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...
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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...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – A 100-level student of Kwara College of Education, Ilorin, identified as Aminat Tajudeen, has slumped and died on Wednesday while receiving lectures. The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mrs Abibat Zubair confirmed the unfortunate incident in a statement issued on Thursday in Ilorin. Mrs....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – After the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), questioned the distribution of the N320.3 billion released by the Federal Government for tertiary institutions in the country, the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, on Thursday gave further breakdown on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) has lost one of its distinguished and renowned Professor from Mass Communication Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, in the person of Professor Mohammed Alhaji Gujbawu. Prof. Gujbawu passed away in Maiduguri on Tuesday morning after battling a protracted illness which...
The Management of Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK), has postponed its 7th convocation ceremony scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 15, 2023. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Bala Ahmed, Registrar of the institution and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Keffi. According to...
A Nigeria-based, philanthropic organisation, Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa initiative (ASR Africa) has awarded a grant of N5.5 billion to 22 tertiary institutions in Nigeria to boost infrastructure development. Each of the 22 institutions got N250 million, under the ASR Africa Tertiary Education Grant Scheme (TEGS). ASR Africa, Social Development...
The latest disbursement of N320.3 billion as intervention funds for public tertiary institutions is yet another evidence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s desire to improve higher education in the country. The BUHARI Media Organisation (BMO) said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke that...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has brought forward the conduct of its 2023 UTME which was earlier scheduled to hold from Saturday, 29th April, 2023, to Tuesday, 25th April, to Tuesday, 2nd May, 2023. The Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kaduna State Wing, on Thursday urged students not to be deterred in their quest for knowledge because of insecurity and evil being perpetrated by bandits. The union’s Senior Assistant Secretary General, Adamu Kaltungo, gave the advice in a statement in Kaduna, while reacting...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mr Peter Obi on Thursday, donated N10 million to the Paul University in Awka, Anambra. Obi reiterated his stance that good education and healthcare were crucial to the development and prosperity of any nation. He stated this during his visit to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Muhammad Buhari has approved the 2023 disbursement guidelines in the total sum of N320,345,040, 835. (Three hundred and twenty billion, three hundred & forty-five million, Forty thousand, eight hundred & thirty five Naira only) as intervention to public tertiary institutions across the the...
Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor (VC), University of Calabar, has solicited for a robust external security presence to avert all threats of insecurity on campus. Obi made the call when the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Aminu Alhassan, paid her a courtesy call in her office on Monday in...
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), has urged tertiary institutions in the country to key into the free trade zones scheme. The Managing Director/Chief Executive of NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He said...
Taraba State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action. The lecturers are embarking on a strike to press home its demands and the state government’s rebuttal of claims that it is not owing workers salaries. The rationale behind...