The Federal Government has set up a committee to look into the circumstances leading to the death of Nuhu Yahya, a 13-year-old student of the Federal Government College, Kwali, Abuja, who died after allegedly being punished by his teacher. ... Read more
After six weeks of closure of hostels and suspension of physical lectures to prevent the spread of the third wave of COVID-19 on campus, the authorities of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka have approved the reopening of hostels to students f... Read more
DESPITE the decay, shortage and dilapidation of infrastructure as witnessed in most public schools across the country, Nigerian Tribune checks has revealed that state governments have abandoned over N29 billion with Universal Basic Education Commi... Read more
Authorities of the University of Ibadan (UI) said they are considering a combination of online and physical classes for the reminder of the 2020/2021 academic session. This, the premier institution said, followed the increasing cases of COVID-19 ... Read more
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary institutions across the country will hold a policy meeting on August 31 where they will decide the minimum cut-off marks for 2021/2022 admissions. According to the board, d... Read more
THE University of Calabar (UNICAL), is currently reeling under series of scandals such as sorting, extortion, sexual harassment and examination malpractices by its academic staff, prompting the authorities to launch a probe. The university ... Read more
DRAMATIC events have continued to characterise the processes leading to the selection of vice-chancellors in the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, and the Osun State University, Osogbo. In the Osun State University, a war is on with a cam... Read more
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of over 17,000 candidates who sat for the Mop-Up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) last Friday.The examination was conducted in some select computer-based... Read more
As from next year, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will require candidates to submit their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to register for the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the regional examination bo... Read more
The state government urged all residents to be patient and report any security breach to the nearest security agencies. Kaduna State Government on Friday postponed resumption dates of both Primary and Secondary schools in the state, earli... Read more
Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has pleaded with bandits to stop kidnapping school children as he begged them to free the remaining abducted students under their custody. He made the appeal on Tuesday when he heard that three mor... Read more
Public interest should take precedence over professional camaraderie. From the time of Attahiru Jega, every ASUU leadership has always worn as a badge of honour an industrial action resulting in welfare improvement for its members, notwithstanding... Read more
Failed agreements, claims and counter-claims by university teachers and the Federal Government, threats of industrial action, and lately, a nine-month-long strike action form the odious sequence that has characterised the nation’s public uni... Read more
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Friday, August 6, 2021, for 18,000 candidates who missed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to retake the examination. The board said the examination will take place... Read more
The tenure of the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, will end tomorrow. The tenures of 13 other agencies and corporations under the Federal Ministry of Education will al... Read more
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday released the results of 14,620 candidates who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). But after investigations, it withheld the results of 93 candidates an... Read more
Kaduna State government has suspended the resumption of schools across the state indefinitely. Governor Nasir Elrufai gave the hint when he was playing host to officials of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and Nigerian ... Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may soon embark on another round of industrial action a few months after it called off the strike that stalled academic activities in all public universities in the country for a full session. ... Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Media Group has called on federal and state governments to increase budgetary allocation to Universal Basic Education (UBE) to tackle the high rate of out-of-school children in the country. Leader of the group,... Read more
THE Kano State government has directed all students of public secondary schools in the state to register and obtain the National Identification Number (NIN). The Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Sanusi Saidu-Kiru, gave the d... Read more
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has gotten a new Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Professor Godswill Obioma. Professor Obioma’s appointment has been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a letter dat... Read more
The Senate on Tuesday announced plans by the National Assembly to amend the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to peg the age limit for admission seekers at 16 years. The Upper Chamber said it had identified two ... Read more
Academic activities in the nation’s universities may again be paralysed as members of the Academic Staff Union Of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) warned of a fresh strike over alleged refusal of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) to ... Read more
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has urged the Federal Government to build a permanent site for the Federal Government College, Odi, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state and relinquish the current complex to its former occupants... Read more
The Vice Chancellor, Igbinedion University Okada (IUO), Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, yesterday, described the institution’s partnership with United States (U.S), following the launch of the Benin City Window on America, as strategic collaboratio... Read more
