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A professor with the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Grace Ayanbimpe, has been kidnapped by gunmen. The PUNCH learnt that the professor was abducted in the early hours of Monday alongside her husband by the gunmen who stormed their residence behind Haske Quarters, Lamingo in Jos North Local Government Area of the ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University Chapter, has directed its members to join the ongoing warning strike by public sector workers in Kaduna State. Dr Peter Adamu, ASUU Chairperson, gave the order in a circular to members of the union, on Monday. Adamu urged members to remember that ASUU is an ... Read more

Front Gate of University of Ibadan (UI), Ibadan.The Senate of the University of Ibadan (UI) has recommended to the Governing Council the reappointment of Prof. Adebola Ekanola as acting Vice-Chancellor (VC) for another term of six months. Ekanola, a Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics, was appointed Acting Vice Chancellor on December 1, 2020, ... Read more

Dominican University, Ibadan, is set to raise funds for the construction of the university’s Faculty of Social Science building. The planning committee, chairperson, Mrs Emmanuella Otiono, said the event would be done virtually, adding that the university would be graduating its pioneer students this year. She explained that funds ... Read more

The Senate has asked the Federal Ministry of Education, Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), and National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to review the implementation of the policy on the mandatory requirement of the National Identification Number (NIN) for registration of candidates for the Joint Admission Matriculation Board examination. According to the Senate, a review of the ... Read more

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Unity Colleges to Saturday 5th June, 2021. NECO in a press statement signed by Mr. Azeez Sani, Head Information and Public Relations Division, said approval for the exams to be rescheduled was given by the Federal Ministry ... Read more

The Osun State University (UNIOSUN) Management has revealed that one of its student, Busari Ayomide Kamali, lost his after sustaining injuries in a motorcycle accident. The school authority said the deceased, however, refused medical assistance offered by the university when the incident happened. Also, it was revealed that the deceased student ... Read more

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) attracted N12 billion research grants in the past three and half years, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has said. Ogundipe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos on the sidelines of ... Read more

Former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Head of Universities Education Curriculum Review Committee, Prof Peter Okebukola, has refuted a message being shared on some social media platforms claiming that there is an ongoing plan by the curriculum review committee to scrap some undergraduate programmes in ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has urged candidates to reprint their 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME mock notification slip. JAMB’s Director of Press, Dr. Fabian Benjamin said the new mock notification slip was ready for printing. Benjamin said the reprint was consequent to the change of date for ... Read more