UI) University of … Read More
Twenty newly established private universities by the Federal Executive Council on Thursday received their provisional licences from the National Universities Commission (NUC). Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu handed over the … Read More
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the commencement of registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry to a later date. A statement by … Read More
Academic activities were disrupted on Thursday at the Union Primary School, Afaraukwu in the Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia following the discovery of an explosive item suspected to … Read More
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday said its 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates, earlier scheduled for May/June, may not hold. The Council’s … Read More
The Federal government has Summoned the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to an emergency meeting following the threat to embark on another strike. The emergency meeting at the instance … Read More
The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Eyitope Ogunbodede, has debunked the rumours on social media of the death of one of his predecessors, Roger Makanjuola. Mr Ogunbodede said the … Read More
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has ordered the reopening of boarding schools closed over the recent abduction of students. The reopening of schools was made at the weekend in … Read More
The Ogun State Government-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, has become a degree-awarding institution. Governor Dapo Abiodun approved the award of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) by MAPOLY. The polytechnic spokesperson, … Read More
Former Kano State Governor, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has rubbished the moves of Gov. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to obtain N20 billion loan to construct flyovers in the state. Kwankwaso said … Read More