The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Sunday said it would withdraw the result of a certain Ejikeme Mmesoma for manually inflating her result and announcing herself as the top scorer for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, The Punch is reporting. According to a statement issued by the board, Ejikeme used her manually […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards prepared by the National Universities Commission. The union said it was nightmarish, a threat to quality university education, and an erosion of powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities. A statement signed by the national president of ASUU, Prof. […]
The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed on Monday announced his voluntary resignation. Rasheed disclosed this in an interaction with our correspondent and noted that he would be returning to the Bayero University Kano to continue his job as a lecturer. The PUNCH reports that Rasheed was appointed as the […]
The Imo State Government and the management of Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State have resolved to partner to improve sanitation, Information and Communications Technology, security and crisis resolution mechanisms amongst the varsity’s students, staff and the host communities. The Special Adviser to the state Governor, on Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, […]
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has opposed the move by Chris Ngige, minister of labour, to facilitate the payment of withheld salaries of some lecturers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK). The salaries of the lecturers were withheld as a result of the eight-month nationwide industrial action by the Academic Staff […]
The Federal Government says the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has indicated interest to discontinue its case against the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; and the Registrar of Trade Unions (RTU). This is according to a statement Tuesday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Labour and Employment, […]
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it would reschedule candidates who failed to write the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME The board in a statement yesterday, announced that all candidates who could not sit the 2023 UTME within their scheduled time, due to no fault of theirs, would be rescheduled […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday said it would continue the registration of Direct Entry until after the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the national census. JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement, saying “all candidates desirous of DE registration that none would be denied the […]
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the bill seeking to make basic education the right of every child in the country. In a statement on Monday, Falana said it is the fundamental right of every citizen to enjoy free and compulsory education. He said it […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced a new date for the commencement of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. The board disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Sunday. Benjamin said the UTME which was earlier scheduled to commence […]
