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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has accused the proponent of #RevolutionNow, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, of using his connections in the media to destroy the image of the association. Specifically, NANS alleged Sowore of deploying his online medium to malign the new President of NANS, Sunday Asefon, over his open declaration that ... Read more

In line with the National Universities Commission (NUC) directive that vice-chancellors of universities should suspend all activities in their institutions in compliance with the COVID-19 protocol, Babcock University in Ogun State, has advised parents and prospective students to put on hold all travel plans for resumption for academic activities ... Read more

Whenever the topic of examination malpractice comes up, attention is usually directed to candidates and teachers. Scarcely has the role of examining bodies been mentioned in the menace that has bedeviled our school system. Three major pillars of education are teaching, examination and certification. While teaching and certification are the ... Read more

Princeton College produces best student in WASSCE and IGCSE CAMBRIDGE exams; declared *World Best Candidate* in English as a Second Language (Speaking Component) by the University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). Princeton Schools’ Victory Yinka-Banjo has been named the World Best Candidate in English as a second language ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday, said no date has been fixed for the commencement of sales of the application documents for its 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of ... Read more

THE National Association of Nigerian Students, Joint Campus Committee, Lagos State, has said the agitations by the Academic Staff Union of Universities were in the best interest of the Nigerian students. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, the newly elected chairman, NANS, Lagos area, Mr Samuel Olalere, maintained that if the ... Read more

Recently, the management of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State held an end-of-the-year parley with media men. On the occasion, the President/ Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ademola Tayo, spoke on a number of issues. Excerpts. By Adesina Wahab WHY celebrate the media We have to ... Read more

Registrar and Chief Executive of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Josiah Ajiboye, has said COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for the inability of the council to enforce its deadline directive to all Nigerian practising teachers to get registered with the council latest by December 31, 2020 or get booted out of the ... Read more

The President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Prof. Innocent Ujah, said he was seen as someone against the progress of the education sector when he warned against the reopening of schools earlier in the year. Ujah, at a webinar organised by the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, yesterday, said the country was not ... Read more

Authorities of Covenant University have postponed the institution’s resumption till January 18, 2021. In a circular obtained by our correspondent on Thursday, the university said this was in a bid to control the spread of COVID-19. It, however, said virtual classes would commence for students of the university on January 11, ... Read more