Category: Education

With public schools in dire straits across the board, the penchant for foreign education among well-off Nigerians and the political class has hit its all-time high. Along with the educational pursuit overseas, is the transfer of ‘scarce’ resources into advanced economies, creating a paradox of plenty in the local education system. But to halt the […]

Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE). Photo; icirnigeria The global adage “necessity is the mother of invention”, probably remains the first and oldest human intuition and wise thought, challenging generations from the Stone-Age to today’s ICT-run-world, whose long Millennium is ladened with innumerable discoveries and landmark technologies, and has continued to inspire un-ending break-through which from time […]

Barely six weeks after the trio of Boluwatife Akinoso, Odafe Angela Okparanyote and Moyinoluwa Omoyajowo, all 500 Level MBBS students of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), traveled to America for Clinical posting under the Tripartite Partnership among ABUAD, Little-by-Little Foundation and John Hopkins Hospital, three other students at the university are on their way to […]

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the date for the commencement of the 2023 school-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The council made this known at a pre-examination press briefing on Thursday in Lagos State. It said the examination will hold between Monday, May 8 and Friday, June 23. WAEC’s Head […]

UTME centre Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that results of candidates, who took the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), will be released today. A statement by the organisation said those who took the test but encountered challenges without knowing, would not get results, but notifications for rescheduled examination. JAMB clarified: “Candidates […]

The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has disclosed that the institution will be having a two-day Research Fair and Exhibition as part of activities for its 35th Convocation Ceremony. The institution is also set to graduate 7,769 graduands on its 35th Convocation scheduled to hold on Saturday, May 6, 2023. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, […]

Ahead of April 25, 2023, Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates sitting for the examination to proceed to print their notification slips from Thursday, 20th to 24th, April. The Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, announced this in a statement on Friday in […]

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has unveiled the Dove Sports Academy, which he said, is part of the church’s efforts to discover more sporting talents from the grassroots. Speaking at the academy’s unveiling at the weekend in Redeemers High School field, Redemption Camp, Lagos, officials of the […]