Education Archives — Page 21 of 24

October 11, 2019 No Responses

WAEC Gets New Registrar

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Thursday announced the appointment of Pateh Bah from The Gambia as its new Registrar/Chief Executive Officer (CEO).The appointment is for a five-year tenure from October 2019 to September 2024.Mr Bah is the 13th...

September 24, 2019 No Responses

LASU Defeats UNILAG To Clinch 2019 Maritime Blueprint Competition

Students from the department of Law, Lagos State University have emerged winners of the 2019 Maritime Blue Print Competition after defeating law students from nine other universities.The competition, sponsored by SIFAX Group, is one of the activities of the Ta...

September 10, 2019 No Responses

NYSC Bars Eight Foreign Graduates

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator in Kano State, Ladan Baba, says no fewer than eight foreign graduates were refused registration due to incomplete and inconsistent documents. Mr Baba revealed this on Monday during the passing out parade of.....

September 10, 2019 No Responses

NLNG Awards 12 Overseas Post-Graduate Scholarships

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) today in Port Harcourt awarded post-graduate scholarships to twelve (12) Nigerians to pursue Master’s degrees in high-ranking universities in the United Kingdom (UK). The scholarships were awarded at the second edition of NLNG Scho...

September 8, 2019 No Responses

NIMASA Explains Support For Essay Competition

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has stated that one of the reasons for purring the annual essay competitions together as part of the activities to commemorate the 2019 World Maritime Day is to encourage youth participation in...

August 29, 2019 No Responses

Zenith Bank Explains Education Loan For Children

Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Zenith Bank Plc, has introduced the Zenith Children’s Account (ZECA) Education Loan to assist parents pay their children/ wardsschool fees as the new school session begins. The loan offering, which is disbursed dire...

August 16, 2019 No Responses

NYSC Registers 4,664,804 Participants In 46 Years

More than 4.6 million graduates have participated in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme since inception in 1973. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday, the Director-General of the scheme, Shuaibu Ibrahim, explained that the scheme has achieved ...

July 19, 2019 No Responses

Eleven Authors Contend For $100,000 Prize For Literature

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature today, Thursday 18 July, announced the shortlist of 11 drawn from 173 books, in the running for the 2019 edition of the prize.The 11 books on the shortlist of 11, in...

June 22, 2019 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Hosts Education Advisory Forum

Fidelity Private Banking Division recently organized an exclusive advisory forum at The Café in the Private Banking Suite, Ikoyi. The aim was to provide sufficient information and guidance for select clients who wish to have their children study abroad....

May 14, 2019 No Responses

JAMB Remits N5b To Federation Account

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has remitted N5 billion to the Federation Account in 2019. This is against the N8 billion it returned to the government purse last year. JAMB’s Head of Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, confirmed this...

May 12, 2019 No Responses

JAMB Withholds 34,120 Results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Saturday released the results of 1, 792, 719 candidates who wrote the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Meanwhile, the board has withheld the results of 34, 1...

May 7, 2019 No Responses

Financial Literacy Team Visits FIRS Boss, Explains Capital Market Studies Curriculum

There are indications that the proposed stand-alone curriculum on Capital Market Studies, CMS, will soon be infused into carrier subjects in Basic and Secondary Schools in Nigeria.This indication was given by the Chairperson of the Financial Literacy Technical...

April 28, 2019 No Responses

JAMB To Release 2019 UTME Results Monday

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has assured candidates of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that results would be ready from April 29. The Board’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in...

April 23, 2019 No Responses

JAMB Shut Two CBT Centres, Arrest 100

No fewer than 100 examination cheats have so far been arrested by security operatives across the country during the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said. In its Weekly Bu...