APC will work to end poverty PDP failed to manage – Tinubu
Co-founder of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has assured Nigerians of a better living condition under the party’s administration. He stated this on Thursday at the Ladoke Akintola...
View Article25,400 candidates sat for NECO exams in Lagos – Zonal head
No fewer than 25,400 candidates on Saturday sat for the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) organised by the National Examination Council (NECO) in Lagos. The council’s head, Lagos Zonal...
View ArticleProspective corpers apprehensive after NYSC fails to deliver call-up letters
Nigerian graduates, who have been waiting for weeks for their NYSC posting, were disappointed after the Commission failed to release their call-up letters for two days. According to the NYSC time-table...
View ArticleProtest in Ondo varsity over poor conditions of students, workers
Students of the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH) in Okitipupa local government area are at loggerheads with the state government over poor conditions of the institution. The...
View ArticleLagos promises continuous payment of WASSCE fee for candidates
The Lagos State Government has vowed continuous payment of fee for all SS3 students sitting for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in public schools in the state. The...
View ArticleFG constitutes committee to screen degrees obtained abroad
The Federal Government has constituted a committee to screen certificates obtained by Nigerian students who studied abroad, says Prof. Julius Okojie, the Executive Secretary, National Universities...
View Article2014 WASSCE: WAEC cancels results of candidates involved in examination...
The National Examinations (NEC) Committee of WAEC on Thursday said that it had cancelled results of candidates involved in examination malpractices at the 2014 examinations. Mr Damianus Ojijeogu of the...
View ArticleLASG approves payment of scholarship to law, maritime students
The Lagos State Government through the State’s Scholarship Board has approved the payment of bursary to its indigenes studying in Nigerian Law School and Maritime Academy, Oron, Akwa Ibom State. In a...
View ArticleLASU reopens Monday after closure for general elections
The Governing Council and management of Lagos State University has announced that academic and administrative activities will resume as from Monday, May 18. A statement posted on the University’s...
View ArticleOndo Varsity students resume protest over poor learning condition, hike in fees
Students of the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), on Wednesday resumed their protest against the state government over alleged poor working and learning conditions in the...
View ArticleFederal government approves N500m each for four new Universities of Education
The Federal Government has approved N500 million for each of the four Federal Colleges of Education upgraded to Universities of Education as administrative and running costs. The colleges of Education...
View ArticleUniversity of Ibadan suspends academic activities for two weeks due to fuel...
Authorities of the University of Ibadan , (UI) on Monday asked its students to vacate the premises immediately, pending the time the problem of shortage of water and electricity would be addressed. The...
View ArticleUNN students go on rampage over sudden closure of school
Students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, have gone on rampage over the sudden closure of the institution. The University administration had earlier in the day shut down the school and asked...
View ArticleWAEC explains why it won’t adopt CBT now
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday said that it would not adopt the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode fully for now, considering the variables involved in conducting its examinations....
View ArticleWAEC explains why it won’t adopt CBT now
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday said that it would not adopt the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode fully for now, considering the variables involved in conducting its examinations....
View ArticleSubsequent NECO exams will be Computer-Based – Board Chairman
Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Examination Council, NECO, Dr Paddy Njoku, has noted that the examination body intends to introduce Computer-Based Test, CBT, for the objective...
View ArticleAregbesola fires Okesina as UNIOSUN VC
The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has fired the Vice Chancellor of the Osun State University, Prof. Bashiru Okesina. The governor announced Okesina’s removal in a White Paper released on...
View ArticleStandard of education in Nigeria has declined — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that the standard of education in the country has declined drastically. He made this remark on Saturday in Rivers State at the 30th convocation and 40th...
View ArticleFire incident at UNIUYO hostel destroys students’ property
There was a minor fire incident at a female hostel of the University of Uyo on Saturday morning, in which the property of 20 students were destroyed. The university’s Public Relations Officer, Mr...
View ArticleWhy there is disparity in cut-off marks for unity schools – NECO registrar
Prof. Abdulrashid Garba, the Registrar, National Examination Council (NECO), explained on Saturday why cut-off marks for the National Common Entrance Examination(NCEE) into unity colleges varies from...
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