VCs set admission benchmark at 150 for varsities

Nigerian Universities Heads of universities at the 2025 policy meeting organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board set the 2025 minimum admission benchmark for universities at 150 on Tuesday. This means that JAMB will permit no university in the country to admit any candidate who scores below 150 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary and […]

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Oyo announces dates for BECE, entrance exams

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Government has announced scheduled dates for the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), and Common Entrance examination across the state. Education, Science and Technology commissioner, Hon. Olayiwola Olusegun in a statement on Saturday, informed the general public, especially parents, guardians and students in Junior Secondary Schools throughout the […]

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Osun spends N32m daily on school feeding

Osun State  Governor Ademola Adeleke Osun State Government spends over N32M million daily on it’s free school feeding programme, the O’Meals programme. Information and Public Enlightenment commissioner, Kolapo Alimi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, while announcing a forthcoming high-level stakeholders’ conference aimed at ensuring the sustainability of the school feeding programme. Themed “Sustainability […]

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2025 NECO: Oyo warns against malpractices

monitors ongoing exam Oyo State  Government has urged all students to eschew any form of malpractices during the ongoing National Examination Council examination. New chairman of the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mrs. Oladipo Olubukola spoke while  monitoring the examination in some secondary schools across different zones in the state on Wednesday and Thursday. She said […]

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Over 80% of candidates absent from mop-up UTME — JAMB

Over 80 percent of the 98,232 candidates eligible for Saturday’s nationwide mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination failed to appear, a development the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board attributed to intensified security measures targeting impersonators and exam cheats. The Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who monitored the exercise at the Technology CBT Centre in NAF Valley Estate, […]

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Ibadan poly alumni, students reject renaming

Students and alumni of The Polytechnic, Ibadan have rejected the renaming of the institution after the departed Governor Omololu Olunloyo, by Governor Seyi Makinde. The students, in a statement on Friday in Ibadan, by the Students’ Union Government (SUG) President, Oladipupo Olamide, expressed disappointment over the move. According to the statement, “We strongly believe that […]

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Common entrance exam holds tomorrow in Ondo

The Common Entrance Examination into public secondary schools in Ondo State will hold tomorrow, Saturday, 28 June, 2025. The examination, also known as Placement Examination will take place simultaneously at designated centres across the 18 Local Government Area of the state. This was announced n a statement by the Director, Information and Media, Mr Olaoluwa […]

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Makinde renames Poly Ibadan after Olunloyo

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, announced the renaming of The Polytechnic, Ibadan after a departed former governor of the state, Omololu Olunloyo. He made this announcement in his brief remarks at the interdenominational commendation service for the former governor, held at the Obafemi Awolowo stadium in Ibadan, the state capital. Governor Makinde said, […]

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