JAMB releases more witheld UTME results
3,921 more Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results that were previously delayed for additional inquiry have been made public by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). A news release issued on Sunday by JAMB's spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, revea ....
JAMB release 531 withheld 2024 UTME results
An additional 531 results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, or UTME, have been made public by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, or JAMB. This was stated by board spokesperson Fabian Benjamin in a statement that was released on Tuesday. With the ex ....
Thirty students of Kwara Catholic School score above 300 in JAMB
Using social media, the administration of Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Model College in Ilorin, Kwara State, has celebrated the achievements of thirty of its students who received scores of 300 or higher in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) this year. The aforementio ....
No UTME result in paper format — JAMB
Nigerians have been warned by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board not to trust candidates who display printed result slips because there is now no paper version of the results. In a statement released on Wednesday, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB's spokesperson, stated that the inf ....
1.4 million candidates scored below two hundred, 64,624 results withheld — JAMB
The results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination were made public by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday. Of the 1,842,464 students, 1,402,490 did not receive a score of 200 out of 400. 78% of the candidates whose JAMB results were made public were ....
JAMB to release 2024 UTME results
Plans to make the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination public have been finalised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. According to a notice sent to media in the nation's capital, JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede is set to host a press conferenc ....
Senate reviews, passes student loan bill
The Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024 has been approved by the Senate.This follows the Senate's review of the Bill's report from the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND.During plenary, Senator Muntari Danduts ....
Benue State University suspends 200 to 600-level medical students
All 200- to 600-level medical students at Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi, were suspended by the administration on Monday for a period of one month.This is stated in an internal memo that has been verified by Mr. Tser Vanger, the university spokesperson, and signed by Dr. Mfa ....
WAEC appoints Amos Dangut as Nigeria's head of national office
Dr. Amos Josiah Dangut has been selected as the Head of the Nigeria National Office by the West African Examinations Council.Patrick Areghan, whose position is up this month, is replaced by Dangut.According to a statement from WAEC provided to The PUNCH on Monday, Dangut form ....
.jpeg)
OAU reviews, reduces school fees
The school fees that the university's students must pay have been reassessed by the administration of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State.According to a statement issued by the university's public relations officer, Abiodun Olanrewaju, and received in Osogbo on Monday, the ad ....
UNILAG reduces tuition after meeting with NANS
After meeting with representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students on Thursday, the University of Lagos administration announced a fee cut.The university met with the NANS executives and other faculty members on Thursday evening, according to a statement made access ....
OAU increases tuition fees
The tuition that both new and returning students must pay to the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, have undergone some changes.The university said that new students in the faculties of arts, law, and humanities will pay N151,200 while returning students in the ....
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani slashes school fees in state-owned tertiary institutions
The Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has slashed tuition in the state-owned higher schools.The governor revealed the reduction at an interactive session with reporters in Kaduna on Monday.Fees for tertiary institutions had been raised during ....
.jpeg)
Breaking: Presidency announces that federal universities remain tuition-free
Tuition at federal colleges is still free, according to the Presidency, despite increases in supplementary fees at various universities across the country on Wednesday.Fewer than five days have passed since Federal Unity Colleges raised the tuition for new students from N45,000 to N ....
FUNAAB ranks second-best university in Nigeria
In the 2023 inaugural edition of Times Higher Education's (THE) Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings, the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), a second-generation university and a well-known centre for agricultural studies in Africa, was ranked as the second-best university in ....
Universities set 140 as minimum cut-off mark for 2023 admission
On Saturday, university presidents decided that 140 will be the cut-off score for admission in 2023.The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) held a policy discussion on admission guidelines for 2023 on Saturday in Abuja, where the decision was made.Universities' registra ....
PTDF interviews 700 candidates for foreign scholarships
There are currently 700 candidates being interviewed for the Petroleum Technology Development Fund's (PTDF) foreign scholarship program across the nation's six geopolitical zones.Sobomabo West, the OSS team head for the South-South geopolitical zone, said this yesterday while addres ....
