•Federal University Dutse main gate The Senate of the Federal University, Dutse, in Jigawa State, has approved the expulsion of 20 students and the rustication of 15 others over their involvement in examination malpractice. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director, Academic Affairs, Nora Dannatta, and issued in Dutse by the univ...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded N3 million in damages against the Army and seven others over the brutalisation of a Deputy Director at Command Secondary School, Ipaja, Ambrose Akhigbe. The court held that the severe beating constituted a threat to Akhigbe’s life, adding that he was very fortunate to survive the incident, […]...
The Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has officially kicked off online registration for the 2026 Screening Test into Model Colleges and Upgraded Junior Secondary Schools with boarding facilities, ahead of the 2026/2027 academic session. The exercise, coordinated by the Lagos State Examinations Board, began on Monday, Januar...
•Bayero University Kano main gate Bayero University Kano has threatened to impound stray animals found roaming within its campuses and sanction their owners. A statement today by the university’s Director of Public Affairs, Lamara Garba, on behalf of the Registrar, warned that “the rearing of animals within the university premises is strictly ...
•University of Ibadan entrance main gate A 300-level medical student of the University of Ibadan (name withheld) has died after consuming an insecticide on Sunday night, according to authorities at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. A fellow student reportedly found him on the ground floor of Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall, foaming at the mouth and...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State The Lagos State Scholarship Board has extended the registration deadline for its 2025/2026 Bursary and Scholarship Awards to March 6, 2026. In a public service announcement issued by its Public Affairs Unit yesterday on its Facebook handle, the board said the extension provides an additional opportun...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has officially commenced the sale of application documents for the 2026 Direct Entry programme. In an announcement posted on its official X account, JAMB stated that the registration “commenced today, Monday, 2nd March 2026 and will end by Saturday, 25th April 2026.” The board emphasised that the en...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has written off speculation that it has increased fees paid for registration of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). It said the fees had remained the same since 2019, noting that in 2018, the Federal Executive Council approved a reduction in the UTME appli...
•Late General Murtala Muhammed The Barewa Old Boys (BOBA) has called for the revival of Nigeria’s founding values of discipline, integrity, and courage in leadership, drawing inspiration from the enduring legacy of , the late Head of State. Speaking at the launch of the book “Murtala Muhammed: Unveiling the Ancestral Roots of a Nigerian Genera...
The National Universities Commission has issued fresh guidelines regulating the award and use of honorary doctorate degrees in Nigeria. It cited what it described as the increasing incidence of indiscriminate conferment and misuse of such honours within the Nigerian University System, reports The PUNCH. In a public notice released on its offic...
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