Education

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has issued a warning to all 2024 Direct Entry candidates who registered with awaiting results from IJMB or JUPEB.  JAMB says candidates must upload their results as soon as they are released at any approved CBT center. Failure to do so, the board […]

Former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has called for urgent reforms in higher education, research and adoption of technology as strategies to combat poverty in Africa. Ezekwesili made this assertion during Redeemer’s University’s 20th Anniversary Public Lecture in Ede, Osun State, on Monday. Speaking on the theme ‘The Reality […]

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), has suspended its planned nationwide strike after the West African Examination Council (WAEC), withdrew a controversial internal circular. Tensions arose after WAEC’s January 16 memo stopped the deduction of NASU check-off dues, a move the union described as a violation […]

Ondo State Governor, Dr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has approved the recruitment of 1,100 new teachers through the State Universal Basic Education Board, ODSUBEB. This follows the recent employment of 1,010 teachers for secondary schools, bringing the total number of newly hired teachers to 2,110. Governor Aiyedatiwa reaffirmed his commitment to addressing […]

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has given the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, a seven-day ultimatum over workers’ welfare issues and alleged victimization of labor leaders. At a press briefing in Lagos on Monday, NASU’s General Secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, warned that all WAEC offices […]

The House of Representatives has advanced a bill seeking to abolish the discrimination between Higher National Diploma (HND) and Bachelor’s Degree holders. Sponsored by Fuad Laguda from Lagos State, the bill proposes replacing HND with a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) to ensure polytechnic graduates compete fairly with university graduates. Speaker […]

The Federal Government has confirmed the appointment of Prof. Lucian Chukwu as the substantive Vice Chancellor of Admiralty University, Ibuzor, Delta State. Chukwu, a Marine Biology professor and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Lagos, was announced as the new VC on Saturday. The confirmation came from the Minister […]

JAMB Insists March 8 Deadline For UTME Registration Still Stands The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the March 8, 2025, deadline for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will not be extended. JAMB Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement, insisted that the deadline had been communicated […]