•NYSC members The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (Rtd), has said that the push for drug integrity tests for youth corps members, prospective couples, and others is not punitive. Rather, it is intended to discourage substance abuse and provide early treatment fo...
•Unity school students All is not well in federal government colleges, also known as unity schools, as parents are alleging various misconduct against the management. They also accused leaders of Parents/ Teachers Associations, PTAs, of imposing illegal levies on them in connivance with school management, reports Vanguard. Also, some parents a...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has rescheduled the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to April 24. The examination was supposed to commence on April 25 in over 700 computer based test centres nationwide. Public Communication Advisor, JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin said this in a statement yesterday in Abuj...
Eighty-Two Academic Staff of the University of Jos have been promoted to professorial rank across different fields. The promotion took effect from October 1, 2024 and is the outcome of the institution’s recent promotion exercise as recommended by its Appointments and Promotions Committee (Senior Staff) chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor...
•WAEC candidates The West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Nigeria has sanctioned and revoked about 574 schools found to have engaged in examination malpractices. Head of WAEC national office, Dr Amos Dangut, disclosed this while speaking to journalists at the national headquarters in Lagos yesterday. He stated that the examination body h...
•Head of National Office, West African Examination Council, Amos Dangut The West African Examinations Council has disclosed that a total of 1,973,253 candidates are sitting the first-ever Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination, starting next week. Head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, Dr. Amos Dangut, made thi...
Academic activities in public universities in the country is once again facing a serious threat, following the alleged federal government plan to release N50 billion Earned Allowances to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Already the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, has written to the Minister of Education, Dr...
•NANS National Public Relations Officer, Samson Adeyemi Nigerian students under the aegis of The National Association of Nigerian Students have voiced concern over the alleged non-disbursement of student loans by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, despite claims that funds have already been released. An investigation into the handling of the fe...
The Oyo State House of Assembly is taking steps to outlaw the use of mobile phones by students in public schools across the 33 local government areas. A lawmaker representing Akinyele 1 State Constituency, Hon. Olalekan Abiola, in a motion titled “The Need to Ban the Use of Mobile Phones in Secondary Schools in the […]
•JAMB Registrar Prof Is-haq Oloyede Concerns over increasing insecurity in various parts of the country have prompted parents and stakeholders in the education sector to urge the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to reconsider the early morning schedule for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). They are advo...
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