Wesley students to represent Nigeria in international competition
Nigeria will be represented at a global tournament in Sweden by the Wesley Girls Senior Secondary School, Yaba, Education District IV of Lagos State.According to a statement from the school, Abdul-Salam Hajarah and Korolo Elisabeth were the winners of the competition for the Nigeria Stockh ....
Old students donate N12m laboratory to secondary school in Ondo
The scientific lab of their alma mater, The Apostolic High School in Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, has undergone a N12 million renovation and upgrade thanks to former classmates.The association's National President, Dr. Gabriel Aladegbaye-Williams, indicated that the refurbishment and equipmen ....
69-year-old man sits for 2023 UTME
According to data received from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Babatunde Fabiyi, 69, was one of the applicants who took the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination with the intention of enrolling in the University of Lagos's medical school.In order to pursue ....
16-year-old Anambra student emerges overall best in UTME
Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the commissioner for education in Anambra State, praised Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma's performance on the Joint Admission Matriculation Board's 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and called it "excellent and very outstanding."According to Chuma-Udeh, the ....
Lagos govt seeks partnership to improve education
On Wednesday, the Lagos State administration asked for cooperation in the educational field to develop a new strategy and guarantee increased learning quality and best practices in its schools.Lagos State Commissioner of Education, Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo, explained that the state has si ....
.jpeg)
Report says 42, 954 Tanzanian schoolgirls drop out of school due to pregnancy
Between July 2021 and June 2022, a total of 42,954 schoolgirls discontinued their studies due to pregnancy.This is in accordance with the most recent report released on Monday by Tanzania's Controller and Auditor General (CAG).The 2021 to 2022 CAG report submitted in parliament in t ....
ASSU, Taraba University chapter declares indefinite strike
On Friday, the Taraba State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) announced a comprehensive and ongoing strike action.The move came after the state branch of ASUU received national clearance to begin a strike to enforce its demands, and after the state gove ....
JAMB shifts date for 2023 mock UTME
The date for the 2023 mock unified tertiary matriculation examination, or UTME, has been changed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, or JAMB.The mock UTME was moved from Thursday, March 16, to Thursday, March 30, 2023, by JAMB.The JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, noted ....
Full tuition not needed to obtain Canada study permit
To be eligible to apply for a study visa in Canada, international students are no longer required to pay all or a portion of their tuition costs.According to the Economic Times, a Canadian Federal Court decided that international students can be invited to apply for a study permit ....
.jpeg)
JAMB registrar, Prof Oloyede, says no extension of UTME registration
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, announced on Friday that the registration period for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination would not be extended.On February 14, the one-month window for UTME registration closes. Oloye ....
ICPC arrests former JAMB registrar Ojerinde again
Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde, a former registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, was re-arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Thursday in Abuja, according to The PUNCH.The Federal High Court in Abuja had issued a warrant, which l ....
ASSU drags FG over withheld salaries
According to information obtained by The PUNCH, the Academic Staff Union of Universities may sue the Federal Government for its members' eight months' worth of unpaid wages.Once the government begins paying the members of the alternative union, the Congress of Nigerian University A ....
University of California Academic Workers call of strike
Union officials announced on Friday night that academic workers at the University of California had decided to go back to work, putting an end to a historically significant strike that had delayed research and classrooms throughout the renowned public university for nearly six weeks. ....
Kaduna Govt reintroduces payment of school fees by senior secondary school students
The government of Kaduna has reinstated the requirement that senior secondary school pupils in the state pay tuition.The declaration was made by Kaduna's secondary school principals in a letter from the city's commissioner for education, Halima Lawal.The reinstatement of payi ....
ASSU gets half salaries for October
According to information obtained exclusively by The PUNCH, the Federal Government only paid lecturers employed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities for 18 working days in October.Professors and senior ASUU members emphasised that the government only paid half salaries ....
Aliko Dangote promises employment to Kano University graduates
All first- and second-class upper-division Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil graduates will receive automatic employment, according to Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group. The university has been renamed in his honour.Prof. Shehu Musa, the university's ....
OAU set to resume academic activities on Thursday
The administrators of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife stated on Tuesday that classes would resume on Thursday, October 20, 2022.The OAU administration subsequently ordered the students to return to their halls of residence on Wednesday in a statement that was received in O ....
