Category: Education

By Temi Ohakwe, Abuja The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, has received the security personality fellowship award of the Institute of Security and Strategic Studies, ISSS, Abuja. Bogoro received the induction at the 1st Annual Lecture/Fellowship Night and 3rd Investiture Ceremony of the Institute in Abuja, with the theme: “our National Security Predicament: […]

By Temi Ohakwe, Abuja. The Federal government has inaugurated the visitation panels of 25 Federal Polytechnics and 21 Colleges of Education. Inaugurating the panels in Abuja, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Sonny Echono inaugurated the panel in Abuja on Monday approval, charged the panels to adhere strictly to […]

By Temi Ohakwe, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) say it has now commenced registration of candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry into tertiary education institutions in the country. The Board had on Thursday said it was putting on hold the registration exercise due to some technical issue. In another statement released […]

The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, says the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination will commence in August and not May. WAEC also debunked reports by some news platforms that it postponed the examination. In a statement on Friday, Acting Head, Public Affairs, WAEC, Nigeria, Demianus Ojijeogu, said WAEC Nigeria Head, Patrick Areghan, was quoted out of context at […]

By Temi Ohakwe, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and reconstitution of the Governing Councils of five federal universities in Nigeria. The approval was contained in a statement by Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, in Abuja on Thursday. The affected universities are University of Ibadan, University of Port Harcourt, University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University […]

By Temi Ohakwe,  Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE), which was initially slated to commence on Thursday, April 8, 2021, has been put on hold. JAMB’s head of media and protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamim, said the shift was to ensure finishing touches on […]

By Temi Ohakwe, Abuja The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has presented provisional licenses to twenty new private universities recently approved by the Federal Executive Council. The new universities, which were approved by the Federal Executive Council in February, 2021, bring the total number of the nation’s private universities to 99. Some of the prominent names among the chairmen of […]

By Temi Ohakwe, Abuja  The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Mr. Anderson Ezeibe, has said the ongoing Strike by ASUP, which began 12 midnight of 6th of April is still in place,  despite the meeting with the federal government. The ASUP President said this on Tuesday at the Federal Ministry of Education after the Union’s meeting […]

By Temi Ohakwe, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will clampdown on some cybercafés and tutorial centres alleged to have specialised in defrauding unsuspecting candidates during registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board noted with dismay, the unwholesome activities of fraudulent operators of cybercafés, tutorial centres and other entities, which have formed the […]