The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has extended the loan application deadline for the 2025/2026 academic session from January 31 2026 to February 27, 2026. In a statement signed by Director, Strategic Communications, NELFUND, Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, the agency explained that the extension was aimed at giving prospective applicants addit...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has clarified that candidates currently enrolled in tertiary institutions can register for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry, but must disclose their matriculation status, warning that failure to do so could result in the forfeiture of both admissi...
The Great Ife Alumni Association, Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) Branch, has awarded 104 scholarships worth N20.8 million to outstanding students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. The association held its third Dallas Scholars Award Ceremony at the Oduduwa Hall, reports The Nation. President of the DFW Branch, Mr. Dolapo Ajayi, during a c...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State The Rivers State government has approved the recruitment of 5,000 teachers to strengthen service delivery in the education sector across the state. The approval was granted by the Rivers State Executive Council at its second meeting of 2026, presided over by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, with the Deput...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the commencement of the sale of registration forms for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board said all arrangements had been concluded to ensure a seamless registration process, urging prospective candidates to register only at Boa...
•Poisonous snake The village chief of Jamigbe community in Gawu ward, Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), HRH Alhaji Danladi Aliyu, has disclosed how Usman Mohammed, the head teacher of the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School in the community, was recently killed by a venomous snake. Speaking during a visit by...
•Teachers strike The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), FCT Wing, has directed all primary and secondary school teachers in the territory to join the ongoing strike action initiated by the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC). This strike action is expected to begin today, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, reports NAN. This is contained in a communiqué [&he...
•UI and Unilag The University of Ibadan (UI) has emerged as Nigeria’s highest-ranked institution in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026. According to the rankings published on THE’s official website, UI was placed in the 801–1000 global band, making it the top-ranked Nigerian university in the 2026 edition. The achi...
•Dr. Tunji Alausa Minister of Education, Dr. TunÂji Alausa, has hinted of plans to remove existing dichotomy in Higher National Diploma (HND) by allowing polytechnics to award degrees. He gave the hint while speakÂing at a high-level retreat held in Abuja yesterday, for edÂucation stakeholders across the country, reports Daily Independent. Acc...
•Kwara State Polytechnic main gate The Kwara State government has ordered the immediate closure of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, following student protests over the use of the institution as a temporary National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp, which led to a security breach, injuries, and chaos on campus. The directive was issu...
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