•Kano House of Assembly The Kano House of Assembly has passed the Kano State Private and Voluntary Institutions Board (Amendment) Bill, 2026, with recommendations aimed at strengthening the regulation and management of private and voluntary educational institutions across the state. The bill was passed during yesterday’s plenary after lawmaker...
•AAUA main gate The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) chapter, has said that about a week after Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa approved N1.1 billion as a special intervention fund to end the ongoing strike at the university, lecturers and other members of staff have yet to recei...
•Youth Corps members The National Youth Service Corps has warned prospective corps members that they will not be mobilised for national service without obtaining clearance from the National Electronic Registration Database (NERD). The warning comes as the scheme continues preparations for the mobilisation of a fresh batch of prospective corps ...
•UNILORIN Main gate The University of Ilorin has scheduled its 2026/2027 Pre-Admission Screening exercise, popularly known as the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, to hold from August 13 to August 15, 2026. The university disclosed this in a statement issued by its Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun. According to the st...
•Kogi State Polytechnic main gate No fewer than 60 lecturers across Nigerian universities and polytechnics have been suspended, dismissed, had their appointments terminated or been prosecuted over allegations of sexual harassment and other forms of sexual misconduct in the last five years. An analysis of disciplinary actions publicly announced...
•Segun Aina and Ishaq Oloyede Professor Ishaq Oloyede has bowed out as Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), paving the way for Professor Segun Aina to step in. Recall that President Bola Tinubu had announced the appointment of Prof. Aina as JAMB Registrar on May 21, 2026, reports Daily Independen...
The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), under the Federal Ministry of Education, has announced a final extension of the deadline for the submission of textbooks and other instructional materials for the 2026 Phase I assessment, reassessment, and ranking exercise. The Council said publishers, authors, and other eligib...
Delays in the implementation of the new agreement between the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the federal government may spark another round of restiveness in the federal and state-owned ivory towers. To forestall crisis, SSANU has called on the federal and state governments to immediately release funds for the im...
As demand for technology professionals continues to rise across Nigeria’s fast-growing digital economy, Aptech Computer Education has unveiled the 18th edition of its flagship Career Quest programme, offering prospective students scholarships of up to 50 per cent and a streamlined pathway to obtain United Kingdom degrees through its partnershi...
•Education minister, Tunji Alausa The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council has reduced the cost of textbook assessment and ranking and directed that publishers who paid the previous, higher assessment fees be refunded, in a move aimed at easing the financial burden on stakeholders ahead of the implementation of the federal gov...
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