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Latest: JAMB Announces New Post-UTME Screening Date for All Tertiary Institutions The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) screening for the 2020 admission processes till September 7th in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in the country. The board said the shift in the date of the …

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Tuesday revealed that preparations were in top gear to reopen the nation’s universities after closure as a result of the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country. To this end, the commission said it was collating data on the assessment of the level of preparedness by the various universities through …

Abia State Polytechnic Post UTME: Abia State Polytechnic proudly announces the introduction of the following courses available at National Diploma (ND) level from 2018/2019 academic session:

The 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Exam (WASSCE) of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has been a very peculiar one that has been so different from previous years’ all because of the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike previous years’, the 2020 WAEC SSCE examination was supposed to have taken place within the months of May …

Latest: Non Academic Workers Threaten to Stall Reopening of Universities The Non-Academic Staff of the Universities (NASU) has threatened to pull out of the proposed resumption of the tertiary institutions if the federal government would not correct the anomalies in salaries paid on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). The union is also …

The Benue State teaching service board in its bid geared towards transparency and accountability in the civil service has disclosed that it uncovered 433 ghost workers, including 18 dead persons in its payroll. This was disclosed by the executive secretary of the board, Frank Kyungun on Wednesday August 5 while presenting the report of the …

The Kano State Executive Council, on Monday, endorsed the creation of Computer Based Test (CBT) centres for writing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the five Emirate Councils, as zonal offices of the 44 Local Government Areas of the state. This was disclosed by the State …

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Tuesday disclosed that preparations were in top gear to reopen the universities after the forced closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The commission also said efforts are ongoing to resolve the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) that threatens to further delay the resumption of academic …

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to pay all accrued fees and tuition of scholars under the commission scholarship scheme despite the controversies rocking the commission. The announcement was made today August 4th, 2020, after the students staged another protest at the Nigeria High Commission building in London. The students, …

The Federal Government has disclosed that it spent about N523.3 million on school feeding programme during the lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD), Sadiya Farouq, announced this at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. Farouq made the revelation against the rumours …

The federal government has said the reopening of schools for students in graduating classes (primary and secondary schools) is a cause for concern because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Boss Mustapha, the chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Monday, August 3, said there are risks of COVID-19 transmission in schools if appropriate protocols …

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has condemned demands by some states that students should present the results of their coronavirus test before they could be allowed to return to the classroom. The PTF said it is “far more important to monitor” every resuming pupil for symptoms of coronavirus than making negative COVID-19 test …