The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has commenced a comprehensive investigation into alleged discrepancies surrounding the disbursement of student loans under the Nigeria Education Loan Fund. The National Orientation Agency had alleged that certain schools, working together with some banks, have purposely de...
Nigerians seeking to study in Australia could soon face visa application fees exceeding N2 million, as the Australian government considers raising the student visa fee from AUD$1,600 to AUD$2,000 — about N2,054,480 at current exchange rates. The current visa fee of AUD$1,600, which came into effect in July 2024, had already marked a significan...
•Minister of Education, Tunji-Alausa The federal government has cancelled the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA). It described the scheme established to enable Nigerian students to study in partner countries like China, Russia, Algeria, Hungary, Morocco, Egypt, and Serbia as a “waste of resources,” reports The Nation. Education Minister Tunji...
•JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede A total of 41,027 underage candidates have registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), part of the 2.03 million candidates who have signed up for the examination, according to data from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) registration dashboard. The data, today...
•FCT minister, Nyesom Wike Barely some weeks to the commencement of the federal common entrance examinations being conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO) for primary six pupils, teachers in the public primary schools in the Federal Capital Territory are still on strike. The schools were shut during their last second term examina...
•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...
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