Stakeholders in the education sector have advised students to move beyond paper qualifications and develop skills that will help them meet the demands of the modern job market. They noted that the key to tackling the nation’s unemployment challenges is to ensure Nigerian graduates acquire skills relevant to 21st-century needs, reports The Guar...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cleared 85 underage candidates who participated in a special screening after scoring high marks in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for admission. The board announced the release of the results today in a statement by its Public Communication Adv...
•Ahmadu Bello University main gate The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has dismissed as false a social media video alleging that the institution was involved in developing a Nuclear Weapon for Nigeria. Malam Auwalu Umar, Director of Public Affairs Directorate of the university, disclosed this in a statement issued today in Zaria. The dir...
•Governor Umaru Bago and Abubakar Mokwa The Niger Police Command has arrested Abubakar Isah Mokwa, a 29-year-old postgraduate student at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University of Agriculture and Mechanic (IBBUL) in Lapai, on allegations of cyberbullying, cyberstalking and other cybercrime-related offenses, following a formal complaint reportedl...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The federal government has expressed deep concern over the alarming rate of school dropouts across the country, revealing that about 24 million pupils who enrolled in primary schools failed to advance to senior secondary level. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja durin...
•Delta State House of Assembly The Delta State House of Assembly has imposed a six-month suspension on the Rector of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Professor Emmanuel Achuenu, over alleged financial recklessness, misappropriation of funds, and gross administrative misconduct. Also suspended for six months is the institution’s Bursar, wh...
•Babatunde Fashola, SAN Former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, has warned graduating students of the University of Ilorin against the lure of fast and easy wealth. He said such pursuits often come with grave consequences, reports Daily Trust. He disclosed this at the 40th Convocation Lecture of the university with the...
•Kogi State Polytechnic main gate Management of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has called on the State House of Assembly to arrest and prosecute a staff member of the institution for his involvement in salary scam. The management stated that the alleged staff member, Mr. Abdul Hassan Sani, had made frantic attempts to defraud the institution ...
•Tinubu and ASUU logo The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its two-week warning strike, granting the federal government a one-month window to address its demands. … developing story
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the opening of its student loan application portal for the 2025/2026 academic session. A statement released by the agency today revealed that the portal will open from Thursday, October 23, 2025, to Saturday, January 31, 2026. While calling on f...
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