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Nigeria’s 14 million out-of-school children are potential Boko Haram recruits, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said yesterday. He spoke during the presidential youth mentorship retreat at the Youth Development Centre, Olusegun…
JAMB: Nigerian tertiary institutions offered 706,189 ‘illegal’ admissions between 2017, 2020
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned against offering of admissions to applicants by higher institutions outside the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS). JAMB said apart from distorting…
Ondo varsity shut indefinitely as students protest fee payment before exams
The management of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, on Monday, announced the indefinite closure of the institution following the protest embarked upon the students. This was contained in a…
Universities Need Funds For Research, Says Osinbajo
More resources are required for higher institutions of learning to invest in research, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday. The Vice President made the remark when he received a…
How To Check 2021 WAEC Results Via Text Message/Online
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Monday released the 2021 Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) results. During a press briefing in Abuja, the Nigeria National Office of the examination…
WAEC raises fee, reverts to May/June calendar
The Head of Nigeria National Office, West African Examination Council, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan has announced that the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, will be conducted in…
WAEC releases 2021 results – Some still being processed
The release of the results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE for School Candidates, 2021 in Nigeria have been released with a total of 80.56 per cent…
NECO releases results of Kano students
The National Examination Council, NECO has released the examination results of students in Kano state. This followed the effort by the state government to settle the NECO examination fees. The…
Afe Babalola faults NUC’s inaction on illegal varsities, says damage huge
The Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, on Sunday bemoaned the inability of the National Universities Commission to sanction illegal universities in the country. Babalola also expressed…
Court Remands UNILORIN Student Who Beat Lecturer
Waliyullah Salaudeen, the expelled 400 level Microbiology Student of the University of Ilorin, who assualted a female lecturer, Dr Rahmat Zakariya, has been remanded. He was remanded on Friday following…
160 FUTA Students Bag First Class
A total of 160 students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) will be graduating with First Class as the institution holds its 32nd convocation between November 26 and…
Strike: FG Promises To Address ASUU’s Basic Demand Within 7days
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja said that it would address the basic demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, next week. The Minister of Finance, Zainab…
DG: NYSC won’t be scrapped
Shuaibu Ibrahim, director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has played down concerns in some quarters that the scheme could be scrapped. In 1973, Yakubu Gowon, former head of…
Reps Approve Bill To End BSC, HND Dichotomy
The House of Representatives has approved a bill that will remove the long-standing dichotomy between BSC and Higher National Diploma in employment. The House, in a committee of the whole,…
WAEC honours 2020 best students in WASSCE
In recognition of good performance, the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, on Thursday honoured the best students in the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Examination, WASSCE, with prizes. One…
