A federal lawmaker, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, representing Taraba Southern Senatorial District in the National Assembly has awarded scholarships of N50,000 each to 520 students in his constituency. Bwacha made the presentation to the beneficiaries on Wednesday at the annual hosting of constituents in Donga Local government Area of Taraba....
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By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – To match words with action, the Management of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in the outgoing week inspected some prospective centres to be used for the Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Berlin, Germany, beginning from the 2022 UTME. According to...
Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau) has refunded the registration fee of N5,500 to each candidate in his constituency who registered for the 2021 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations. No fewer than 2,000 candidates from Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam, local governments of the state benefitted from the refund. Gagdi,...
The Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Ogun has proposed N1.50 billion as its total budget estimate for 2022 fiscal year. Mr Lekan Kuye, the Executive Secretary of SUBEB disclosed this while defending the 2022 budget proposal of the board before members of Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday...
The Bauchi Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the attitude of the Federal Government towards the implementation of the 2009 agreement with ASUU is forcing its members to embark on an indefinite strike. The Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Lawan Abubakar, said this at a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ranked the University of Ibadan (UI) first in its latest 2021 ranking released Monday. The ranking which was carried out using twelve indicators involved one hundred and thirteen (113) universities across the country. The institutions were ranked based on...
As part of its preparations for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has concluded all arrangements to validate and accredit centres to be used for the 2022 UTME. At the final briefing for Chief Technical Advisers, Zonal Directors, State Coordinators and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have faulted explanation by the Chairman of Federal Capital Territory’s Secondary Education Board (FCT SEB), Alhaji Yahaya Musa Mohammed, on the alleged fees racketeering in public secondary schools in Abuja. The Initiative for Citizens Rights, Accountability and Development (ICRAD)...
Mr Ededa Emmanuel, the 2018 best graduating student of the Kaduna State University(KASU) has called on students to be hardworking and disciplined in order to achieve academic success. Emmanuel, 23, who bagged a first class in Micro Biology with a CGPA of 4.97, made the call during an interview...
The Niger government says it has paid over N400 million backlog of 2019/2020 debt owned the National Examination Council (NECO) and part payment for the 2021 NECO examination. Hajiya Hannatu Salihu, the state Commissioner of Education, disclosed this during the screening of the 2022 budget proposal of the ministry...
The Dangote Oil Refining Company Ltd has awarded scholarships to 137 tertiary institution and secondary school students from its host communities in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State. Mr Devakumar Edwin, Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Group, presented the scholarships to the beneficiaries on Monday. The News...
The Ekiti State University (EKSU) has said that some of its students affected by a recent fees scam flouted its directive on the mode of payment of fees. Mr Bode Olofinmuagun, the institution’s Head, Directorate of Information and Corporate Affairs, made the clarification in a statement on Monday in...
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Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is planning to go on strike. Dr Samuel Alu, its chairman told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia on Saturday that the planned strike is over non-payment of Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government has sacked 233 teachers for presenting fake certificates upon the time of their recruitment. The Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEC), Tijjani Abdullahi, disclosed this on Thursday during a press conference in Kaduna. Mr. Abdullahi said the...
Dr Felix Ajiola of the University of Lagos has emerged the winner of the Rahamon Bello Best Thesis Award for 2021. The award was put together by the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos. Ajiola, whose PhD thesis is entitled: Cocoa Production and Rural Development in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has announced an initiative titled “Borno Heroes Support Programme” for the award of educational scholarship to 500 orphans and their widowed mothers left behind by members of the Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes who died during battles with Boko Haram...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has announced that as from the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise, it will be collecting the approved N700 registration fee on behalf of the various Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres along with its UTME registration fees....
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said Nigerian universities must be repositioned to take the lead in research and innovation, to improve their ranking globally and promote economic development. The TETFund Executive Secretary, Prof. Suleiman Elias-Bogoro, said this at the opening of a two-day workshop on ‘Requirements for Strengthening...
Prof. Deji Omole, the Governing Council Chairman, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, says Gov. Seyi Makinde has released N500 million for the smooth take-off of the Iseyin campus. He made the disclosure on Sunday in a pronouncement to commemorate the first year anniversary of LAUTECH’s sole ownership....