UNILORIN, UNILAG, UNIBEN, UNN top 10 first choice universities in Nigeria

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board has said the University of Ilorin and University of Lagos, Akoka are the first two institutions which had the highest numbers of being picked as first choice universities in Nigeria. This was recorded in the 2021 policy document made available to The PUNCH and signed by the JAMB’s registrar, Prof. […]

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Lagos, Osun, Ogun lead as JAMB unveils top 10 UTME candidates

JAMB-UMTE Computer based test in Abuja A candidate from Lagos State, Monwuba Chibuikem, has emerged as the best over all candidate at the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination with a score of 358. According to The Cable, the information was contained in a document shared by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board at its policy […]

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Lagos state varsity teams win N66.8m 2020 TETFund research grants

Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oyedamola Oke (right) presenting the award letters from TETFund to grant winners Two research teams from Lagos State University (LASU), led by a former Dean, Faculty of Arts, Prof. Adeniyi Harrison, and the current Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Omobitan Olufunso, have won the 2020 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) […]

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JAMB scraps uniform cut-off marks, pegs post-UTME fee at N2,000

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has pegged the fee for post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) at N2,000. It also adopted the minimum cut-off marks for 2021/2022 admissions sent by heads of tertiary institutions across the country. The adoption signifies that there will be no uniform cut-off marks for 2021/2022 admissions, as was done […]

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JAMB and the Oloyede revolution

By Kunle Akogun There is no doubt that since his appointment as the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) five years ago, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede has remained one of the most visible poster boys of President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption. The reason is simple: the Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence and former […]

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ASUU accuses FG of deceit as minister explains payment delay

The Federal Government, on Monday, explained why it had not paid the University Revitalisation Fund and met other demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, who stated this in an interview, said government was working hard to ensure the release of the revitalisation fund by the Central […]

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Nigerian who hawked mangoes gets six PhD scholarship offers abroad

A Nigerian, Onyeka Chukwudozie, has been offered six doctorate scholarship offers from universities in Australia and California. The Nigerian, who announced this via his LinkedIn account, said he had hawked mangoes and drinks in markets in the past. According to him, the scholarship offers came after he had been rejected by universities over the years. […]

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China bans exams for six-year-olds as Beijing retools education system

First-year pupils arrive at a primary school for the new semester in Shenyang in China’s northeastern Liaoning province on August 30, 2021. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT Beijing on Monday banned written exams for six- and seven-year-olds, as part of sweeping education reforms aimed at relieving pressure on pupils and parents in […]

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Ezekwesili joins Yale University as senior fellow

A former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, and five other global figures have joined the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs as senior fellows. Mr Peter Salovey, President of Yale University, United States of America, said this in a statement on Sunday. Salovey also welcomed the institution’s 19 returning fellows. Salovey listed the school’s […]

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Board shortlists Dare, Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Udenwe for NLNG prize

The Girl with Louding Voice by Abi Dare; The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia and Colours of Hatred by Obinna Udenwe have been shortlisted as finalists for the 2021 The Nigeria Prize for Literature worth $100,000. Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Nigeria Prize for Literature, Prof Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, made the announcement […]

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