education

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Friday, announced the release of the 2016 results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The body said its withholding the results of 137,295, representing 8.89% candidates. According to the released results, a total of...

University of Benin Management says its ready to partner Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Edo state to wipe out cultism and other social vices in the insitution. The Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr. Michael Osasuyi, in Benin stated this in a statement released on Friday...

Madonna University, the first private University and the first Catholic University in Nigeria has increased its tuition fees. See snapshot for details:

China Shenyang University of Chemical Technology has said in its attempt to ease student’s travails in search of knowledge overseas, it will establish a university of chemical technology in Nigeria. This was revealed by the university’s Director International Schools Mr. Yang Bo in Kano. Mr...

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has requested for a letter of apology from schools whose pupils took part in a protest against government’s proposed education initiative. Alhaji Abiodun Jimoh, the Chairman, National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria(NAPTAN), Oyo State Chapter, said this...

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife have taken to the social media to demand immediate opening of the institution. The University was closed down few weeks ago immediately after the resumption of 2015/16 session owing to the tussle between the Non Academic Staff Union...

The management of the University of Benin, Edo State, has announced the suspension of its post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The announcement was made barely 24 hours after the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, instructed the nation’s tertiary institutions to stop the conduct of...

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has directed all tertiary institutions that have conducted Post UTME examination to immediately refund money taken from candidates. The minister made this position known yesterday, in a press statement issued by Deputy Director Press and Public...

The Ondo State Police Command has disclosed that the students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic (RUGIPO), Owo, Ondo State, worsened yesterday’s protest by attacking the police officers who were on duty when they stormed the station. It will be recalled that two students of the institution were...

Academic activities were suspended at Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe following a violent protest staged by students of the college. One student was shot and on admission at Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe for surgery. Six others including two women were also receiving...

The Senate of the University of Ibadan on Thursday approved the reopening of the university for academic activities on June 20, 2016, after about six weeks forceful closure over students protests. The Senate which was presided over by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka...

The Committee of Unions of Tertiary Institutions (CUTI) comprising of COLAASU, SSUCOEN and NASU Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) chapter has condemned the neglect by the state government of workers of its institutions. A statement from the group signed by its...

No fewer than 23 students of Kwara State University, Malete, will be graduating with first class degrees on Saturday. The university will be graduating a total of 1,099 students during its fourth convocation. The vice- chancellor of KWASU, Prof. Abdul Rasheed Na’Allah, who spoke at a...

President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has announced plans to establish at least one Information and Communications Technology (ICT) university in each of the six geo-political zones of the country. The minister of Communications Technology, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, said this while...

Sixty students of a girl school were mysteriously poisoned in Rustaq district of northern Afghanistan’s Takhar province on Wednesday, The Nation reports. Abdul Asir, Police Spokesman in the province, said the grade seven to 12 of Mir Mulai Girl School in Rustaq district were mysteriously...

A pupil of Divine Academy in Ekiti State, Amidat Akingbolu, has filed a suit before an Ekiti state High court seeking a determination of the Court on whether the Ekiti State government is under legal obligation to provide free, compulsory and universal basic education for every child of primary...

A former Minister of State for Education, Iyabo Anisulowo, has been kidnapped. Anisulowo who served as a Minister during Late Sani Abacha's administration, was kidnapped in Ilaro in Yewa South local government area of Ogun State yesterday evening April 27th. Confirming the incident, the...

Information earlier stated that JAMB had re-scheduled some students who had problems during their exam to re-write it…. Below are the steps to take if you want to know your status 1. Log on to JAMB official website www.jamb.org.ng 2. Click on the 2016 UTME e-registration banner 3. Click on...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has reacted to reports making the rounds that medical students in Nigerian universities would henceforth study for 11 years before obtaining an MBBS degree. The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, who cleared the air told The Guardian in...

Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola of Osun during the week renamed all tertiary institutions in Osun State. Aregbesola announced the change at the convocation of the Osun state University, UNIOSUN where he named Osun State University after former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of...