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The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife has confirmed the death of a student of the school who committed suicide by ingesting sniper, a popular anti-insecticide. In a message to DAILY POST earlier, the Public Relations Officer of OAU, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju stated that the school has confirmed the incident and that the ... Read more

Some government primary and secondary school teachers in Rivers State, yesterday, protested non-payment of their five years salaries by the state government. The protesters, who took over the entrance of the Rivers State Government House with placards bearing different inscriptions such as “Government is not a personal thing”, ... Read more

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, has said that the suicide committed recently by a student of the university was not as a result of academic failure. Olarewaju, who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday, in Ile-Ife, added ... Read more

The Product Manager, Applications and Vertical Markets at SystemSpecs, the providers of Remita, Kayode Osinulu, has said prospective candidates of the 2021 UTME now have seamless registration with their ePIN on the Remita platform. He said this in a statement titled ‘Remita enables seamless purchase of 2021 JAMB ePIN’ on ... Read more

House of Representatives Wednesday expressed worry over the huge amount of money paid by students in the nation’s tertiary institutions as acceptance fees. The House said the development was fast constituting an impediment to the smooth process of entry into universities. To ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has announced a new feature in the ongoing registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The exam body in a statement issued on Thursday by its Head of Media and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, said the feature, ‘Know Your Registration Officer,’ ... Read more

Senate in its efforts to upgrade the Federal Polytechnics, Ilaro and Yaba College of Technology, Lagos to Universities of technology as well as grant legal status to the Nigeria French Village, Badagry continued a public hearing for the three bills on Thursday. The bills were sponsored by Senator Solomon Adeola. Speaking at the public ... Read more

The Senate, Thursday said it will upgrade the Federal Polytechnics, Ilaro and Yaba College of Technology, Yaba to universities of technology as well as grant legal status to the Nigeria French Village, Badagry. Speaking at the public hearing for the three bills, sponsored by Senator Solomon Adeola, Chairman of Senate Committee of Tertiary Institution and TETFUND, Senator Ahmad Babba Kaita, said ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has postponed the 2021 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The exam, earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, 30th April has been rescheduled to hold on Thursday, 20th May. Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs in a statement said the change of date was due to ongoing ... Read more

Greensprings Mrs Deborah Alabi, the senior assistant principal of Greensprings School Lekki, has observed that students should be equipped with the necessary practical life skills needed to survive and thrive even after school. She made this observation while speaking at a recent virtual event organised by the school. In her opinion, to be ... Read more