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Tuition hike: UNIBEN students protest

Students of the University of Benin [UNIBEN] have kicked against the new hike in tuition fees after the management of the institution insensitively hiked fees twice in one session in the face of economic hardship in Nigeria made possible by the appalling incompetence of the Buhari dictatorship. A source at the institution who spoke to […]

Taliban Will Allow Women At Universities, But Mixed Classes Banned

Afghan women will be allowed to attend university as long as they study separately from men, the Taliban’s new higher education minister said Sunday. Women’s rights in Afghanistan were sharply curtailed under the Taliban’s 1996-2001 rule, though since returning to power last month the hardline Islamists have claimed they will implement a less extreme rule. […]

We don’t want to go on strike, ASUU tells FG

that it does not want to embark on another indefinite strike action that would leave students stranded, regretting that the government was compelling the union to go on strike. The union also urged the student union government in universities to back ASUU to ensure that schools do not close down for strike action. The Zonal […]

Another ASUU Strike Looms As Union Accuses FG Of Failed Promises

Barely nine months after calling off its last strike action, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the federal government of defaulting on the December 2020 Memorandum of Action (MoA) that led end of the strike. Addressing a press conference on Friday, the union’s Zonal Coordinator in Kano, Comrade Abdulkadir Muhammad, said while […]

Stop giving preferential scores to Northern students, el-Rufai tells JAMB

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to stop giving “preferential scores” to students in Northern Nigeria who sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. He stated this on Monday as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme monitored by The PUNCH. According to the governor, students […]

Teenager Who Filed N1bn Suit Against JAMB Handed Over To Police

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has handed over a 19-year-old candidate in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Chinedu Ifesinachi John, to the Police for investigation. John claimed he scored 380 in the examination conducted in June this year and was surprised to receive 265 from the board after the results were released. Following […]

Varsity don threatens court action over defamatory publication, says, ‘my certificates are verified, valid’

A former departmental head in the Imo State University, Owerri (IMSU), Engr. Dr. Michael Anumaka has petitioned the Editor-in-Chief of the Punch Nigeria Limited, Mr. Ademola Osinubi over a news publication which the lecturer considers as ‘defamatory, fictitious and malicious’. This is also as the lecturer threatened court action if the offending report is not […]

JAMB cancels general cut-off marks

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Tuesday, cancelled general cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions and gave schools the freedom to set their individual minimum benchmarks for admission. The Board took the decision at the 2021 policy meeting, which was held virtually, and chaired by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. Speaking during […]