35th Convocation: UNICAL to have Research Fair, Exhibition, graduate 7,769,

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, […]

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JAMB directs UTME candidates to print examination notification slips

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 […]

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‘RCCG’s Dove Academy ‘ll win souls, groom talents through sports’

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 […]

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Illegal fees: OYOSUBEB pardons erring head teachers

Adeniran, middle, and other board members Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board has pardoned some categories of workers who were found culpable of collecting illegal fees from pupils. Disclosing this on Wednesday, the board’s Executive Chairman, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, said the pardon was “to show compassion to fellow human beings, especially at a time […]

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Private school operators and burden of multiple charges

Private schools are choking under the heavy tax burden imposed on them by various agencies of government across the country. These taxes range from business premises, yearly renewal fees, waste management agency fees, local government levies, emblems for school buses, merriment levies, parking fees, radio and television fees, and signage or billboards, among others. These […]

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UNICAL bans indecent dressing on campus

Vice-Chancellor, University of Calabar, Prof Florence Obi The Service Compact with All Nigerian Directorate of the University of Calabar has banned indecent dressing among students and staff of the university forthwith. The director of SERVICOM, Prof. Patrick Egaga, announced the ban in a statement issued on Friday in Calabar. He said that the directorate had […]

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TETFund: Students canvass judicious use of N320bn intervention fund

The National Association of University Students (NAUS), has canvassed strict and judicious use of the N320.3bn Tertiary Intervention Fund (TETFund) approved for tertiary institutions in the country. It recalls that the executive secretary of the Tertiary Intervention Fund (TETFund), Arch. Sonny Echono, recently at the annual strategic planning workshop with heads of beneficiary institutions, announced […]

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FG approves N320b for public universities, polytechnics, colleges of education

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N320,345,040, 835, as the 2023 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention fund for public tertiary education institutions in the country, notably, Universities, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education. The money was expectedly realized from the statutory 2.5 percent education tax and, perhaps, other windows of financial interventions. A breakdown of the […]

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