The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the police have issued a stern warning to candidates preparing for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, against patronising fake websites. The two bodies gave the warning at a joint news conference in Abuja on Saturday. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said there were several fake websites created by unscrupulous individuals with the intention of misleading unsuspecting candidates. He called on candidates to be wary of their tactics, stressing that the fake web sites were designed to deceiv ..read more

The top universities in Nigeria have been ranked. According to the 2024 Times Higher Education ranking, Covenant University is the number one university in the country. University of Ibadan is the second-best institution in the country, followed by Federal University of Technology, Akure. Completing the top five are University of Lagos and Bayero University, Kano. Times Higher Education, THE, initially known as The Times Higher Education Supplement, is a British publication focusing on issues and news related to higher education. Here is the full list: 1. Covenant University 2. University of ..read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has directed candidates who registered for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, to print their notification slips for examination. The board disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by its spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin. He said the 2024 UTME notification slip, which shows the date, venue and time of their examination, was ready for printing. “All candidates, who have registered for the 2024 UTME scheduled to start on Friday, April 19, are urged to print their notification slips before the date. “This is fo ..read more

The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has announced the appointment of Mr Samuel Nnaemeka Ufoh, as the new Acting Registrar of the institution. This was made public through a letter by the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Charles Esimone, which was made available to the media on Monday. The letter read: “In the absence of the Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka and in the exercise of my powers as the Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, I hereby appoint you as Acting Registrar of the University with effect from Monday, 8th April 2024. “You will rem ..read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says any candidate who chooses to get an underhand admission should face the consequences. This is even as the Board reiterated that all tertiary institutions’ admission must be processed through it. The admonition, which was contained in a post on its official X handle on Sunday, came as a response to a user who asked the board to improve the admission regularization process. Adenkule Adu @adu_adenkunke1 had urged JAMB to include in its portal a better channel to get regularization done without visiting the office. @adu_adenkunke1 complaine ..read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has condemned in strong terms the alleged latest discoveries of illicit recruitment tactics by the management at the Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna, Niger State, thereby undermining the integrity of academic appointments. The chairman of the FUT Minna branch of ASUU, Professor Gbolahan Bolarin, in a press statement made available to journalists in Minna, Niger State, noted with concern the university administration’s flagrant disregard for due process and infringement on university autonomy. Bolarin claimed that there is manipulati ..read more

The University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Kwara State has expelled and rusticated 19 students, including six final-year students of the institution, for their alleged involvement in various offences. This was disclosed in a press statement by the Director of Corporate Affairs of the University, Kunle Akogun, on Monday. The approval of expulsion/rustication of the affected students by the Vice Chancellor, Prof Wahab Egbewole, SAN, was recommended by the Students’ Disciplinary Committee at its 220th/221st meeting. According to the statement, the affected students were penalized for offences ranging f ..read more

The National Examinations Council, NECO, has concluded arrangements to conduct the Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, internally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This comes after the successful accreditation of Nigeria International School, Jeddah, by a delegation led by the Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu and the Registrar of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi. A statement signed by the Acting Director, Directorate of Information and Digital Communication of NECO, Azeez Sani said on Saturday, that during the visit, the delegation undertook an assessment of the school facili ..read more

Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, on Thursday, staged peaceful protest to demand the conduct of students’ union election. The gate of the school’s permanent site was closed, denying staff and students access. The protesting students demanded for students’ election before matriculation. They also demanded that hostel fees should be optional and not mandatory, reduction of school fees, and kicked against chest x-ray, high cost of textbooks and sexual harassment. Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Federal poly Offa branch, Dr Atilola Moses Idowu, confir ..read more

The Commissioner for Education in Cross River State, Senator Stephen Odey, has threatened to sack any school principal caught in any illegality, including imposing an unapproved levy on pupils or students. Odey spoke during a reception to mark the conferment of a second doctorate on him and the launch of his new book, titled “Oil and Gas Pollution Abatement and Legislation in Nigeria.” The commissioner, who said he had received reports of illegal charges and was investigating their veracity, affirmed that the various reforms introduced in the education sector were necessitated by the need for ..read more