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In order to enhance the success of its programmes, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, on Thursday, called on the 36 state governors to constitute and empower governing boards for the Scheme in their domains. Director-General of the Scheme, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, made the appeal in his keynote address at the ongoing meeting ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has put on hold the registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) which was billed to commence Thursday. A statement by the Boards Head of Media and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin in Abuja said the delay follows the exam body’s effort ... Read more

The National Universities Commission has granted provisional licences to 20 newly established private universities. They received their licences from the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja on Thursday. With the approval, Nigeria now has 99 private universities. The universities granted provisional licenses are: Mudiame University, Irrua, Edo State James Hope University, ... Read more

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and reconstitution of the Governing Councils of five federal universities in Nigeria. The affected universities are University of Ibadan (UI), University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), University of Lagos (UNILAG), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife and in Delta State. The approval was ... Read more

There is panic at the University of Port Harcourt following the death of a student identified as Gloria Adeleye, who reportedly slumped and passed away a few days after taking her first semester exams before travelling to join her family in the Rivers State capital. It was gathered that Gloria, who was of the Department of Animal ... Read more

On March 26, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it was mandatory for every candidate to supply their National Identification Number before registering for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. GRACE EDEMA writes about the challenges and stress prospective candidates go through to register for the NIN Last Thursday ... Read more

Senator Lanre Tejuoso has been named the chairman of the University of Lagos governing council, while Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, former chairman of the All Progressives Congress heads the University of Ibadan Council. Their appointments were announced on Thursday night, as President Muhammadu Buhari reconstituted the Governing Councils of five federal universities. Other universities with new ... Read more

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced that the 2021 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), will take place from August 16 to September 30. Recall that the Head, WAEC National Office (HNO), Patrick Areghan, had said the this year due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the ... Read more

A 300-level student of Lagos State University, Olowa Kehinde, 24, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Friday. The PUNCH gathered that the incident happened when Kehinde and his younger brother, Segun, and three others were returning to Lagos from Warri. It was also learnt that they were attacked by gunmen along the Benin-Ore Expressway ... Read more

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)Workers of the Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS) on Friday in Ilorin staged a peaceful protest demanding for the appointment of a new director-general. They made the demand over alleged five-year maladministration by the management of the institute. The placard-carrying workers, who are ... Read more