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The Registrar and Chief Executive, National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi has promised to reposition NECO to become a credible and internationally acclaimed examination body. Prof. Wushishi made this declaration on Monday while officially taking over the affairs of the Council from the former Acting Registrar, Mr. ... Read more

The Executive Secretary of Yobe State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (YSCHMA), Dr Baba Gana Tijjani has on Monday hosted the Yobe State Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Mrs Hafsat Yerima for a brief strategic partnership meeting. The YSCHMA Executive Secretary congratulated the new NYSC State Coordinator and ... Read more

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has charged staff of the institution to be punctual, responsive and dedicated at all times. Obi gave the charge yesterday in Calabar while declaring open a four-day training workshop organised by the Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrators ... Read more

The AD Scientific Index Ranking, a global ranking organisation of universities and colleges, in its latest ranking has rated Lagos State University (LASU) the Second Best State University and the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) as the Best College of Medicine in Nigeria. With the ranking, LASU, according to management ... Read more

Worried by the sliding reading habit among Nigerians, particularly the younger ones, a Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Prof. Adetoun Omolola Idowu, has for umpteenth time raised the alarm and lamented what he describes as “appalling reading culture” in the country. This was as ... Read more

Tragedy struck in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Monday as a student of Junior Secondary School, Gbagba, drowned in Gbagba River. The deceased, whose identity could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, was said to have gone to the river with his friends to swim. An eyewitness, who was within the vicinity of ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has alleged that its members’ salaries are being paid by contractors to the Federal Government. It also faulted the selective payment of salaries to its members with professors in some institutions receiving N80,000, while senior lecturers got N25,000 in June. The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has cleared and released 14,620 results of candidates in the just-concluded 2021/2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB said the results released were those of candidates under investigation. The board, in a statement, said results of 93 candidates have also been ... Read more

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday secured the conviction of Abubakar Abdulbashit Opeyemi, a final year Student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN). Two other undergraduates charged with offences bordering on love scam and internet fraud were sentenced. They are Alimi Abiodun and Idowu Rasaq Olarewaju, students ... Read more

Legendary Nigerian singer, Bright Chimezie, is ecstatic at the moment as one of his sons has graduated from law school. Taking to his Facebook account, the veteran singer wrote, “Today I celebrate my son, confidant, friend and legal adviser, Barrister Chukwudi B. Chimezie Esq. LLB; as he is being sworn in as a Barrister and Solicitor ... Read more