The federal government has raised the fees for purchasing and processing of application forms for new private universities to N30 million. The amount, according to the National Universities Commission, NUC, include a N5 million for application form and a N25 million as processing fee, respectively. The NUC, in a statement to this effect today,...
•JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has blacklisted six CBT officials for allegedly engaging in blank registration in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration. JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this today while speaking with journalists after monitoring some CBT cent...
•Youth Corps members A professor of Crop Sciences at the Federal University of Agriculture, Ogun State, Philip Adetiloye, has called for the abolition of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, citing poor remuneration and the dehumanization of graduates participating in the program. Professor Adetiloye made this statement today in Ado...
For international students looking to pursue higher education in Europe without breaking the bank, several affordable options exist. Despite the costs associated with studying abroad, these countries offer a range of budget-friendly choices for students seeking a quality education, reports Nigerian Tribune. 1. Greece Greece has become increasi...
•UTME candidates The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede, says the board has opened the Exceptionally Brilliant Window for candidates below 16 years old to sit for the annual Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede, who is also a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Il...
The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) in Bauchi State has suspended its earlier ban on the use of gas cylinders for cooking by students. The Dean, Student Affairs of the university, Prof. Sa’id Umar, who disclosed this during the orientation ceremony for the newly admitted students in the school on Sunday, however, said [&...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The Ministry of Education today clarified that the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, merely proposed the introduction of a 12-year basic education system. The ministry stated that reports of an immediate policy change on the matter were untrue. Several media outlets (excluding The Frontier) had suggested...
•Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa has proposed a shift to a 12-year basic education model in Nigeria. Alausa made the proposal yesterday, in Abuja, at the 2025 Extraordinary National Council of Education meeting, which is the highest education policy-making body in Nigeria, reports The PUNCH. N...
•Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Ebonyi State chapter, has declared an indefinite strike action in seven local government areas of the state over non-payment of monthly salaries. The affected areas include: Ebonyi, Edda, Ezza South, Ezza North,Ivo, Ishielu and Ohaukwu LGAs, reports Daily Trust. The u...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu, today, dissolved the entire governing council of the Yakubu Gowon University (formerly UniAbuja), and relieved Professor Aisha Maikudi of her duties as its Vice-Chancellor with immediate effect. “To succeed Maikudi, President Tinubu appointed Professor Patricia Manko as Acting Vice Chancellor at the Yakubu Gowon ...
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