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JAMB arrests 149 candidates for UTME fraud
JAMB published the names and states of the 149 candidates in its weekly bulletin obtained by our correspondent with Imo, Anambra and Enugu States topping the list with 26, 12 and 12 candidates respec…
2020 UTME: JAMB makes clarification on cancellation of result
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has refuted claims that results of its 2020 UTME taken on Saturday, March 14 and Monday, March 16 had been cancelled. Recall that the board on Monda…
2020 UTME : Five arrested over impersonation in Kaduna
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kaduna State Command, has arrested five suspects for alleged impersonation during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).The News A…
ASUU Strike : Reps Meet ASUU, Education, Labour Ministers Today
The House of Representatives resolved on Tuesday to intervene in the face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. The House leadership will meet today …
Cross River State Govt Orders The Arrest Of A Suspected Cultist In A Secondary School
The Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Education, Castro Ezama has ordered the arrest of a student suspected to be a cultist in Government Secondary School in Calabar, Cros…
TRCN to visit 33 states, Abuja for certificate verification
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has said ongoing nationwide verification of teachers’ professional certification is not to witchunt but to sanitise the profession. The TRCN monito…
FG gets N265bn to tackle out of school children problem
The Federal Government, yesterday, said it would benefit from a N265 billion grant from the World Bank and Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to support its battle to reduce the number of out-of-…
Just In : ASUU declares 2-weeks warning strike
The National leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a two-week warning strike in all public universities with effect from Monday, March 9. President of ASUU, Prof …
ASUU Set For Strike, Maintains Opposition To IPPIS
The Academic Staff Union of Universities will this week decide whether or not to call upon its members to proceed on a nationwide strike following the decision of the Federal Government to stop salar…
Zamfara Governor Forces Teachers To Eat Poor Quality Meal Provided For Students
The Zamfara state governor has ordered the school teachers in the state to start eating along side their students, he made the order after he visited some schools and discovered that the quality of f…
Alleged cultism: Ilaro Polytechnic SUG President granted bail as Ogun govt intervenes
The Students’ Union President of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Adegboye Olatunji, who was arrested for alleged involvement in cultism, has been granted bail. According to reports, Olatu…
Sexual harassment in schools: ASUU counsels lawmakers
Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Monday, advocated the review of existing laws on sexual harassment in tertiary institutions.Ogunyemi made th…
2020 UTME: No extension after Feb 17 as JAMB records highest registration ever
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday, said there will be no extension of registration after Monday, February 17. It also disclosed that nearly 2 million prospective candidate…
Edo govt promotes 2,600 teachers, elevates 171 others
Edo State Government has promoted over 2,600 teachers across the state, elevating 171 others to directors’ level (Level 17 officers). While addressing beneficiaries at the presentation of promotion l…
OAU Suspends Another Lecturer For Sexually Harassing Teenage Student
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife Osun state has suspended another lecturer, Monday Omo-Etan of the school’s distance learning centre for allegedly harassing a 19-year-old fe…
UNICAL suspends 3 students over threat to lecturer, possession of hard drugs
The University of Calabar has suspended three undergraduates for sending threat messages to one of their lecturers and for the alleged possession hard drugs suspected to be Indian hemp.According to r…
Police rescue 20 kidnapped victims in Kaduna
Kaduna State Police Command said it had rescued 20 victims that were allegedly kidnapped along Kaduna -Zaria highway on January 14.The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo, made the disc…
Bayelsa Medical Varsity Takes Off, Matriculates 208 Students In Nine Programmes (Photos)
The Bayelsa State Medical University (BMU) has taken off with the successful matriculation of 208 students in nine academic programmes.Speaking as the Visitor to the University on Wednesday at it…
UTME: JAMB warns against selling of form above N4,000
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned against the sale of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) above the N4,000 benchmark. The warning was issued by th…
Tony Elumelu donates technology centre to Ambrose Ali University
Chairman of UBA Group, Tony O. Elumelu, has made the donation of a multipurpose information technology centre to his alma mater, Ambrose Ali University. Through the UBA Foundation, the corporate soci…