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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for External Candidates with over 66 per cent of the candidates obtaining five credits and above in all subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. The examination body has also announced the examinations scheduled to take ... Read more

Parents of the 27 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, who were freed on Wednesday after 56 days in kidnappers’ den, have called for the rehabilitation of their children to enable them to overcome possible post-traumatic stress disorder. The parents, in a statement yesterday, also appealed to the federal ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has said the ongoing indefinite strike will continue until the Federal Government meets its demands. The ASUP National President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, made the union’s position known on Friday at an emergency congress held at the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo, NAN reports. Ezeibe ... Read more

Two suspects were, on Friday, apprehended by the police over their alleged involvement in impersonation during the 2021 UTME registration. 50-year-old Sesan Obasa and an accomplice, Salvation Terhembe were arrested and paraded before newsmen by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, for alleged impersonation. The two suspects were ... Read more

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has banned heavily-tinted vehicles ahead of the restart of physical classes. The institution said the resolution was reached after a review of the security challenges in Nigeria, including attacks on schools. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Academics, Prof. Oluwole Familoni, announced the decision on ... Read more

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, not to toy with civil servants. The General Secretary, Peters Adeyemi in a statement on Sunday called the plan to slash federal workers’ salaries “provocative’’. On May 4, Zainab Ahmed, ... Read more

The University of Benin (), Benin City, has warned admission seekers into the institution to be wary of the activities of racketeers. A statement from the university’s spokesperson, Benedicta Ehanire, on Saturday, said racketeers have been collecting huge sums from unsuspecting applicants with a promise to facilitate their admission. Ms ... Read more

A group of lecturers at the Lagos State University, LASU, ‘The Liberators’ and members of the alumni association of the institution, have urged the Visitor to the University, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to allow merit to prevail in the selection of the ninth substantive Vice-Chancellor of the university. The Liberators, in a ... Read more

Times Higher Education, THE, has released the results of its Impact Rankings for 2021 with Covenant University, Ota, University of Ibadan, University of Lagos and Edo University Uzairue topping the list from Nigeria. The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings assesses universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) on Monday, said that mock examination slips for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now be printed out in preparation for the exercise. JAMB made this known in the Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar. The board said that the slip contained candidates’ ... Read more