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The Federal Government has disclosed that there are plans to reopen schools nationwide soon, saying, however, that this will not be done in two weeks as being speculated. This was made known by the minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 news conference in Abuja following rumours making …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the termination of the appointment of Prof Charles Uwakwe as the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council. This was contained in a letter dated May 11 and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, on behalf of the Minister of Education, …

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-ife has received full accreditation from the National Universities Commission (NUC) for all courses in the Faculties of Law, Dentistry, Basic Medical Sciences and Social Sciences It was gathered that the NUC had in 2018 withdrawn the accreditation for law, dentistry and other programmes at the OAU. In a statement …

UNIMED Post-Basic Nursing Admission Form is on sale for the 2020/2021 session. See the details on how to apply below. The University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo, Ondo State is the first specialized University of Medical Sciences established in 2014 with the mission to foster excellence in teaching, research and service delivery in all health …

The Olabisi Olabanjo University (OOU) has received full accreditation of the 4 programmes presented by the university to the National Universities Commission, NUC, during the October/November 2019 Accreditation of Academic Programmes. The four programmes are  Transport Management, Physiology, Fine and Applied Arts, and Applied Zoology. This has brought the total number of Full accredited courses …

The federal government has announced the locations of the six newly approved federal colleges of education, one in each of the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Gooong. said the six colleges of education will take-off in October. …

KADPOLY in collaboration with ICRC is set to renovate its 4,000-bed, 18 blocks hostels. See details below. The Kaduna Polytechnic (KADPOLY) in collaboration with Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has concluded arrangements to renovate 18 blocks of hostels, under a Renovate Operate, Maintain and Transfer (ROMT) arrangement. The renovation project according to the Polytechnic’s Rector, …

The Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, has tried and found guilty 14 cadets on various offences, including examination malpractices, indiscipline and other acts of misconduct. The NDA, established in February 1964, is a degree awarding military institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The report gathered on Tuesday has it that 13 cadets were dismissed while …

The Director-General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ibrahim Shuaibu, has said that there are no immediate plans for the mobilization of prospective Corps members in the country for the compulsory scheme due to the Coronavirus outbreak. He made this known during an interview with Economic Confidential. He stated that only Batch A, Stream 1, …

The management of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) has reiterated that the just concluded online matriculation which is the first of its kind in the history of Nigerian University system was a huge success. This was coming after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) described the ceremony as a scam. According to the Ibadan Zonal …

The National Examination Council (NECO) has called on its state officers to commence talks with the state commissioners of education and other relevant stakeholders to allow final year students to re-open so as to enable them to take the Senior School School Certificate Examination (SSCE) This was contained in a circular the Director of Examination …

Parents of the Atlantic Hall School has rejected the N175,000 monthly fee for Online Learning imposed by School, after paying N4.5million annual school fees. See details below. The Authorities of the Atlantic Hall School, located in Epe area of Lagos State have come under serious criticism from parents who describe the virtual lesson fees imposed …