•UTME candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has explained how a female candidate in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) refused to attempt any question due to superstition. According to the examination body, this followed her grandfather’s instruction to await a ‘miraculous intervention’ inste...
•UTME candidates Some parents and candidates sitting for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) being conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have lamented the high cost of accommodation fees charged by one of the accredited Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in Abia State. The CBT centre located at A...
•UTME candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted four Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Centres and arrested 27 impersonators during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja yesterday by the Board’s Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin. He...
Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, says it has rusticated 34 students of the College of Medicine of the institution for two to four semesters over examination malpractice. The management said the students were found guilty by Mobile Students Disciplinary Committee (college of medicine) of involving in various examination malprac...
•JAMB candidates The 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has begun in 887 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide. Over 2 million candidates are expected to participate in the examination, reports Daily Trust. The examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) which commenced today is expect...
Primary school teachers and Area Council Workers under the joint unions of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NIT) and Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) staged a peaceful protest in the streets of Abuja, today. The demonstration was over non-payment of their minimum wage and other entitlements by the six area councils chairmen of...
The Governing Council of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, has dismissed a senior lecturer, Dr. Usman Mohammed Aliyu, from the service of the institution following findings of sexual harassment involving a student. According to the ATBU HERALD, a Special Bulletin released on April 22, 2025, the dismissal was approved during the...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) is set to introduce 12 new programmes into the curriculum of Nigerian universities across the country designed to equip students with the 21st century skills, employability skills and self-reliance needed to thrive in a dynamic world. It was gathered that 12 new programmes were either outstanding or o...
The federal government has announced that all of its Colleges of Education will commence the concurrent running of degree and Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) programmes with effect from September/October 2025 academic session. This is even as the Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, has warned that the Colleges of Education are gr...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, today, announced the release of N50 billion by the federal government to the academic and non-academic staff unions of federal universities for the settlement of earned allowances, as promised by President Bola Tinubu. This development was disclosed in a statement...
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