Accounts opening: NDPC probes Lotus Bank, UNILAG over unlawful use of students data
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission, NDPC, said yesterday it has commenced a forensic investigation into the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Lotus Bank and Hackerbella Ltd over alleged violations of data protection laws. Babatunde Bamigboye, Head of Legal, Enforcement and Regulations at the commission, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Efforts to get reaction of […]
JAMB disclaims error in its scoring system, says no plan to organise another UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked reports of error in the scoring of candidates in the just concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board warned the public especially candidates of the last UTME to be wary of the guile and other unsavoury activities of fraudsters who were making false claims […]
ASUU strike: Travellers stranded as varsity students barricade highways
lOgun students shut down Benin-Ore highway lTrucks conveying soldiers denied passage on Ibadan-Ife expressway lUNIBEN students shut federal secretariat By Dayo Johnson, Ozioruva Aliu & Shina Abubakar Students across the country, yesterday, barricaded highways in the country in continuation of protests against the continued strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, getting travellers […]
JAMB increases UTME service charge at CBT centres to N2,000
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved that its accredited Computer Based Tests (CBT) centres should increase service charge per candidate from N1,400 to N2,000. JAMB made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja. The board explained that initially, each candidate paid the sum […]
Nwajiuba apologises for ASUU strike
Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, former minister of state for education, has apologised to Nigerian students over the protracted strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The union recently extended the industrial action by another 12 weeks, citing a lack of readiness by concerned officials to resolve the crisis. Addressing the issue, the presidential hopeful of […]
ASUU Strike: Students shouldn’t give up hope — Educationist
A Nigerian business executive, coach, and speaker, Wale Olasoji has called on Nigerian Youths to rekindle their hope in the country, stressing that hopefully even the ASUU/ Federal Government saga would be amicably resolved
ASUU strike: Protesting OAU, UNN students shut down highways in S-East, S-West
ASUU strike: Protesting OAU, UNN students shut down highways in S-East, S-West
78 visually impaired candidates sit for 2022 UTME in Kano center
A total of 78 blind candidates are taking part in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) being conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Prof. Yahuza Bello, who is the JAMB Coordinator for Kano centre, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen shortly after monitoring the exercise at the School of Continuing Education, […]
ASUU Strike: Parents tasks FG, ASUU on agreement
. Some parents in the FCT have called on the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reach a workable agreement to enable their children resume school. Some of the affected parents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the strike was having negative […]
Strikes: Are Nigerian public universities dying?
As NANS says they won’t die By Adesina Wahab BY the time the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, concludes the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and gives a breakdown of the choice of universities made by admission seekers, it is obvious that more candidates would have applied to private universities than ever before. For […]
How today’s youth can excel— Elakama, ex NSE boss
By Adesina Wahab FORMER Deputy Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Dr Lance Musa Elakama, has said that without cultivating and imbibing the virtues of integrity, perseverance, empathy, hard work, knowledge among others, today’s youth might find it difficult to excel in their chosen lines. Elakama, who spoke in Lagos during the launch of three […]
