School News

This is to inform the University Community that the Board of Health of the University of Ibadan at its meeting of Thursday, 19 March 2020 considered the state of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria. As a health safety precautionary measure, it recommended that all students (both undergraduate and postgraduate) vacate the Campus immediately. The Vice-Chancellor …

The attention of the Management of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) as been drawn to a fake news item making the rounds about the reported case of Corona Virus in the University. We wish to state unequivocally clear that, there has never been a case of Corona virus in the University whatsoever. For the avoidance of …

The management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) has suspended lectures and all other academic activities for one month due to the Coronavirus pandemic. See the details below  In view of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC) has informed that as part of measures to contain and prevent the spread …

MAPOLY Suspends Lectures: The Management of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta (MAPOLY) hereby announces the suspension of all academic activities following the federal government’s directive on temporary closure of all institutions in the state to contain the global spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). This was disclosed at the extended management meeting held on Friday, 20th March, 2020 …

Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has suspended lectures for one-month due to the corona virus pandemic. See details as released by the management below. Following a circular from the Federal Ministry of Education through the National Universities Commission (NUC), aimed at containing and preventing the spread of Corona Virus (COVID-19) in Nigeria, to which the Federal …

The Lagos State Government has announced plans to teach SS3 students from home by using Radio and Television media. This was announced by the state Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo who disclosed that they are making arrangements for SS3 candidates preparing for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to be taught some core subjects …

As part of the preventive measures against the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, some states in Nigeria have suspended all public gathering of more than 50 people at a time. North West states, Anambra, Benue and the Lagos State Government have moved to close down both private and public schools from March. Anambra and Lagos …

The federal government has ordered the closure of tertiary institutions and unity schools across the nation as a measure to check coronavirus. Sonny Echono, permanent secretary of the ministry of education, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. “We have directed all higher institutions to close this weekend. Unity Schools that have completed their exams …

This is to inform the general public that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has suspended activities at the on-going orientation camps across the country due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The Camp exercise which should have lasted for 21 days has been put on still just on the 8th day.   The Batch “A” …

The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) had said it has dispelled the rumours that it has cancelled the results of its examination conducted on March 14 to 17. This was contained in a statement by the JAMB’s head of media, Fabian Benjamin. He asked Candidates to disregard rumours that the results have been cancelled. The JAMB spokesperson …

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has withdrawn its support for the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), a government payment platform, for its members across the Nigerian universities. The workers’ union, which had initially supported the initiative, said its trust in the system was betrayed by the Federal …

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede, has disclosed that the board deliberately posted candidates outside their chosen exam towns for the this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). Mr. Oloyede made this known on Sunday while taking part in a webinar briefing with concerned stakeholders, said the decision was …