Education
Varsity warns candidates of fake admission cut-off points
Candidates seeking admission into the Federal University, Dutse in Jigawa state, have been asked to ignore the fake cut-off points for the 2019/2010 admission in circulating on some online platforms.
Registrar of the University, Malam Bukar Usman, who stated this in a statement, informed the ge [...]
EFCC arraigns varsity lecturer for ‘misappropriating’ N19mn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arraigned one Moses Peter Adoga before Justice Simon O. Aboki of the Nassarawa State High Court sitting in Lafia, on breach of trust.
The EFCC Makurdi Zonal Office disclosed this in a press statement signed by its Head of Public Aff [...]
Nigeria to adopt open schooling
The Nigerian Government is not sparing efforts to address the challenge of out-of-school children as it has commenced plans to integrate Open Schooling into the nation’s school system.
Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, said government [...]
NECO procures 8,000 biometric machines, eliminates scratch cards
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has procured 8,000 units of biometric capturing machines to fight off identity theft and other irregularities during its Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE.
The council also procured 20 Hilux vans in an effort to speed up the distribution and de [...]
TRCN registration: public schools record 80% compliance
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, has said 80 per cent of public primary and secondary school teachers have complied with the teachers Professional Qualifying Examination, PQE.
Registrar of TRCN, Prof Josiah Ajiboye, who disclosed this at a press conference [...]
JAMB releases 4636 more results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released 4,636 more results of its recently conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
JAMB, in a statement by its spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said the released results were among the 34,120 that were initially withh [...]
ASUU faults FG over N25bn earned allowance
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the Federal Government has failed to abide by the terms of agreement reached with the union during its last industrial action.
ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, who spoke at a briefing in Abuja, said the Union has been on the trail fo [...]
Uni-Ilorin, others get N125mn JAMB awards
University of Ilorin and four tertiary institutions have bagged national admissions’ performance merit awards, carting away N125 million as price money doled out by the organizer, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB.
Each of the institution won N25 million at the award cere [...]
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