The Vice Chancellor, Godfrey Okoye University (GOU), Enugu, Rev. Fr. Christian Anieke, has offered full scholarship to Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) overall best student in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME ). The Student was also offered full scholarship to study in Godfrey Okoye College of...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, has been installed as the 6th Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL). The Emir was installed in a colourful ceremony held at the University’s International Conference Center on Thursday in Calabar. Alhaji Ado Bayero in his...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says adequate measures are in place for the safety of all candidates that registered for its 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. The council’s Head. National Office (HBO) Mr Patrick Areghan gave the assurance during an interactive session...
The Gombe State Government has approved N417 million for payment of external examination fees for 21,988 final year students of secondary school across the state. The Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Aishatu Maigari disclosed this at the end of the 29th Session of the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting on...
Master Lotanna Azuokeke, a student of Bishop Otubelu Juniorate, Trans Ekulu, Enugu, scored 99 marks in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Azuokeke, 15, scored a total of 337 marks in the examination, according to a statement by Dr Chiwuike Uba, Media Adviser to the Bishop of the...
Seventy per cent of private schools teachers in the Southwest are unqualified. The declaration was made in Abuja on Thursday by the Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, (TRCN), Prof. Josiah Ajiboye. “When we conducted our survey, we observed that 70 per cent of teachers in the Southwest are...
…Send UTMERESULT to 55019 or 66019 to have your results – JAMB By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted between Tuesday, 25th April, 2023, and Monday, 1st May, 2023. Head, Public...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Professor Ibrahim Gambari, The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in Calabar on Thursday to chaired the 35th Convocation Lecture of the University of Calabar (UNICAL). The Vice Chancellor of UNICAL, Prof. Florence Obi stated this on Monday while addressing journalists...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A Non-Governmental Organization, Connected Development, has partnered the Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), in training 187 school administrators in a bid to address the decay in the state’s education sector. The Project, ‘Learn to Read,’ is being sponsored by the United States Agency for...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja –The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that all candidates, who could not sit the 2023 UTME within their scheduled time owing to no fault of theirs, would be rescheduled to take the examination on Saturday, May 6, 2023. This is contained in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – As workers all over the world mark The International Day for Workers, the Vice Chancellor of Yobe State University, Damaturu, Prof. Mala Mohammed Daura, has called on staff of the university to always work with passion in order to ensure quality service delivery and...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says it has become imperative for Africa to develop an education curriculum that will be relevant to the changing world and available jobs. Osinbajo expressed this view on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya, while featuring as a panelist at the first session of the 2023 Ibrahim...
Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says efforts have been intensified to improve on the welfare of the visually challenged, in a bid to give them a sense of belonging. Oloyede stated this while monitoring the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the visually...
Mrs Olajumoke Adeleke, Ibadan Zonal Director of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says provision has been made for candidates living with disabilities in writing the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Adeleke made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in...
Nigeria accounts for 12.4 per cent of the out-of-school children in Sub-Saharan Africa, Education Minister Adamu Adamu, has said. Adamu made this known on Thursday in Benin during activities to mark the 2023 Education Week of the Edo Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the event was themed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says no fewer than 947,000 candidates have so far sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) within the last two days. The board had earlier disclosed that over 1.5 million candidates were registered for the...
Prof. Charles Igwe, the Vice-Chancellor (VC), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), says the institution has zero tolerance for any form of sexual harassment and other social vices. Igwe said this in Nsukka on Wednesday at the university’s first International Conference on Gender and Sexual Harassment, organised by Campus-Campaign Against...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday said he would want to be remembered for transforming public education and a better workforce needed for national development in the state. Obaseki made this known during the Edo State Education Week 2023 with the theme, “Education for Alaghodaro: Investing in quality...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The President, Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Dr. Smart Olugbeko says the union has received with mixed feelings the increase of 40% in the salary of civil servants. Dr. Olugbeko made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday. He said: “The union...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2023 National Common Entrance Examinations (NCEE) which is conducted for admission into Federal Unity Colleges from Saturday 29th April, 2023 to Saturday 3rd June 2023. This is contained in a statement issued by the Head, Information and...