Category: Education

Tinubu appoints Bishop Kukah as pro-Chancellor Fed Uni of Applied Sciences
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bishop Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the…

Tinubu approves new federal varsities for Osun, Ekiti
President Bola Tinubu has given his assent to bills establishing two new federal universities. The institutions are the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences,…

UTME: We don’t select examination towns for candidates – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied selecting examination towns for candidates taking the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, or the Optional Mock…

NECO releases external SSCE results, records 67.3% pass
The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) External results of 84,799 candidates of which 57,114 scored five credits…

UNIZIK expels student, Chimamaka Precious, who assaulted lecturer
The management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), has expelled Goddy-Mbakwe Chimamaka Precious from the institution. This was announced on Friday in a statement by…

Ministry of Education clears air on scrapping JSS, SSS
The Ministry of Education has clarified that the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, only proposed the introduction of a 12-year basic education system, which is…

Nigerian govt to scrap JSS, SSS, introduce 12-year basic education model
The Federal Government has said it will scrap the Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) models in Nigeria. As a replacement, a…
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Nigerian lawmakers propose creation of 31 additional states [Full List]
Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on Thursday proposed the creation of 31 new states in the country. If the proposal scales through,…

UNILORIN appoints Oloyede, Obafemi, Akanji as Emeritus Professors
The Senate of the University of Ilorin, at its 304th meeting on Thursday, approved the appointment of three retired academics as emeritus professors. The appointees…

ASUP backs bill to establish polytechnic commission
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has expressed its support for the bill before the National Assembly to establish a National Polytechnics Commission.The president…