Irked by the report of the federal government’s visitation panel to the University of Abuja as well as the bitter complaints of parents and students of the institution, the minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai, has announced the ind...
The Rotary Club of Asokoro (District 9125) has conducted free HIV counselling and tests for students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi. This is just as the club has donated slippers, clothes and other valuables to the Almajiri community in Keffi, whi...
Many Nigerians have been skeptical about the status of the National Open University of Nigeria and this can be said to have stemmed from the fact that it is not operated like the typical traditional university. The criticism cannot be far-fetched as cr...
The executive secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof Julius Okojie, has warned new universities against admitting students more than they have the facilities for. This was just as he enjoined them to ensure that the number of approved ...
Director- General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Nnamdi Okore-Affia has, commissioned the NYSC Corpers Lodge built by Khana Local Government Council at Bori, in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The storey building, which h...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, on Monday, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to tackling examination malpractice in the country. Rufa'I reaffirmed this in Abuja while receiving a delegation from the West ...
The Proprietor and Pro-Chancellor, Baze University, Abuja Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, in this interview with AUWAL S. MU'AZU, says the university is providing British-style education at home, among other issues. How did you manage to attain a Ph.D. ...
Sex romp as well as multiple extortion of candidates characterised last Saturday’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Asaba, Delta State with over 300 candidates reportedly duped by examination syndicates. Repo...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Saturday expressed hope over the commitment of the Federal Government and the National Assembly to repositioning public universities in the country. ``The readiness of the government and that of...
Security operatives in Plateau caught a candidate with a fake registration slip during Saturday’s University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exercise, which was conducted amids...
There was a mild drama at the Gombe State University centre of the JAMB examinations on Saturday when a candidate, Ahmad Usman, suddenly developed fever few minutes into the examination. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The Ministry of Education has concluded plans to organise a West African regional workshop on curriculum and teacher capacity building, in October this year, to address the problem of poor functional skills in school graduates. Inaugurating the steerin...
As count down to the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME begins, the registrar of JAMB, Prof Dibu Ojerinde, has announced that a total of 1,503,931 candidates registered for the 2012 examination, thereby making it the highest number of reg...
Students of University of Jos, yesterday, took to the streets to protest the stabbing of two female mates at Naraguta Hall by some youths around the area. The protest march which took the students around Bauchi and Zaria Roads led to the blockage of th...
Minister of State for Education, Mr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has called on the South Korean Government to extend its investment in Nigeria to the construction of vocational and technical colleges in four more states to deepen the cooperation between the tw...