The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has pegged 140 as a cut-off mark for admission into the university. The board also fixed 100 as the minimum cut-off point mark for admission into polytechnics and colleges of education. JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede announced this today in Abuja at the 2024 Policy meeting of the [&h...
•Prof. Tahir Mamman Stakeholders and attendees at the ongoing policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, are protesting as the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, declared that only candidates who have attained the age of 18 would henceforth be given admission into tertiary institutions in the country. Mamman,...
•Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has today announced a ban on admissions for candidates under the age of 18 into tertiary institutions in the country. Mamman announced during the 2024 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. “JAMB is hereby notified that there is n...
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Dr. Akintunde Sawyerr, says students of higher institutions based in Nigeria’s South are not applying for loans because they doubt the viability. Sawyerr said this when he briefed State House correspondents after the launch of the disbursement of loans to applicants by President Bola T...
•Late Francis Palowei Some youths from Amassoma, the host community of Niger Delta University (NDU) located at the Wilberforce Island axis of the community have killed a final-year student from the Social Science Education department of the institution, identified as Francis Palowei, over N150 levy at a sand dump. A resident of the community w...
•Students protest The students of the University of Ibadan have staged a protest to express their grievances over the schedule of 10 hours of electricity supply on campus and a hike in tuition. The protest started in the late hours of yesterday and has continued today with the students bearing placards at the front of […]
•The collapsed school building The investigative panel set up by the federal government on the collapsed two-storey school building in Jos, Plateau State, has released a preliminary report on the sad incident. The two-storey building housing Saint Academy, located at the Busa Buji community in the Jos North Local Government Area of the state, ...
•Ogun students protest Students of tertiary institutions today staged a protest at the Ogun State Police Command over an alleged killing of their colleague by a yet-to-be-identified hit-and-run driver. The victim, Idowu Pelumi David, was a student of the state-owned Gateway Polytechnic before he was allegedly killed, reports Channels TV. They ...
•Education minister, Prof Tahir Mamman The federal government has denied reports that it is selling off public universities to private investors. The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, said there has been misinformation on one aspect of the ministry’s policy in respect to tertiary education, reports Daily Trust. The minister who stated ...
•Candidates at a UTME centre The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cancelled the aptitude test for 2024 Direct Entry candidates. A statement published on its X account yesterday, said other factors will be considered for Direct Entry admissions instead of the test. “Attention 2024 DE Candidates! This is to inform you that the ...
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