Category: Education

The National Industrial Court has ordered the Kwara State University (KWASU), to pay its dismissed staff his three months salary in lieu of notice of the termination of his appointment. The court, in addition, ordered the defendant to calculate, pay the three months’ salary within 21 days and awarded the sum of N200,000 as cost […]

Says China achieved Millennium Development Goals ahead of time As Nigeria joins the rest of the world in celebrating women today, Madam Liang Huili, wife of the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, has admonished Nigerian women to leverage on girl-child education for socio-economic development. Huili, who spoke Tuesday in Abuja at a forum to highlight the […]

Chrisland Schools student, Desola Mum alleges daughter died of electrocution Autopsy result not out yet, say Lagos police It was an emotional scene, yesterday, as Omodesola Adeniran, the 12-year-old student of Chrisland International School, who died on February 9, 2023, during the school’s inter-house sports activities at Agege Stadium, Lagos State, was being laid to […]

The next-generation online university platform, Nexford University has secured America’s accreditation which is carried out by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC). Nexford’s accreditation followed existing state licensure granted by the Higher Education Licensure Commission (HELC), which enables the online institution to issue degrees. The accreditation from DEAC, recognised as an accrediting agency by American […]

Prof Ayodeji Agboola is the Vice Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. Apart from being the first to conceptualise racial difference in Breast Cancer biology in Nigeria compared to British women, he won the University of Nottingham Developing Solution award in 2006, and the British Council Linkages Award in 2012, among others […]

National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), yesterday, released results of the 2022 Ordinary-Level/Craft Certificate examinations and Advanced-Level/Mastercraft examinations for private candidates held nationwide. Registrar and Chief Executive of NABTEB, Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, who disclosed this at a press conference in Benin, said the board conducted the examinations nationwide from Monday November 7 to Friday […]

The registration for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) has ended after a one-week extension announced by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The Head, Public Affairs and Protocol of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. It would be recalled that the board had […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced suspension of its ongoing 2023 Direct Entry registrations. The board in a statement by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, explained that the registration which commenced on Monday, February 20, was suspended with effect from Tuesday, February 21, 2023. The suspension, according to a statement […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB, yesterday, announced that it has registered over 1.5 million candidates for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board gave the figure in the latest edition of its weekly bulletin, released yesterday. Data by the board showed that a total of 1,549,383 candidates have registered for the […]

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced the release of results of the November/December 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). Its Registrar, Prof Dantani Wushishi, who made the announcement in Minna, Niger State said 59,124 candidates sat for the examination, with 31,316 males, representing 52.96 percent while 27,808, representing 47.03 percent were female. Wushishi added […]