MTN Foundation has opened applications for its 2025 scholarship programme, reaffirming its dedication to strengthening the development of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), encouraging excellence in academic pursuits, and deepening diversity and inclusion by empowering blind students in Nigeria. The programme offers thre...
•Prof Attahiru Jega Former INEC Chairman and current Chairman of the Governing Council of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has criticised the growing trend of Nigerian universities awarding honorary degrees to individuals without academic merit. Speaking at the 14th convocation lecture of the National Open University o...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to shift towards becoming a fully online institution, leveraging its existing expertise in open and distance learning. This is even as he mandated the institution to maximize its delivery system by fully embracing technology, taking its online capabilitie...
•Twin brothers, Matthias and Matthew Busoye Twin brothers Matthew and Matthias Busoye, have achieved a unique academic feat at the University of Ibadan by graduating with first-class honours and an identical CGPA of 3.94 out of 4.00 from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Not only did the brothers top their department, th...
The Lagos State Government has announced that the registration for the 2025 Universal Basic Education by Continuous Assessment Scores (UBE BY CAS) and Placement Test, which commenced on January 27, will end on April 25. The director of the Lagos State Examinations Board, Orunsolu Adebayo, disclosed this in a statement. Adebayo advised parents/...
•Gunmen Unidentified gunmen have abducted a 400-level student of the Federal University Birnin Kebbi (FUBK), Augustine Madubiya, in the early hours of today. A local resident was also shot and killed during the attack, reports Channels TV. The incident occurred around 3:00am at Istijaba Villa, an off-campus hostel located in Unguwar Jeji. Acco...
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has called on the federal government to grant full autonomy in academic, administrative and financial matters to the university. The university expressed concern over the mis-classification of universities under Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), while demanding an “urgent correction,” reports Daily T...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of staff unions in Ondo State-owned tertiary institutions has given a 14-day ultimatum to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to implement the national minimum wage for workers in the state’s higher institutions. It said failure for Governor Aiyedatiwa to act within 14 days could ...
•JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), today, announced that it has uncovered at least 585 A/Level forged certificates in 2025 alone. This startling revelation was made by the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, during a virtual meeting with staff of the Board held on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in ...
•Smartphones The acting Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr Saeed Olorunnisola, has urged the federal and state governments to ban the use of smartphones in secondary and tertiary institutions. Olorunnisola said the ban would enhance students’ concentration in class, reports Sunday PUNCH. He stated...
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