Delta Court orders JAMB, Universities to admit all qualified 2024 UTME candidates
A Delta State High Court sitting in Warri has ordered Nigerian Universities to admit all 2024 candidates who passed the…
Category: Education
Benard Odoh emerges 7th Vice Chancellor of UNIZIK
The Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, led by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Amb. Greg Mbadiwe has…
Prevent ASUU strikes, improve welfare – NANS tells new Education Minister
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has set an agenda for the new Minister of Education, Tunji Alaussa, demanding…
Over 452,443 Nigerian students applied to study medicine in 2023
A Professor of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantology at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Nosakhare Godwin Bazuaye said…
NECO issues stern warning against registration of candidates by proxy
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has warned school owners and other stakeholders to desist from enrolling candidates for its examinations…
JAMB bows to pressure, extends 16-year admission age limit to 2025
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said on Thursday that universities and other tertiary institutions in the country can…
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Maduka University admissions for 2024/2025 academic year is still ongoing [HOW TO APPLY]
Admissions into Maduka University, a premier institution of higher learning in Enugu State, Nigeria, are still open for the 2024/2025…
NYSC: Ibadan Poly students protest against non-mobilisation for national service
Hundreds of students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, in Oyo State, staged protests on Monday against the refusal of the institution…
15-year-old student sues Education Ministry, JAMB, NUC over new admission policy
Chinaemere Opara, a 15-year-old Senior Secondary School Student, has sued the Federal Ministry of Education, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…
FEC approves mandatory inclusion of National Values Charter in school curriculum
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the mandatory inclusion of National Values Charter as part of the curricular in…
Brain drain: Senate seeks budgetary increase for universities
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday lamented the increase in the menace of brain drain rocking Nigerian universities and other critical…
Private school owners lament heavy taxation, closure of schools in Enugu
Owners of private schools in Enugu State have accused the government of placing a heavy taxation burden on them. They…
NUT decries shortage of teachers in schools
The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has lamented adequate manpower in public primary schools across the country. The National President…
Ogun Govt decries private school owners’ non-compliance with education policy
The Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has decried the non-compliance with government policy on education by some…
COEASU applauds passage of Bill to give Minna College of Education powers to award NCE, B. Ed
The College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, of the Niger State College of Education, Minna, has applauded the Niger…
We’ll eradicate corruption in basic education sector – ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has vowed to tackle corruption in the basic education sector.…
ABSU directs students to apply for Federal government’s loan scheme
The Governing Council of Abia State University, Uturu, has directed the management, parents and guardians of students of the school…
FG to unbundle all government colleges in Nigeria
The Federal Government says the 115 Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs) in the country will soon be unbundled into basic and…
ASUU decries victimisation of lecturers, calls for reinstatement of sacked members
The Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU has expressed worry over the incessant victimization, intimidation, harassment and dehumanization of its…
Embrace modern teaching methods – Ogun commissioner tasks teachers
The Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Prof Abayomi Arigbabu, has charged teachers to broaden their understanding of…
Kwara approves 2024/2025 academic calendar for schools
The Kwara State Government has approved the academic calendar for the 2024/2025 session for all primary and secondary schools, both…
Ebonyi new varsities to begin academic activities 2025 – Commissioner
The Commissioner for Tertiary Education in Ebonyi State, Prof. Amari Omaka, has announced that the two newly established universities in…
FG releases admission list for unity colleges
The Federal Ministry of Education has announced the release of the 2024/2025 admission list for admission into the 115 Federal…
Shoddy execution of school projects will not be tolerated – UBEC warns SUBEBs
The Federal Government has vowed to crack down on substandard school building construction across the country, urging stakeholders including the…
WAEC withholds over 200 results over exam malpractice
Following the release of the 2024 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, SSCE, results, the West African Examination Council, WAEC, has revealed…
WAEC reveals modalities for checking 2024 result
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has disclosed how to check the just released 2024 West African Senior School Certificate…
BREAKING: Only candidates 16-years at time of admission will be considered eligible – JAMB insists
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has raised alarm over an upsurge in the number of doctored and upwardly…
University Don tasks govt to make Agricultural studies compulsory for all students
A university Don, Professor Remigius Oyebode Famiwole has tasked the government to make Agricultural science compulsory for all students in…
BUK security operatives arrest two fake lecturers
Bayero University Kano, BUK, security operatives have arrested two fake lecturers selling books to unsuspecting first-year students. This was contained…
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JAMB reveals 13 students with highest scores in 2024 UTME [Full list]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB on Thursday revealed candidates with the highest marks in the 2024 Unified Tertiary…
BREAKING: SSANU, NASU members clash with security personnel at Unity Fountain during protest
Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and that of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU)…
Nasarawa ASUP joins national protest, condemns new scheme of service
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) at the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic in Lafia, Nasarawa State, have…
SSANU, NASU protest, threaten strike action over withheld salaries
Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, Federal University…
Federal Polytechnic Nekede Rector inspects departments for course accreditation
Ahead of the visitation by the Nigeria Polytechnic Commission, the acting Rector of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, Ibeaja Uzoma Friday,…
FG flags off seven NECO state offices across Nigeria
The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Tanko Sununu has flagged off the construction of Seven State Offices for…
UNIBEN shut down over students’ protest
The management of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, on Thursday closed down the institution following Wednesday’s protest by the students…
Nigerian govt inaugurates governing councils of Universities, Polytechincs
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Governing Councils of Tertiary Institutions to ensure the smooth running of Nigerian Universities Polytechnics…
Student Protest: UNIBEN threatens closure if dialogue fails
The Senate of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, on Wednesday threatened to shut down the institution if the dialogue to…
ASUU stages protest, demands exclusion of lecturers from IPPIS
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has urged the Federal Government to fulfill its promise to remove its members…
AAU: ASUU rejects 8 months salaries payment claim, says staff owed 29 months
The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma chapter, has rejected the claim…
ASUU slams Nigerian government for politicising education, neglecting existing universities
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has slammed both federal and state governments for what it perceives as the…
Education tool to eradicate poverty – Peter Obi
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has advocated for investment in education across the…
Prof Shaykh-Lukman appointed new KWASU VC
Prof. Shaykh-Lukman Alade Jimoh, has been appointed as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete. The…
AAU students protest over N20,000 late registration fine
Academic and commercial activities within Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, were crippled on Thursday following a protest by students over…
Labour strike: Academic activities paralyzed in UNN
Lecturers did not attend to students at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, on Monday, following the ongoing strike by…
Asr Africa kicks off construction of world-class research laboratory for Federal University, Lokoja
The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) has commenced the construction of a world-class research laboratory for the Federal…
Reposition Nigeria’s tertiary institutions now – ASUU tells Tinubu
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called on President Bola Tinubu to look into the yearnings of the…
We need professionals to tackle deficiencies in education sector- Former Gov, Oyinlola
A former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has called for the engagement of professionals with the capacity to tackle…
NECO not ready for computer-based test – Registrar
The National Examinations Council, NECO, said it may take some time before it adopts for its examinations the current trend…
FG collating lists for varsities governing councils – NUC tells ASUU
The acting executive secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Chris Maiyaki, has hinted that the Federal Government is working…