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...
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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...
Nigeria plans to increase primary school enrollment from the current 46 per cent to 90 per cent by 2030. The country also plans to double the enrollment of females in schools and ensure secondary school education completion rate from 42 per cent to 80 per cent by 2030. The...
Service Compact with all Nigerians (SERVICOM) has expressed concern about the lack of teachers, poor learning environment among other challenges as major setback in some Federal Unity Schools across the country. Mrs Nnenna Akajemeli, National Coordinator of SERVICOM, made this known when she presented the second phase of SERVICOM...
The Delta State Government has appealed to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to accredit some Computer Base Test (CBT) centres in the state for the 2023 JAMB examination. Mr Augustine Oghoro, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education made the appeal on Saturday after a meeting...
Some parents in Kuje Area Council of FCT have called on the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Kuje Area Council to reach a workable resolution to enable primary school pupils resume classes in the area. The parents, who made the call in separate interviews with the News...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has lauded telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria for investing in education through the remodeling of science laboratories in the state. Uzodimma gave the commendation in Owerri, on Thursday, when he officially inaugurated science laboratories in Government Secondary School, Owerri, which were remodeled by the...
The second term bid of Gov. AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is now causing disquietness among the leadership of National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the association had been engulfed in leadership...