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June 17, 2021 No Responses

JAMB Releases 2021 Mock Result

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the result of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock exam conducted on June 3, 2021. JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday said: “The result of the...

June 15, 2021 No Responses

UNICAL VC Bags African Teaching Authority Award

The Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA) has conferred and award on Prof. Florence Obi, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar. Obi was conferred with Fellowship of a Distinguished Teacher Award by AFTRA at the Senate Chambe...

June 2, 2021 No Responses

Coventry University Appoints Rwanda’s Former Education Minister To Lead New Africa Hub

Coventry University Group has appointed Rwanda’s former education minister, Professor Silas Lwakabamba as Regional Managing Director for its new Africa Hub in Kigali. The veteran academic will be the most senior representative of the university gr...

May 25, 2021 No Responses

JAMB Directs Candidates To Reprint Mock Examination Slips

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has asked candidates sitting for its mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to reprint their examination slips.The board gave the directive in its Weekly Bulletin of the office of the Registr...

May 19, 2021 No Responses

UNILAG Attracts N12b Research Grants

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) attracted N12 billion research grants in the past three and half years, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has said. Ogundipe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesda...

May 17, 2021 No Responses

NSE Seeks More Investment In Engineering Education

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) on Sunday urged the Federal Government to increase investment in engineering education, to help tackle poverty and employment. Dr Sunday Popo-Ola, a fellow of NSE and the immediate past Chairman, NSE London, UK Branch,.....

May 16, 2021 No Responses

JAMB Extends 2021 Examination Amidst Registration Challenges

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the extension of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and mock examinations following reports of widespread delay in registration. Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Register of JAMB made th...

May 7, 2021 No Responses

NDDC Donates Science Equipment To 46 Niger Delta Schools

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has flagged-off the donation and distribution of essential science equipment to selected secondary schools in the Niger Delta region. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony in Warri, Delta State, the NDDC Interim Admini...

April 26, 2021 No Responses

JAMB Reschedules 2021 UTME Mock Examination

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has postponed the 2021 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), earlier scheduled for Saturday, April 30, to Thursday, May 20, 2020. In a statement signed by its Head, Public ...

April 17, 2021 No Responses

JAMB Registrar Bans Parents From UTME Venues

The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, has ordered all CBT Centres across the country not to allow parents/guardians into the registration hall again. A statement signed by JAMB Spokesman in Ilorin Offic...

April 15, 2021 No Responses

TETFund Academic Staff Training Gulps N120b

Academic Staff from public institutions across the country have so far accessed over N120 billion for training, within and outside Nigeria, from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) since its inception in 2008. The Chairman, Board of Trustee...

April 12, 2021 No Responses

NOK University Gets First VC, Registrar

The Board of Trustees of NOK University, Kachia, in Kaduna State, has approved the appointment of Prof. Ishaya Nock as first Vice Chancellor (VC) of the newly approved institution. A statement from the university on Sunday explained that the board...

March 24, 2021 No Responses

UNICAL To Confer Honorary Doctorate Degrees On Innoson Motors Boss, Kamoru Ibitonye

The Management of University of Calabar (UNICAL) has concluded plans to confer honorary doctorate degrees on two young Nigerian entrepreneurs, Dr Innocent Chukwuma (proprietor of Innoson Motors) and Dr Kamoru Ibitonye. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Fl...

March 22, 2021 No Responses

Seplat Empowers 143 Teachers In Edo, Delta States

A total of 143 comprising 100 secondary school teachers and 43 Chief Inspectors of Education (CIE) from Edo and Delta states were proud recipients of Seplat Teachers Empowerment Programme (STEP) Certificates, having concluded their three-month training on the ...