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 […]

Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) said that the introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS) by the federal government has mutilated their salaries and made them poorer.

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation, JAMB, has issued a new directive to candidates on how to check their 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME results.

A non-governmental organisation, NGO, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has said 13.5 million children in Nigeria are unable to access free and quality basic education with girls in the North-East sub-region constituting the higher percentage.

PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, weekend raised the alarm that insurgency, banditry and kidnapping were further impeding the growth of education in the north, considering its backwardness in the sector.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, (SSANU), has advised the Federal Government to withdraw the circular directing that workers of the Staff schools should not be captured in the 2022 budget. The President of SSANU, Mr Mohammed Haruna, gave the advice while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, He threatened that the union […]

Gown and town are metaphors for educational institutions and society, respectively. Educational institutions are the brainbox of any society. While the society is like a car, her educational institutions are like its engine.

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has approved the reversal of Teachers’ Establishment and Pension Office (TEPO) to its original name, Teaching Service Commission. According to a statement signed by the Ministry of Education’s Coordinating Director, Kehinde Olaniyan stated that the reversal takes immediate effect. ALSO READ: Ganduje, Ja’afar bribery video […]

The Senate has passed a Bill upgrading the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro in Ogun to a University of Technology. This followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TetFund at plenary on Tuesday. Presenting the report, a member of the committee, Senator Sadiq Sulaiman (APC- Kwara) said there was a […]

…vows to regularise institution’s academic calendar By Adeola Badru Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, yesterday, announced 25 percent reduction in the tuition fee of students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. The governor made the promise, while meeting with students of the institution on Tuesday, during his visit to the town to […]

…Evbuonogbon villagers rejoice, say our children attend secondary school in Ondo By Ozioruva Aliu MEMBER  representing Ovia Federal Constituency, Edo State, in the House of Representatives, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, has built a secondary school at Evbuonogbon community, Ovia South-West Local Government Area, breaking the age-long practice of indigenes going to neighbouring Ondo State for secondary […]

By Joseph Erunke The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it would no longer extend the closing date for candidates registering for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and the Direct Entry, DE, applications. The board disclosed this in its Weekly Bulletin, published by the office of the Registrar in Abuja yesterday. […]

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, says agitation for the scrapping of the National Youth Service (NYSC) scheme is not in the interest of Nigeria’s unity.

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has approved the reversal of Teachers’ Establishment and Pension Office (TEPO) to its original name, Teaching Service Commission. According to a statement signed by the Ministry of Education’s Coordinating Director, Kehinde Olaniyan stated that the reversal takes immediate effect. ALSO READ: Ganduje, Ja’afar bribery video […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja As registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (DE) closed last Saturday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has granted a two-week waiver for candidates who failed to complete their registration processes. Under this period which begins on Monday, May 31 to June 15, […]