The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mrs Olubunmi Adelugba, has charged students in her Emure Constituency to take their studies serious and work hard to be great in life. Adelugba, who stressed the importance of education, gave the charge in a media statement by her Special...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has set a new dawn in the relationship between Nigeria and France with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Campus France on collaboration in the areas of joint research and promotion of innovation, training of qualified...
Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs and Protocol of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says the conduct of the 2023 UTME exercise so far, nationwide, has been impressive. Benjamin stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Recall...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board( JAMB) has rescheduled the 2023 UTME exercise for candidates, who could not sit for their exams on Tuesday, 25th April, 2023, on account of technical challenges. This announcement was made in a statement made available after the JAMB management...
Some candidates and their parents have decried the system malfunction and technical glitches that characterised the conduct of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which started on Tuesday. They spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, calling on the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB)...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Tuesday kick started the conduct of 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). A visit by our Correspondent to one of the centre in Abuja, the Global Distance Learning Institute, opposite Ministry of Finance, Central Business Area, Abuja...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has announced that it is postponing the continuation of its Direct Entry registration, which was scheduled to close on Thursday, 20th April, 2023, but was extended by one week to continue on Saturday, 6th May, 2023, when the 2023...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has inaugurated the University of Ilorin Alumni National Unity Convention Planning Committee to plan and organize a national unity convention by July/August this year. A statement by the institution’s Director...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged all candidates sitting for the 2023 main UTME to proceed to print their examination notification slips from Thursday, 20th April, 2023. The Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
The management of the Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu has banned the fixing of finger nails, eye lashes and other artificial materials on the body. The institution also banned the wearing of short cloths by staff and students to work and lectures. Rev. Fr. Christian Anieke, Vice Chancellor of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Registrar/Chief Executive, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Prof. Josiah Ajiboye has identified poor teaching, where experienced professional teachers are difficult to find in the schools as greatest challenge facing the nation’s education sector. Ajiboye disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin has emerged the champion of the 2023 University of Ilorin Mass Communication Department’s Pitch-A-Ton competition. The Pitch-A-Ton event which took place on Wednesday at the University of Ilorin, had Kwara State Polytechnic scored a total of 217 points to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of all candidates who sat for the rescheduled Mock-UTME held on Tuesday, 18th April, 2023. The Head, Public Affairs and protocol, JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – About 84,000 candidates on Tuesday sat for the rescheduled Mock-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Mock-UTME) which was held across the country. Registrar/Chief Executive of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, who made this known while fielding questions from newsmen after monitoring the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the closing date for the ongoing 2023 Direct Entry (DE) registration. The Board, who disclosed this on Monday in a statement shortly after its management meeting, said the DE registration exercise, which commenced on Monday, 20th March,...
Apollos Nwauwa, a U.S.-based Nigerian historian and Professor of Africana Studies, has received Professor of Service Excellence award for his outstanding achievement and excellence in public service. Nwauwa received the award at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, U.S. The Professorship of Service Excellence is conferred upon members of the faculty...
The Kebbi State Governor-elect, Dr Nasir Idris of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday appreciated the electorate for entrusting him with the mandate to steer the affairs of governance in the state. In his acceptance speech, Idris, immediate past president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, said his...
An 18-year-old Nigerian, Eniola Glory, has emerged the best student in Nursing for the freshman category at the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. Eniola, who is a twin and hails from Ijebu-Jesha in Osun State, in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the USA,...
The University of Calabar has warned the public to be wary of some fraudsters impersonating the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, on various social media platforms. Mr Effiong Eyo, Public Relations Officer of the institution, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates, who had registered for the 2023 optional Mock-UTME but could not sit the examination, which was held on Thursday, 30th March, 2023, on account of technical challenges, to print their Notification Slips from Friday, 14th...