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The authorities of the University of Lagos has said that the institution is being affected by a potential third wave of coronavirus. This was contained in a ‘COVID-19 pandemic update’ issued by the university. Though the university was silent on the suspected case of Delta variant reportedly recorded on the university campus, it ... Read more

The Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, has lamented that the COVID-19 pandemic affected its consultancy services in 2020, leading to a loss of over N200 million. This was disclosed by the Managing Director of the Polytechnic Consultancy Services Limited, Ibrahim Labaran, while speaking to journalists on Tuesday on the activities of the firm. He ... Read more

Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, says malpractice and indiscipline are some of the board’s major challenges yet to be fully addressed. The Registrar made this known when members of the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education visited the board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja on ... Read more

Parents of Lagos State Model Colleges have kicked against the astronomical increment of students’ feeding fee from N25,000 to N75,000.00 per term. Some of the parents who spoke with The PUNCH said the fee was initially pegged at N125,000 during a meeting with the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, and her team ... Read more

Authorities of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka have shut down students’ hostels and also suspended indefinitely the physical lectures on campus. The decision according to the university which was taken at the Senate emergency meeting held on Wednesday is to check the spread of COVID-19, the third wave of which has hit the ... Read more

Thirty Nigerian scholars have received from the United States Consulate General in Lagos, fully funded scholarships totalling $4.35m to attend American universities and colleges for the 2021/2022 academic session. A statement said the US Consol General, Claire Pierangelo, made this known on Thursday according to a statement, while receiving the ... Read more

Public and private schools in Lagos State will be resuming for the first term (2021/2022 academic session) on Monday, September 13, 2021, the Lagos State Government has said. A statement signed by the public affairs officer, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Emmanuel Olaniran, said this was in line with the mandate of the Lagos State ... Read more

Thirty Opportunity Funds Program scholars of the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos have received fully-funded scholarships totaling $4.35 million to attend American universities and colleges for the 2021/2022 academic session. Following a competitive selection process, the 30 high-achieving, low-income students received financial aid from the U.S. ... Read more

A Federal High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday sentenced a worker of the Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Olubola Olusola Sunday, and a graduate of the Ekiti State University, Ade-Ajayi Oluwatobi, to various jail terms having found them guilty of offences bordering on cybercrime. Sunday, 29, was prosecuted on ... Read more

No fewer than 1.6 million candidates are expected to participate in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination scheduled to begin on August 16. The Head of National Office of West African Examination Council, Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in ... Read more