Category: Education

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that Direct Entry (DE) candidates seeking to gain admission to Nigerian universities will henceforth be required to sit for the UTME along with other candidates. JAMB said that the new policy was to ensure that the DE candidates justify the possession of their A’level certificates. This […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will provide the necessary support to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from war-torn Sudan are integrated into the nation’s universities. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, led […]

• 1,621,853 candidates to sit for examination The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has accused private schools of non-adherence to registration deadline, thus, delaying commencement of the test. Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, at a pre-examination press briefing in Lagos, also announced that 2023 school-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would hold […]

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 […]