Education

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted additional six Computer Based Centres (CBT) over poor performance on the second day of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head,…

The Federal Government has approved the disbursement of N18 billion as take-off grant for four new universities.The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr Sunday Echono, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday.…

The University of Jos has inducted 38 of its graduates from the department of Building into the Graduate Membership Cadre of the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB)Speaking at the brief ceremony on Wednesday in Jos, the Vice…

No fewer than 150,000 students from Adamawa have applied for the 2021 scholarship grant.Alhaji Salihu Belel, Chairman, Adamawa State Scholarship Trust Fund, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in…

The Kogi state government has expressed its readiness to partner with the Dangote Academy Technical Training Schemes to enhance and promote vocational and technical skills the state’s youths.The state Commissioner for Education, Science…

The Centre for Distance Learning, Modibbo Adama University, Yola, has urged governments at all levels to update school curriculum in tune, with the realities of the new normal.Dr Abdullahi Bashir, a Deputy Director in the University,…

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara says the Commonwealth’s values of human rights, inclusion, equity, empowerment and robust pluralism are timeless and invaluable for sustainable peace and development.AbdulRazaq said this at the…

The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) on Thursday gave scholarship worth N28.7 million to 1,000 students from the area council, including those studying in various tertiary institutions across the country.The Chairman, AMAC, Mr.…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has congratulated the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Mr. Mustapha Isa, on his re-election as the president of the Guild.The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele…

The Osun Government says it has shut more than 600 nursery and primary schools operating without minimum standard requirements in the state.The Commissioner for Education, Mr. Folorunsho Bamisayemi, said this during an inter-ministerial…