Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state on Monday protested alleged increase in tuition by the university authorities. The students, who marched round the school environment with placards, also blocked a portion of the Enugu-Onitsha expressway. But Acting Head, Information and Public Relations UNIZIK, Chika Ene, refuted alleged increase in tuition of returning students […]
The National Association of Nigerian Students and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, have said that they would work together to end social vices on campus. NANS National Publicity Secretary,Victor Ezenagu, who spoke when the undergraduates decorated FUTO bursar, Mrs Helen Onyege, as the best University Bursar in Nigeria in 2020/2021, said that they were […]
To in schools, Governor Udom Emmanuel has banned schoolchildren older than 12 years old from being admitted into secondary schools in Akwa Ibom. The directive is contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong, at the end of the State Executive Council meeting in Uyo. “Investigation has revealed that the […]
Mary Enakireru, a 19-year-old student of Anchor University Lagos, has emerged the best graduating student for the 2019/2020 class at the institution’s maiden convocation. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joseph Afolayan, announced this at a news conference on the activities lined up for the institution’s maiden convocation, on Thursday in Lagos. According to Afolayan, […]
The Association of Tutorial School Operators (ATSO) has urged the Joint Admissions and Matricuation Board (JAMB) to remark or cancel this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). At a briefing last Friday in Bariga, Lagos, National President of the association, Mr. Dotun Shodunke described this year’s UTME as the worst, error-filled and a disgrace. “Let […]
The University of Calabar may soon be shut down following plans by the students to embark on massive protest over hike in tuition. The president of the Students Union government, Ugah James, has summoned his key officials to a critical stakeholders meeting on how best to react. In a notice inviting his officials to a […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that the performance of candidates in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is poorer than what it recorded within the past three years or thereabouts. The JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, confirmed this on Saturday evening while appearing on a live programme on a Nigerian Television […]
Academic activities in the nation’s universities may again be paralysed as members of the Academic Staff Union Of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) warned of a fresh strike over alleged refusal of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) to pay salaries and remit check-off dues of about 1000 staff for 13 months. Chairman, University of Jos […]
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has directed the immediate sack of all zonal education supervisors serving in the state’s secondary and primary schools. The governor also directed authorities concerned to reshuffle serving headmasters and principals of both junior and senior secondary schools. Umahi also directed that all the education secretaries on leave are to […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has not fix another examination for any category of candidates on July 3 as being peddled in some quarters. The board’s Head of Media and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that the report “is not correct’’. […]
