ASUP: Fresh nationwide strike looms over sack of Enugu lecturers
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has condemned the alleged victimisation of its members and officials in the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu. Mr Chris Nkoro, National...
View Article2019 UTME: JAMB arrests over 50 ‘professional examination writers’ nationwide
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday said it has uncovered and arrested over 50 ‘Professional Examination Writers’ who specialized in writing examination for candidates for a...
View ArticleASUU chairman blows hot over members’ treatment
President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Biodun Ogunyemi on Monday lamented the plight of university retirees. Ogunyemi condemned delay in the payment of retirement benefits...
View ArticleJAMB speaks on UTME results, suspension of Computer Based Test (CBT) centres,...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that it would ensure a smooth and successful conduct of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Dr Fabian Benjamin,...
View Article2019 UTME: JAMB arrests 2 children over alleged examination malpractice
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday arrested two biological children of an accredited Computer Based Test (CBT) centre owner in Lagos, over alleged examination malpractice....
View ArticleJAMB: 2019 UTME ends, candidates to start checking results
The 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) ended today, Wednesday, April 17. Fabian Benjamin, the Head of Media and Publicity for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on...
View Article2019 UTME: JAMB speaks on when results will be released
The Joing Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday explained why it had not released the results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. JAMB’s Head of Information, Dr....
View Article2019 UTME: Three in court for double registration, malpractice
The police in Ibadan on Thursday arraigned three persons in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court for alleged double registration in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the...
View ArticleJAMB: How to check UTME 2019 results
Candidates that wrote the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), can now access their results. The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will send the results to your email...
View ArticleMinimum wage: Students react as Buhari approves payment of N30,000
The Progressive Students Movement (PSM), a Pan-African Students’ group, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the New Minimum Wage Bill into Law. Buhari on Thursday signed the Minimum Wage...
View ArticleAkwa Ibom University suspends 4 students for allegedly raping female colleague
The Akwa Ibom State University, located at Obio Akpa Campus in Oruk Anam has announced the suspension of four students for allegedly raping a female student of the institution. The Head, Directorate of...
View Article2019 UTME: JAMB speaks on release of result to candidates, gives reasons for...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would reach out to candidates through their telephones as soon as all the results of the 2019 UTME were ratified. The board’s Head, Media and...
View ArticleOke Ogun Poly council suspends rector, other principal officers over alleged...
The governing council of the Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, has suspended all principal officers of the institution over alleged financial mismanagement. DAILY POST reports that those suspended include...
View Article2019 JAMB: 100 exam cheats arrested nationwide, 2 CBT centers shut in Abia
No fewer than 100 suspected examination cheats have so far been arrested by security operatives across the country during the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint...
View Article2019 JAMB: Nigeria in danger – Muslim group
The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, MSSN, has expressed displeasure over the growing rate of examination malpractices in Nigeria. It will be recalled that over 50 of such professional examination...
View ArticleBill to establish Federal Polytechnic Aba passes second reading
A bill for an Act to Provide for Establishment of a Federal Polytechnic, Aba, Abia State, on Tuesday passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill titled: “A bill for an Act to...
View ArticleOgun Assembly renames TASCE, OSCOHTECH, Gateway Polytechnic
The Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday, passed three bills seeking to alter the nomenclature of some state-owned higher institutions. NAN reports that those effected included Ogun State College of...
View ArticleASUU blows hot over Aisha’s plan to establish Muhammadu Buhari University
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday lambasted First Lady, Aisha Buhari, over her proposed plan to establish Muhammadu Buhari University. Aisha made the disclosure last Saturday...
View ArticleOndo varsity shut as students ground academic activities
The Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, Ondo State has been shut. This development followed the protest that greeted the decision of the school management to bar students from writing the...
View ArticleWAEC reveals candidates, centres to face cancellation, ban
The National Examination Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has approved sanctions for all candidates and centres that were involved in malpractice. This was made known at...
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