The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has cancelled UTME registrations of 817 candidates in the country. Is-haq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, broke the news at a meeting with stakeholders on Tuesday. The JAMB boss said the registrations were invalidated over identified infractions bordering on the use of strange biometric fingerprints in the registration…
A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Jameelat Yusuf, has died in a motor accident in Nasarawa State. The Taraba University graduate, who was serving in Abuja, died in the accident which occurred along Akwanga – Keffi road on Saturday, November 5, 2022. She was buried according rites in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa on Monday, November…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi, has denied saying that university education is not everybody. Recall that Umahi was quoted to have said that university education is not for everybody while speaking about the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff of Nigerian Universities, ASUU. The Ebonyi State Governor clarified while fielding questions on…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing strike again. The decision was taken after the National Executive Council meeting at the union’s headquarters at the University of Abuja on Monday morning, August 29. The ASUU strike began on February 14, 2022, and was initially to last for 4 weeks. However, on…
The Ondo State Government has stated that it is now an offence for public school teachers to enroll their children and wards in private schools. Victor Olabimtan, the Chairman of the Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, in the State claimed that the development had led to the declining enrollment in State-run primary schools. In…
Governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu has reacted to the de-accreditation of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, by the National Board for Technical Education. It was reported earlier that the National Board for Technical Education said the decision was taken due to non-payment of staff of the institution for over 30 months. Reacting to this, Ikpeazu…
A Junior Secondary School student of Mount Carmel Girls School, Ikare Akoko, the headquarters of the Ikare Akoko Local Government Area of Ondo State, identified as Motunrayo John, was reportedly swept away by a flood following a heavy downpour in the community. The incident occurred on Tuesday June 21, in Semusemu area of the town.…
COEASU whocalled on well-meaning Nigerians and concerned parties in the tertiary education sector, to prevail on the government to urgently take appropriate actions before the ultimatum lapses, noted that should the federal government fail to do the needful within the period of the ultimatum, they would declare appropriate industrial action. The union which stated that Colleges of Education…
A junior secondary school 2 student of Omole Junior Grammar School, Ojodu, Lagos, identified as Ernest Ibeh, has died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, where he was reportedly admitted on January 1, 2022. Premium times reports that Ibeh is one of the students involved in the Ojodu truck accident in December 2021. A truck…
A missing student of the University of Jos, Plateau State, identified as Jennifer Anthony has been reportedly found dead. The 300 level Special Education and Rehabilitation Sciences student went missing since December 31, 2021, New Year’s Eve. All attempt to find her proved abortive until her body was recovered in a hotel in Jos with…
