Education

NYSC Orders 3 Corps Members To Repeat Service Year

– Corps members during parade Three corps members who absconded their duty posts have been asked by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), to repeat the service year while two others would get an extension. Speaking at a Passing-Out Parade of 2022 Batch “B” Stream I corps members held in Gombe, the State NYSC Coordinator, Mr Dawut Jidda, stated that no fewer than 526 passed… []

Soludo Promises To Pay School Fees Of 2,300 Students

– Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra State Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo on Thursday promised to pay the 2022/2023 academic session’s third term school fees of 2, 350 students of Urban Girls Secondary School, Fegge, Onitsha. Soludo, who made the promise when he visited the school while on an assessment visit, said the fees would be paid from his personal money. The Governor also used… []

AAUA Student Found Dead In His Hostel

– Ogunleye Gbenga Moses A fresh graduate of the Department of Philosophy, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, (AAUA), Ogunleye Gbenga Moses, has been found dead inside his room in an off-campus hostel. Gathered that Gbenga, popularly known as Pablo, died of suspected food poisoning on Saturday, May 6, 2023. The deceased we learnt was waiting for his National Youths Service Corp (NYSC) call-up letter before the… []

Minister Happy As 80,000 Candidates Sit For Rescheduled UTME

– Minister Of Education, Adamu Adamu Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Saturday expressed satisfaction with conduct of the rescheduled 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 80, 000 candidates. Adamu, who alongside Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede, monitored the exam at the Computer Based Test (CBT) centre located in Mambilla Barrack, Asokoro, Abuja, expressed delight with the smooth conduct… []

BREAKING: JAMB Begins Release Of UTME 2023 Results May 2nd

As contained in the minutes of the meeting held at the end of an emergency management meeting held over the weekend, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday said it would commence the release of results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Board on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. The delay in the release of results was due to the fact that it wanted to ensure… []

Breaking: Court orders ASUU members to call off strike

  After seven months of non stop and protracted strike action, the National Industrial Court on Wednesday on ordered members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go back to go back to work. The Federal Government in a suit, prayed for the order for ASUU to call off its seven months strike. (NAN) Details later….

ASUU strike: Court To Deliver Ruling Sept 19

Monday September 16th has been fixed by the National Industrial Court on sitting on Friday to deliver ruling on Federal Government’s prayer asking the court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its seven months strike. The matter which was first mentioned on Monday was adjourned until Friday for further mention before Justice Polycarp Hamman. When the matter came up,… []

Experts Give Tips On How To Excel In WASSCE 2022

-Students writing exams Over three million candidates are currently preparing to sit for the May/June 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) nationwide. As a result, stakeholders have offered tips on how they can excel and also avoid trouble during the examinations. They believed that if the candidates adhered to the tips, they would record success at the end of the two public examinations…. []

Traditionalists Storm OAU As They Protest Against The New VC (VIDEO)

Traditionalists in their hundreds stormed Obafemi Awolowo University Campus in Ile-Ife, Osun State to protest against the appointment of Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire as its new Vice-Chancellor. The protesters, whose grouse is the appointment of a non-native of the town as the vice chancellor of the OAU disrupted vehicular movement in and out of the campus during the protest. The protesters said they were not… []