The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says the board will introduce the use of USSD code as an option to the SMS process of generating a profile code for registration

By Festus Ahon, Asaba The Federal Government has given full operational license to Admiralty University of Nigeria, ADUN, Ibusa, Delta State as the University matriculates 122 students. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof Paul Omaji, who disclosed weekend during the institution’s 3rd matriculation ceremony, said the operational license was signed by NUC Executive Secretary, Prof […]

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has appointed Vice Chancellors for the three newly established Universities in the State

PROSPECTIVE candidates of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, affected by multiple Short Message Service, SMS charges in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME and Direct Entry, DE, will be reimbursed, the board has said.

Speaker of the House of Representatives yesterday said that the 9th House of Representatives would continue to give utmost attention to education.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says the board will introduce the use of USSD code as an option to the SMS process of generating a profile code for registration. This, it said, was part of measures it had put in place to address some challenges experienced by candidates of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation […]

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Western Zone, has called on the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to as a matter of urgency, intervene in the crisis rocking the Ekiti State University, following the proscription of staff unions by the Governing Council of the university led by Prof. Tale Omole.

By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives yesterday said that the 9th House of Representatives would continue to give utmost attention to education. Receiving the LASU management, led by the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oyedamola Oke, during a thank-you visit in his office in Abuja on Monday for attracting various projects to the […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi No fewer than three students of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, FUAM, have been reportedly kidnapped from the institution by unknown gunmen. Vanguard gathered that the three students, whose identities were yet to be released by the institution at the time of this report, were abducted last Saturday night while […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examinations, JAMB, has rescheduled its 2021 mock for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) to May. The board in a statement, Sunday, announced Thursday, May 20, 2021, as the new date instead of Saturday, April 30, 2021, earlier fixed for the examination. The statement released by […]

Polytechnic lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP,  are currently on strike over some demands from the government. In this interview, the National President, Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, speaks on the reasons for the strike and ongoing efforts to resolve it. Excerpts: By Adesina Wahab How far have you gone in […]

Mrs Deborah Alabi, the senior assistant principal of Greensprings School Lekki, has observed that students should be equipped with the necessary practical life skills needed to survive and thrive even after school. She made this observation while speaking at a recent virtual event organised by the school.

By Arogbonlo Israel Following call for the establishment of Shellfish Bank in Nigeria, a university don, Prof Bello-Olusoji in this exclusive interview with Vanguard shared his explicit views on how Nigerians, especially farmers among other strata of the society will benefit from this initiative if fully embraced by the federal government. Excerpts: Q Good evening. […]

The future of over 13, 000 graduates of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, is up in the air following the failure of the university to issue them certificates of graduation. As a result, the students, comprising intakes in the 2018/2019 academic sessions have been unable to participate in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, scheme.

***NIN registration compulsory for security reasons —JAMB Registrar By Elizabeth Osayande Parents of candidates who want to sit for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, have expressed dissatisfaction with the hiccups their wards are encountering getting their National Identification Numbers, NIN. The difficulties being experienced in securing NIN had initially led to the shift […]