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THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board dismayed millions of Nigerian youths last week when it stuck to its decision to make registration for the National Identity Card a prerequisite for candidates wishing to sit the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in 2021. Hosting a virtual meeting with operators of computer-based test centres, ... Read more

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced a date for the release of the result of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private candidates 2021-First Series. WAEC said private candidates who sat for the WASSCE examination would see their results on Tuesday. The examination body disclosed this in a ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has commenced an indefinite strike nationwide. Leadership of the union led by its president, Anderson Ezeibe made the announcement on Tuesday while addressing newsmen in Abuja. According to him, the members of the union have vowed to shut down the Nigerian Polytechnics till the Federal ... Read more

The federal government has invited the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to an urgent meeting. Bem Goong, Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, announced the parley in a statement on Monday. Goong said the Education Minister, Adamu Adamu will chair the meeting on the union’s “threat to embark ... Read more

The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, was thrown into mourning on Wednesday as one of its former lecturers, identified as Dr Olatunde Adegbuyi, was found dead in his car. The don, who was said to be a lecturer at the Department of Earth Sciences of the university, was reportedly hale and hearty when he was last seen. ... Read more

The Federal Polytechnic Offa in Kwara State has been shut after its lecturers joined the nationwide strike of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). Lecturers in polytechnics and monotechnics across Nigeria began the indefinite strike on Tuesday after a meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, failed to address their ... Read more

Labour unions at the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, on Wednesday, embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries and other issues. This was contained in a statement signed by Temidayo Temola, the chairperson of the Joint Action Congress (JAC) in Okitipupa. The News Agency of ... Read more

Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano has fixed April 12 and April 13 as dates for its Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post UTME) for the 2020/2021 admissions exercise. Abdullahi Abba, Head, Information, Publications, Protocol and Public Relations Unit of the University, ... Read more

THE Federal Government has tasked universities in Nigeria to redesign their curriculum to lay more emphasis on building skills in students, saying this should be a major consideration above issuance of certificates to those who are usually referred to as half-baked and unemployable. Minister of finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Rainab ... Read more

West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the release of the results of private candidates who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) 2021 first series. The Head of Nigeria National Office, Mr. Patrick Areghan, who briefed journalists in Lagos yesterday, said out of 7,289 candidates that sat for ... Read more