ASSU: Universities meet to discuss resumption
Our correspondent discovered that public institutions across the nation had scheduled special senate council meetings in anticipation of exams and resuming following the suspension of the Academic Staff Union of Universities strike.According to The PUNCH, ASUU declared a suspension ....
ASSU finally suspends strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has called off its eight-month strike.The decision was made at the conclusion of the National Executive Council meeting, which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja, our correspondent learned, however, the union has not yet made an ....
ASSU may soon call off strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities may end its indefinite strike on Thursday, barring a last-minute change (today).Last Friday, the Court of Appeal ordered the union to end its strike.The House of Representatives also weighed in on the situation, giving rise to the poss ....
Strike: Branches of ASSU set to vote today and Wednesday
According to The PUNCH, branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will begin their customary vote today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) about the union's ongoing strike.The National Executive Council will receive the various branches' decisions for final decision-making. ....
Prof Folasade Ogunsola becomes the first female VC of UNILAG
Professor of microbiology Folasade Ogunsola has been named the 13th Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).The academic creates history when she joins the institution's 1962 founding as its first female vice-chancellor.Ogunsola will succeed Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, th ....
CONUA announces what union will do differently
The Academic Staff Union of Institutions' breakaway branch, the Congress of Nigerian University Academics, has announced what the new lecturers' union will do differently to resolve the impasse roiling Nigerian universities, particularly with regard to recurrent strike activities.Dr. Niyi ....
FG orders lecturers to resume schools
The Federal Government has instructed university vice-chancellors to reopen their institutions and permit students to resume their classes.Since nearly seven months ago, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has been on strike.The association is requesting from the FG fun ....
Court orders ASSU to stop strike, union president reacts
Following the National Industrial Court of Nigeria's (NICN) judgement prohibiting it from continuing its strike, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said it is awaiting legal counsel for expert advice.This information was provided by the Union's president, Emmanu ....
Universities set to merge outstanding admissions
As the 2022 deadline for admissions by the Joint Admissions and Enrollment Commission comes to an end, universities with outstanding admissions will work towards a merger, Sunday PUNCH has learned.During the Policy Meeting 2022 in Abuja, JAMB set the deadline for the implementation ....
.jpeg)
ASSU STRIKE: FG takes ASSU to court
The furious debate between the central government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that has kept numerous colleges closed for over seven months will move to the Industrial court next Monday.ASUU had left protesting since February 15 to fight claimed rot of framework at t ....
FG to increase lecturers' salary by 23.5%, 35% raise for professors
Adamu Adamu, the minister of education, stated on Tuesday that the government could only afford to increase lecturers' pay by 23.5%, while professors will receive a 35% raise.The minister also mentioned that Major General Muhammadu Buhari, the President, had issued a warning against enter ....
.jpeg)
ASSU prolongs strike
The continuing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been extended.During the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of ASUU in Abuja, the strike was reportedly extended, according to reliable sources.According to DAILY POST, this information was sen ....
SSANU, NASU threatens to continue strike
At the University of Lagos (UNILAG), members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and other Allied Institutions (NASU) have protested the national leadership of their unions' decision to call off the worker ....
Gombe ASSU supports roll-over strike
The Academic Staff Union University at Gombe State University claims that only the university's Senate has the authority to approve the management's decision to reconvene 100-level pupils for academic purposes.The branch supports ASUU's roll-over strike, according to a statement rel ....
Nigerian lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi implores Otedola, Dangote, others to meet ASSU demands
Pelumi Olajengbesi, an attorney based in Abuja, has pleaded with wealthy businesspeople like Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Abdul Samad Rabiu, and Mike Adenuga as well as chief executive officers of banks to meet the N1.1 trillion requests made by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.The ....
Veritas University suspends students' examination, shuts down academic activities
As the security situation in Abuja and its surroundings has gotten worse, academic activities at VERITAS University, Bwari, Abuja, have been suspended.Following a foiled attempt at the Nigerian Law School, which is located a few kilometres away, security reports indicated that ter ....
Ngige notifies NLC leaders of implications of planned protest
The federal government has appealed to the Nigerian Labor Congress to cancel its planned protest against the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other university unions.Labor and Employment Secretary Chris Ngige made the request Thursday at a meeting with NLC le ....
