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The management of the National Examination Council (NECO) has been given 24 hours to provide verifiable evidence of payment for examination materials worth N7.2 billion between January and June 2017. The Senate Committee on Public Accounts (SPAC) slammed the ultimatum on Wednesday at an investigative session with officials of the examination body. Committee chairman, Senator Mathew ... Read more

There are strong indications that the authority of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) has suspended academic activities in the institution for three weeks to put adequate security in place to tame the tide of kidnapping and other insecurity in the neighbouring university communities. The neighbouring communities of Gengere, Naraguta and others have been ... Read more

The polytechnic lecturers in the country have expressed their disappointment that only about one per cent admission seekers into tertiary institutions in the country are actually applying to polytechnics on a yearly basis. They said more than 90 per cent of Nigerian youth who are sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ... Read more

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has accepted the recommendations of the Special Visitation Panel on the appointment of the 9th Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Lagos State University (LASU). The governor ordered the dissolution of the Governing Council and the removal of the Pro-Chancellor and Council Chairman for the flagrant violations of the extant ... Read more

Ebonyi State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Onyebuchi Chima at the weekend said the security of school children in the state cannot be entrusted in the hands of Ebubeagu security outfits and Police but teachers. Chima made this known during a joint press briefing with the Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Charles ... Read more

As part of its contributions to capacity building in the country the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, has reached an advanced stage in securing the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) licence for the establishment of the ICAN University. Revealing this ... Read more

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday assured parents of corps members posted to Ondo State of adequate security for their wards. The Ondo State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Victoria Ani, gave the assurance during the low key swearing-in ceremony where she declared open the orientation course for 2021 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) service year. The state coordinator strongly ... Read more

May 21, 2021 (NAN) Nacabs Polytechnic, Akwanga, Nasarawa State says that 375 fresh students, representing 75 per cent of the 500 matriculants into the 2020/2021 session, have been offered scholarship by the institution. Mr David Abuluya, Proprietor of the Polytechnic, who announced this on Friday in Akwanga, said that the gesture was to reduce the burden of school fees on parents. Abuluya, ... Read more

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has said there are plans to upgrade the Sir Michael Otedola College of Primary Education and Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education to universities of education. The ministry also said the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu would be upgraded to Lagos State University of Science and Technology. This was ... Read more

The Kwara State government has sacked the Provost of the College of Education, Ilorin, Professor Abdulraheem Yusuf. Yusuf, who has almost 12 months more before the expiration of his tenure was allegedly engaged in running battles with the management and staff of the institution since the assumption of office. The altercation with the ... Read more