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Following the mass failure of students who wrote this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, across the country, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has been blamed for the development. According to the Association of Tutorial School Operators in Ondo State, JAMB should be concerned more on how students ... Read more

University of Benin (UNIBEN) Female Graduate probed by the school authorities for Examination malpractice ordered to rewrite all exams from 200 Level. UNIBEN began investigating all the results of female student who wore ” Aggressive Malpractice” shirt during her sign out parade. Earlier last week, the management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) ordered that all the results ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on another round of industrial strike action after its next National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. ASUU made this known on Tuesday, saying government officials have been put on alert, adding that some of it’s members are being owed 16 months salaries. ASUU ... Read more

AD Scientific Index Limited, a leading global ranking body based in Turkey, has ranked Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso in Oyo State, as the 11th best university in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Lekan Fadeyi, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday night in ... Read more

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South West, Zone D, has passed a vote of confidence on the Special Assistant on Students’ Matters to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Adeyemi Azeez. They reached the resolution at a meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Thursday, where the body also appealed to Governor ... Read more

National Youth Service Corps says no fewer than 1,750 prospective corps members are expected in Gombe State for Batch B Stream 1, which begins on Tuesday, 27th July, 2021. According to a statement signed on Friday on behalf of the state coordinator, Ada Imoni, which was made available by Margaret Dakama, Head of Press and Public ... Read more

Mary Otunba, 26, graduated with a first class from the Department of Economics at Caleb University. She tells TUNDE AJAJA about her journey and the choices she made that worked for her How do you feel graduating with first class honours? I’m grateful I finished with first class honours. My goal was to either graduate with first ... Read more

The University of Ibadan, in Oyo State has banned all unauthorised visitors and travellers coming to the institution. The institution noted that this decision was necessary in view of the 3rd wave of coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging the world. DAILY POST gathered that the institution had earlier cancelled physical lectures due to the ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has threatened to resume the industrial action it suspended since December 2020 over the Federal Government’s alleged failure to honour many of the agreements it signed with the Union. The Chairperson, ASUU, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Dr. Ibrahim Inuwa, stated this while speaking ... Read more

The release of the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination results by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has elicited reactions from stakeholders, including parents, over the low marks scored by their children, GRACE EDEMA writes Bolu wept profusely when she checked her UTME result and discovered that she scored 122. Her mother, ... Read more