.jpeg)
Falana calls on the federal government to meet teachers' demand and end strike
Respected human rights lawyer Femi Falana proclaimed the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is ready to end its ongoing strike.This was included in a statement released on Thursday by the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).Falana has now called on the federal government to co ....
Teacher's Minimum wage to starts from N24 Million Annually
The School District Five of Lexington and Richland (LR5) approved a fiscal year 2022-2023 budget plan that includes a pay raise for teachers and staff.The new salary will go into effect on July 1 and is intended to combat teacher vacancies across the Midland ....
.jpeg)
Bello Masari approves 100 million dedicated to school AGILE project
Katsina Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has approved the disbursement of 50 percent of the N100 million earmarked for the Adolescent Girls' Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) schools project for their improvement plans to ensure priority in ensuring to develop the implementatio ....
ASUU STRIKE: "End ASSU strike now, Ogun students protest
Vehicle activity was disrupted yesterday on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway by Ogun students protesting the three-month extension of the strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.The students, under the auspices of the National Association of Nigerian Student ....
ASUU Strike: Education Minister criticize Education Ministry
ASUU Strike: Ngige criticizes education ministry, suggests alternative to strike.The bosses in the Federal Ministry of Education do not feel the strike. There are things that are above me. I am not Minister of Education.The Federal Government has restated its commitmen ....
Samade International Schools, Lanlate offers Admission to qualified Candidates across Nigeria
WHY SAMADE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, LANATE?Qualitative education , conducive learning environment , professional teachers and Home away from home are just few among the benefits prospective parents stands to get by bringing their wards.TOP AVAILABLE FACILITIES Good Multipu ....
Buhari Used As Case Study of Bad Leadership During Lectures In Scotland University
A lecturer in a foreign university used the Nigerian president as an example during one of his courses.The lecturer at Robert Gordon Universiry in Aberdeen, Scotland, was teaching his students a course on leadership.When talking about bad leadership, he used President ....
Mabest Academy Akure Holds it's 3rd Biennial Inter-House Sports Competition
SIGHTS AND SCENES FROM THE 3RD BIENNIAL INTER-HOUSE SPORTS COMPETITION AT MABEST ACADEMY & ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AKUREThe keenly contested 3rd biennial mini-Olympic standard event started with an official opening parade led by Cadet Commandant Oluwatoyosi Ale and the Head of School ....
Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate Signed MOU with FUOYE
The Management of Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate campus had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Federal University of Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) as accredited distance learning centre on March 1st ,2022.With The MOU, Oyo State College of Educati ....
ASUU To Embark On A One Month Warning Strike
After serious deliberations that dragged into the early hours of Monday, the National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has voted to embark on one-month warning strike to press home its demands from the government.A source at the meeting held ....
THE HUMAN BODY:52 Shocking Facts About Your Body, #25 Is The Most Amazing
THE HUMA ....
Lanlate Progress Union (LPU) Recognize 8Best Students in Public Secondary Schools within Lanlate Community
The Lanlate Progressive Union (LPU) at a town hall meeting on Monday, 27th of December, 2021 recognize the best students in all the public secondary schools in the town (Lanlate). The student names are announce by Dr. Amoo Gafaru.These are the names that makeup the 8 best studen ....
"Oyostate College of Education, Lanlate will foldup by January, 2022" says the school Governing Council Chairman, Group Captain (RTD) Bisi Ojebola.
The Governing Council Chairman of Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate, Group Captain (RTD) Bisi Ojebola have said on Monday 27th of December, 2021, at a town hall meeting held by Lanlate Progressive Union (LPU) in Lanlate, the host community of Oyo State College ....
Hello, I'm
Aishat Akinbami
I'm a content writer. I'm passionate about creating compelling content that connects with readers and inspires them to take action. My writing focuses on topics related to technology, business, lifestyle, travel, news articles, and more. I have a knack for finding the perfect words to convey a message, and I'm constantly reading, researching, and learning about new topics. I also love to stay up to date on the latest content marketing trends and best practices.
.jpeg)
