Education

The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Hamid Bobboyi, has raised alarms over a significant loss of the teaching workforce in Nigeria, with the country losing over …

The University of Ibadan has acknowledged the receipt of a total sum of N201,114,650 as school fees for 1,370 students for the 2023/2024 Academic session. The money, which was paid …

A total of 503,275 candidates out of 1.8 million that sat for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) failed English Language and Mathematics. The council’s Head of …

The West African Examinations Council has released the results for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates, 2024. The examination body disclosed this in a Monday post …

The management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it would release the results of the May/June 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) today. The examination was …

The first female President of the Student Union Government, University of Calabar, Blessing Alims, has explained why she appointed 50 individuals for advisory roles in her administration. Alims, who recently …

The management of University of Benin (UNIBEN), has directed all the students of the school to sign a compulsory affidavit of undertaking never to sponsor or participate in any assembly …

The first female Student Union Government President of the University of Calabar, Alims Blessing Iripia, has appointed 50 aides. Ms Alims announced the appointments in a Facebook post on Sunday, …

Nigerian students studying abroad under the Federal Government’s Bilateral Educational Agreement, BEA, Scholarship are lamenting after the FG announced a slash in their allowance due to economic hardship in the …

19-year-old, Tolulope Ekundayo has graduated with first class in Accounting from the Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State. Tolulope, who celebrated her achievement in a post on Sunday, July 21, 2024, …

Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says some tertiary institutions in Nigeria were found to have illegally admitted candidates as young as 10 and 12. …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday unveiled the list of 2024 top scorers of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The list was unveiled by the Registrar of JAMB, …

Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, has waved the 18 years benchmark for admission into tertiary institutions. At an ongoing policy meeting organised by the Joint Admission Matriculations Board (JAMB) …

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has announced a ban on admissions for candidates under the age of 18 into tertiary institutions in the country. He made the announcement …

The 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) results for admissions into JSS1 of the Federal Unity Colleges have been released. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, who …

A Nigerian lady, Aneke Chinwendu Francisca has emerged as the overall best graduating student of the Department of Microbiology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).  Ms Aneke also bagged other awards, …

The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State, Prof. Armaya’u Bichi, has alleged that some of the university’s staff were serving as informants to the bandits. Bichi, who disclosed this …

The management of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has expelled 175 students of the institution for various offences. The acting director of University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, disclosed this in …

Sandie Okoro OBE has been appointed as the first female Chancellor of the University of Birmingham! Sandie is a preeminent lawyer and equality rights champion. Currently, she is the Group …

The Senate of the University of Benin has shut down academic activities at the institution following Wednesday’s protests. Disclosing this in a statement on Thursday, the institution’s Public Relations Officer, …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has uncovered 3,000 fake graduates who never attended any tertiary institution. JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made this known during a meeting with …

Individuals seeking to get admitted to the Nigerian Open University of Nigeria and other open distance learning centres are now mandated to register via the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board. …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has declared that it would embark on strike in the next two weeks if agreements with the Federal Government are not met. The …

The Senate of the University of Abuja has appointed the youngest Professor of Law in the institution, Aisha Maikudi, as acting Vice Chancellor. Maikudi who is a Professor of International Law, …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilọrin chapter, on Tuesday described the President Bola Tinubu-led administration as the worst in anti-labour policies. The union disclosed this while …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Ahmadu Bello University Zaria branch, has said the Federal Government should be held responsible if the union embarks on a strike.   The …

The management of the Lagos State University has broken its silence on the trending certificate found at a ‘suya’ spot in the state. According to the university in a statement on …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has joined the ongoing strike embarked on from Monday, June 3, by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC. Organized …

The Nigerian education loan fund (NELFUND) said it had had over 9.5 million visits, with over 6, 000 applications for loans from students in federal tertiary institutions since it opened …

Migrant graduates who go to the UK through the Graduate Route will soon need to take mandatory English tests every year. This change is part of a new government plan …

Faith Odunsi, 15, recently made Nigeria proud as she emerged the winner of the Global Open Mathematics Tournament, an international competition with participants from Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Australia. …

Nigerian students have been thrown off university courses and ordered to leave the UK after a currency crisis left them struggling to pay tuition fees on time. Teesside University students …

Governor Seyi Makinde has congratulated his daughter, Tobi, on her graduation from Yale University. The proud father praised her dedication and perseverance, noting how her hard work led to the …

A young mathematics prodigy, Ugwoezuonu Ogechi Zara, has reportedly been awarded a N21 million scholarship after scoring a perfect score of 100% in the primary category of the National Mathematics …

The Nigeria Education Loan Fund has announced that students in federal tertiary institutions will be the first to use the Students’ Loan portal, which is scheduled to open formally this …

The managing director of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja by the fund’s media and public relations lead, Nasir Ayitogo. …

A teenager from Chicago walked in her graduation ceremony this month after earning her doctoral degree at 17. Dorothy Jean Tillman II told “Good Morning America” that she was homeschooled in her early …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released additional 36,540 UTME results, which were earlier withheld for further investigation. This was in addition to the 531 results released the …

The association of university lecturers in Nigeria, said the move to go on strike is to protest against the failure of the Nigerian government to appoint Governing Councils for Federal …

A Nigerian female engineer, Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi, has made history by becoming the first black woman to earn a doctorate degree also known as PhD in Robotics at the University of Michigan, …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of 531 candidates who wrote the recently conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). This puts the total number of …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, announced the release of the results …

The Lagos State Government has threatened to shut down an Indian Language School operating in the Ilupeju area in the state that only admits Indian nationals. Nigerians during the week …

The National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, on Wednesday, April 24, proposed N350,000 as the new living wage. This comes as the Tripartite Committee of the National Minimum Wage prepares …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has taken disciplinary action against accredited officials involved in an incident where a hijab-wearing female candidate was asked to remove her head cover …

Security operatives have been directed to work with Computer Based Test Centre owners to arrest meddlesome parents who come near their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise. JAMB Registrar, Prof. …

President Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Education to formulate necessary modalities for the inclusion of National Open University (NOUN) graduates within the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) framework, …

As a result of low enrolment, the National Examinations Council (NECO) has re-scheduled the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination into the 110 Federal Unity Colleges and the entrance examination into …

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has commenced the process of developing a “smart” curriculum for Bilingual Education in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Head, Public Relations and Protocol, …