By Adesina Wahab Whether she is a part-time student or a full-time student, Miss Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu, is a student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has said. Ogundipe, who addressed the press on the activities lined up for 51st (2019) Convocation Ceremony of the institution on Wednesday, said […]

The University of Calabar (UNICAL), says there are over 42,000 unclaimed certificates by graduates of the institution dating back to 1980 and till date.  The Registrar of the University, Mr Gabriel Egbe, said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Abuja, that the unclaimed certificates cut across […]

The Vice Chancellor of the prestigious Kings University, Ode-Omu, Osun State, Professor Adenike Kuku, has urged universities to produce graduates that are value creators rather than job seekers so as to mitigate the high rate of unemployment among the teeming youth population. Dr Mrs C.O Aje, who represented the Vice-Chancellor, made this known during the […]

The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has accused some higher institutions of mobilizing and awarding IJMB/JUPEB certificates to individuals, who did not attend their institutions. Oloyode alleged that some of the certificates issued by the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) and Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) centres for Direct […]

The Minister of State, Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said that Nigeria has the highest number of Out-of-School Children in sub-Sahara Africa. Nwajiuba stated this during the inauguration of “Better Education Service Delivery For All (BESDA)”, in Katsina on Monday. He announced that Nigeria had an estimated 10,193,918 children out school. According to him, the current challenges […]

The Ghanaian government, through its Ministry of Education, has been awarded a $3 million education infrastructure support grant from the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa).

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed a former Accountant and Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Finance, Sir David Sunmoni, and 12 others as members of the new Governing Council for the Lagos State University, LASU. In a statement, released on Sunday evening by the Special Adviser to the […]

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed a former Lagos State Accountant General, Mr David Sunmoni, as chairman of the 13-member Governing Council of the Lagos State University (LASU). Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, said in a statement that the appointment was based on the report of the Special Visitation Panel on the appointment of […]

The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) says the institution is known as an equal opportunity espouser in all areas of its activities, including admission exercise. A statement signed by Mr Kunle Akogun, the Director, Corporate Affairs of the university, said the attention of management had been drawn to a post in some social media platforms querying […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), to check their results through its portal as the USSD code 55019 has some challenges. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Protocol and Public Affairs of the board, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen […]

Enugu State Government says it has cancelled this month’s sanitation exercise scheduled for Saturday to enhance candidates’ access to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination centres

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who sat in more than 720 CBT centres for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between June 19 and June 22. Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB Spokesperson made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Benjamin […]

By Elizabeth Osayande The Lagos State University has emerged as the best young institution in Nigeria as released by world ranking body, Times Higher Education, THE. While Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, the 2021 THE Young University Rankings list the world’s best Universities that are 50 years old or younger and featured 475 Universities with […]

By Adesina Wahab Some stakeholders in the education sector have called on the Federal Government to do everything possible to put an end to the incessant abduction of students in some parts of the country. They are of the view that with the way students are being abducted in different parts of the country with […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has lauded the introduction of the National Identification Number (NIN) in its examination exercise. This, the board said it helped in eliminating multiple registrations, impersonation and other malpractices associated with examinations. Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB Spokesperson disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that […]