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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has elected Prof. Victor Emmanuel Osodeke of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia State as its new president. This follows the termination of Professor Biodun Ogunyemi’s tenure on Saturday after four years. ASUU during its national delegates conference held in Awka, ... Read more

At least 46 students of the University of Abuja have been expelled by the Senate over their involvement in various acts of misconduct in breach of their sworn matriculation oath. A statement made available to journalists by Dr Habib Yakoob, Head, Information and University Relations disclosed that five other students were rusticated for one semester, the cases of three others involved in ... Read more

The Lagos State Government has said it will continue to support the University of Lagos’ digital humanities school in the areas of research and scholarships. This was disclosed at the third Lagos Summer School in Digital Humanities. The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said, “The Lagos Summer School in Digital ... Read more

As registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (DE) closed last Saturday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has granted a two-week waiver for candidates who failed to complete their registration processes. Under this period ... Read more

On Tuesday June 1, a few hours after Nigerians started their day, news filtered in that Professor Godswill Obioma, the National Examinations Council (NECO) Registrar was dead. The wife, Elizabeth, said he was murdered by armed men who strangled him to death. She told Peoples Gazette that the assassins struck when her husband returned to ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has disclosed that 160, 617 candidates wrote the 2021 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, across the country. JAMB disclosed that the candidates took the examination on Thursday in 777 centres across the country. The Board’s Head of Media and Protocol, Dr. Fabian ... Read more

The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has approved the appointment of Mr. Ebikibina John Ogborodi as the Acting Registrar/Chief Executive of the Council. Ogborodi’s appointment followed the , Professor Godswill Obioma on Monday, 1st June, 2021 after a brief illness. Until his appointment,Ogborodi was the Director, ... Read more

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has sacked two lecturers — Boniface Igbeneghu and Samuel Omoniyi Oladipo — for from a reporter who posed as an admission seeker. The Senate had set up a committee to investigate their demand which was caught on tape. An undercover journalist, Kiki Mordi disguised as a 17-year-old prospective ... Read more

The University of Ibadan, Ibadan in Oyo State has announced the resumption of physical lectures for its students. The institution made this disclosure via a statement made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday. Our correspondent gathered that the institution had earlier suspended all physical classes in the institution till further ... Read more

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, has unveiled plans to implement anti-corruption studies in school curriculum as part of measures aimed at preventing corruption in the country. NAN reports that Bawa, who made this known during an interview with newsmen, also stated that one ... Read more