Education
The 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), a critical gateway into Nigeria’s tertiary education system, has been marred by widespread controversy following the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) admission of operational errors. This development has raised serious concerns among education stakeholders, parents, and candidates who participated in the nationwide examination. During a press briefing […]
Two students at the University of Ibadan have won the French Embassy’s “Get Creative with Plastic” Challenge. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan, by the university’s Director of Public Communication, Mrs. Joke Akinpelu. Akinpelu explained that the challenge was part of the French Embassy’s Plastic Free Campus Awareness Initiative. ”UI was […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has elected Professor Chris Piwuna as its new National President, succeeding Professor Emmanuel Osodeke of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State. Prof. Piwuna, a consultant psychiatrist and former dean of student affairs at the University of Jos, was the union’s immediate past national vice president. […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday officially released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), while withholding those of 39,834 candidates over suspected cases of examination malpractice. Announcing at the board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja, JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed that the affected results are currently under investigation. […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says more than one-point-five million candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, scored below 200 out of a total of 400 marks. The board disclosed this in a breakdown of results released on its official X handle on Monday. According to JAMB, out of […]
The Federal Government has pledged to upgrade laboratories, workshops, and other critical infrastructure at the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) in Vom, Plateau State, as part of its renewed hope agenda. Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Maiha, made the commitment during a visit to the over 100-year-old institute on Friday. He said the facility’s outdated […]
The Federal Government has begun implementing the Dual Mandate Policy that empowers Federal Colleges of Education (FCOEs) to award both Nigeria Certificates in Education (NCE) and Bachelor’s Degrees in Education. This follows the signing of the Federal Colleges of Education Act, 2023, into law by President Bola Tinubu. According to the Ministry of Education’s spokesperson, […]
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