By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Wing Commander Abdullahi Ibrahim Vocational and Technical Institute Lafia, has graduated its first batch of 70 trainees, having undergone an intensive three-month training in Information Communication Technology, welding and fabrication. Presenting certificates to the graduands of the institute at a colorful ceremony, on...
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By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – The Vice Chancellor, Nasarawa State University Keffi, Prof. Bala Sulieman Muhammed has promised to bestowed financial award to the best three exhibition students as mark of encouragement. Prof. Bala, made the pledge during public exhibition of students products to showcase their entrepreneurship skills and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Wednesday bid farewell to 19 orphan youths, who will soon be departing to Suez City in Egypt, to study Medicine & Surgery (MBBS) on full government scholarship, for a duration of five years. The scholarship to Suez University...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – MTN Nigeria has announced Kate Ene as its CEO for a day following her emergence as the winner of the 2022 MTN mPulse Spelling Bee out of over 11,000 participants who registered for the competition. Kate, an inspiring 14-year-old student from Intimacy with Christ...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it apprehended six operators of Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in Kano State over alleged illicit registration of candidates for 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this after monitoring the registration in Kano...
Dr Segun Oladipo of the Department of Zoology, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has won the Rufford Foundation Grant of £6,000 (about N5.6 million). A statement on Tuesday signed by the Acting Director, University Public Relations, Dr Sa’eedat Aliyu, said the notice of the grant was addressed to the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that as from 31st January, 2023, no candidate would be registered without the provision of an email address. The Board noted that this review of its Advisory on the ongoing UTME registration is to ensure...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The management of the Federal Polytechnic Nekede, near Owerri in Imo, has commenced investigations into the identity of a female student, who gloated about her graduation on TikTok. A yet-to-be identified female student had gloated on the social media platform that she graduated with...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has directed the Medical Board of the institution to urgently conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of a student. The deceased, Miss Precious Agini, is a 300 level...
Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya says reform of the education sector since 2019 has improved students’ performance in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the state. Governor Yahaya said this in Gombe on Friday at the presentation of appointment letters to the 1, 000 newly recruited...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The management of The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has uncovered plots by certain individuals and groups to malign its leadership and disrupt its activities. The acting Director, Public Affairs of TETFund, Mr. Abdulmumin Oniyangi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in...
Yaba College Of Technology (YABATECH) has been awarded a N27 million TETFund National Research Intervention Grant. This was disclosed on Thursday in a statement signed by Mr Joe Ejiofor, Deputy Registrar of YABATECH. It gave the research project title as: Integrated Monitoring of Macroplastics Pollutants in Nigeria’s Water using...
Some angry parents of Federal University, Lokoja students on Tuesday staged a protest against the 300 per cent hike in the institution’s tuition fees. The placard-bearing protesters marched round the university’s premises, chanting solidarity songs. They threatened to sustain the protest until the management of the university reversed the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Education Fund (UNICEF) in conjunction with the Restoration of Hope Initiative (ROHI) have organized a grand finale of a spelling bee competition in commemoration of the International Day of Education. The spelling bee competition was organized on Tuesday, held at Pinnacle...
Gombe gubernatorial candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Khamisu Mailantarki, has offered to pay for external examinations of students of the State if elected. Mailantarki, a former Member of House of Representatives from Gombe State, stated this during the inauguration of the NNPP Gubernatorial Campaign Council, on Saturday...
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria will present a total of 35,758 graduands for the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 sessions for conferment of first degrees, postgraduate diplomas and higher degrees at its Diamond Jubilee Convocation. A statement issued on Friday in Zaria by Auwalu Umar, Director, Public Affairs of the University,...
The University of Calabar says three out of the six research teams that submitted full proposals to Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), have been awarded grants to carry out key researches. Prof. Bassey Okon, Director of Research and Development, University of Calabar, said this in a statement on Friday...
Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), has refunded the registration fees of the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) and the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)], to candidates. Gagdi represents Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency of the state. Nde John Gobak, Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Constituency, disclosed...
Bingham University has matriculated 2,318 students for the 2022/23 academic session in various courses, comprising 1,838 undergraduates and 480 postgraduate students. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Williams Qurix, announced this at the 18th Matriculation Ceremony of the school in Karu on Thursday. Qurix explained that the school...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Godwin Amanke, has said the British Canadian University in Obudu Local government Area, when fully operational, will reduce medical tourism. Dr. Amanke stated this during a ministerial press briefing at the Ministry of Information and Orientation...