Governor Willie Obiano has approved Saturday classes for students owing to the effect of the sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on learning. Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment Mr C. Don Adinuba, this on Sunday, He said the arrangement is for students to replace Saturday with Monday where movement […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, a couple of years ago, made over N400 million from candidates who requested that their names be written in other manners apart from the ones they initially inputed while filling forms to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to always embrace dialogue in the quest to better education in the country. Buhari made the plea while delivering his address during the 36th Convocation Ceremony of the University of Ilorin on Saturday. The President, who was represented by […]
mer Senator Dino Melaye has emerged as the best graduating student of Baze University Abuja despite currently residing in Dubai. Mr Melaye’s aide, Bode Gbadebo, posted a picture of him on Facebook, alongside other individuals adorned in an academic dress, with the caption “Senator Dino Melaye graduates from Baze University, emerges best graduating law student.” […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has ordered seven corps members deployed in Abia for the Batch ‘B’ Stream 1, 2020/2021, to repeat their service year for various offences. The State Coordinator of NYSC, Mr. Denis Jingi, said this on Friday in Umuahia, during the low-key passing out event and presentation of certificates to outgoing […]
The Chancellor of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Dr David Oyedepo, says he will build a world-class university to compete favourably with such other universities. Oyedepo said this on Thursday at Ota, Ogun State, at the 19th Founder’s Day celebration of Covenant University. He said that the institution would provide the enabling environment for quality […]
Muhammadu Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, says education can be used to address the problem of religious extremism. Abubakar said this on Wednesday in Sokoto at the second education summit organised by the Nigerian Army Education Corps. The sultan said many people use religion for selfish reasons because they have not received proper teachings on what […]
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday, charged institutions, government and stakeholders to show increased commitment in the fight against examination infractions by candidates. Oloyede, who lamented that JAMB was investing a large chunk of its resources in the fight against examination malpractices, said collaborative effort was needed “because of […]
The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation has replied to some aggrieved university lecturers who are complaining about a shortage in their salaries. The AGF office was responding to series of complaints from university lecturers, especially the University of Maiduguri, saying they submitted their data late and most of the data were wrong. […]
The federal government says it will soon commence disbursement of the N30 billion revitalisation fund to public universities. Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, spoke on Friday in Abuja after a closed-door meeting between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The meeting was held to evaluate the level of implementation […]
