WAEC: How 2017 May/June WASSCE results will affect university cut-off mark,...
This year, students seeking admission into Nigerian universities, will be judged based on their WASSCE results and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scores. The Minister of Education,...
View ArticleBasic education suffering neglect in Kogi – NUT Chairman
The outgoing Chairman, Kogi State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Comrade Suleiman Abdullahi has called on the State government to prioritize the welfare of teachers in the state. Abdullahi...
View ArticleJAMB competition to hold in UNILORIN
University of Ilorin has accepted to host the maiden edition of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) Tertiary Institutions Football competition. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that...
View ArticleOyo distributes N13m relief materials to schools affected by rainstorms
Oyo State government said it has distributed educational relief materials worth N13m to schools affected by rainstorms, in all the 33 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 35 Local Council Development...
View ArticleNigeria to get 200 new universities – NUC
The National Universities Commission (NUC), has disclosed that it is currently processing over 200 applications for new private universities in the country. The Executive Secretary of the Commission,...
View ArticleJAMB to announce cut off mark for admission August 22
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, will hold a policy committee meeting on August 21 and 22 to determine cut off points for admission into various courses in Nigerian tertiary...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Over 70 UNIMAID lecturers resign over attacks – ASUU Chairman
Activities of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has forced over 70 lecturers mostly professors of the University of Maiduguri, Borno state to resign their appointments with the University, thereby...
View ArticleJAMB speaks on change of courses, institutions
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Monday said it would not close the change of courses and institutions procedures, until 2017/2018 admission is concluded. Head of Public...
View ArticleUNILAG denies commencing 2017/2018 admission exercise
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has debunked claims that the institution is set to commence the 2017/2018 online screening from Wednesday, August 9th to Wednesday, August 31st 2017. In a circular sent...
View ArticleWAEC: 28 repented Christians return certificate over malpractice
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said it has cancelled 151 certificates already issued to candidates that sat for both school and private exams. The exam body said they were later found to...
View Article91-year-old woman bags bachelor’s degree
A 91-year-old woman became the oldest person to graduate from university in Thailand on Wednesday, receiving her bachelor’s degree from King Maha Vajiralongkorn. Escorted by her family, Kimlun Jinakul...
View ArticleGirls must be given equal opportunities as boys – Gov. El-Rufai
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Thursday said girls must be given equal opportunities as boys to go to school and contribute more meaningfully to societal growth. The governor told newsmen in...
View ArticleASUU strike paralyses academic activities, ongoing examinations at...
The strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), paralyzed academic activities and the ongoing Masters degree examinations in some faculties at the University of Ibadan on...
View ArticleASUU rejects mandatory sale of handouts by lecturers
The Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria (ASUU) has expressed displeasure at the mandatory sale of handouts by some lecturers in tertiary institutions. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, President of...
View ArticleASUU strike: No going back – UniAbuja chapter declares
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, UniAbuja branch, on Thursday declared that there was ‘no going back’ on the ongoing strike. Chairman of the branch, Dr Ben Ugheoke, on Thursday in Abuja...
View ArticleASUU strike: Parents beg lecturers to suspend action
Parents in the university town of Nsukka have appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing strike, considering the setback and suffering it would cause students...
View ArticleASUU strike: Prostitution will increase among female students – Sex workers...
The Nigerian Sex Workers Association has said the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will lead to an increase in the number of female...
View ArticleASUU: Strike continues – Nigerian lecturers
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has affirmed that its ongoing strike continues. The union said it will not call it off until its demands to the government were met. Recall that ASUU had on...
View ArticleJAMB delists management courses in seven universities
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted management courses of some universities in its current admission brochure. They are Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO),...
View ArticleWAEC May/June 2017: Why I made A grade in all subjects – Chinecherem Cynthia
A former pupil of Shalom Academy, Nsukka, Enugu State, Chinecherem Cynthia Ali who made grade A in all subjects in the 2017 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WAESSCE, has...
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