Education

 READ ALSO;NiMet predicts 3-day thunderstorms, rains from Monday Students of the University of Ibadan (UI), on Tuesday night, protested against the current rationalisation of electricity supply in the institution’s campus. It was gathered that UI management had introduced a 10-hour daily electricity supply within the campus. The new policy was contained in a memo issued […] More

READ ALSO;EXCLUSIVE: Man who stole show at 2024 Ojude Oba festival says cancer changed his view about life [READ FULL INSPIRING STORY] The Management of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), has announced a 14-day postponement of the application process for student loans for state institutions due to low data submissions. A statement by the […] More

Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State, has announced that its graduates will now receive three certificates upon completion of their studies. This initiative, described as “unprecedented in the history of tertiary education in Nigeria” by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Timothy Adebayo, includes the standard degree certificate, a Mind Education certificate, and an Entrepreneurship Training certificate. A statement on […] More

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has rewarded the overall best-graduating student of Lagos State University, Olaniyi Olawale, with N10m. Sanwo-Olu announced this on Thursday at the university’s 27th convocation grand finale in Lagos. According to a tweet by Jubril Gawat, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Olawale, who graduated with a […] More

Twenty-five students of the Ajayi Crowther University in Oyo State were on Wednesday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Court in connection with the murder of Alex Timileyin, a student who was beaten to death by his colleagues for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. The students, aged between 18 and 34, have been remanded in prison until […] More

The Head of the Nigeria National Office West African Examinations Council, Dr Amos Dangut has appealed for an exemption from the strike embarked upon by the organised labour to enable the council to conduct the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination without disruptions. The ongoing WASSCE commenced on April 30 and will end on […] More

READ ALSO;Nationwide blackout as Labour Union shuts down national grid over strike The Academic Staff Union of Universities has joined the ongoing strike by the organised labour comprising Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. This is coming after the Federal Government failed to meet the unions’ minimum wage demand. In a statement addressed to […] More

READ ALSO;OPINION: Nigerians Tap Their Phone Screens as the Tapswap Craze Spreads An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, has granted female Muslim students at the University of Ibadan International School, Ibadan (ISI) the right to wear hijab on top of their school uniforms. The court, presided over by Justice Moshood […] More

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Monday, released the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, showing that 1,402,490 candidates out of 1,842,464 failed to score 200 out of 400 marks. The number of candidates who failed to score half of the possible marks represents 78 per cent of the candidates whose results […] More

READ ALSO;Many feared dead, others injured as herdsmen attack Enugu community The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the release of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, results. It was reported that over 1.94 million candidates registered and sat the examination in 118 towns and over 700 centres across the country. READ […] More