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Two hundred and seventeen students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, have been withdrawn by the academic board of the institution for poor academic performance. A statement issued by Mrs Uredo Omale, Head, Public Relations and Protocol Unit of the institution, explained that the Academic Board has also withdrawn one Tope Atolagbe, HND II student of the Department of Library Science with ... Read more

Its another victory story as the National Industrial Court has ruled in favour of the Lagos State University in a case involving the Institution and Dr. UDEGBE Scholastica Ebarefimia, a former lecturer in the institution’s Department of Business Administration and Management Technology, Faculty of Management Sciences. According to a ... Read more

The management of University of Calabar (UNICAL) has d that some lecturers have resorted to giving students scripts to write exams at homes, hotels and relaxation places. In a memorandum dated Tuesday, August 10, 2021 and signed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Professor Michael Peter Okom, the managament lamented over what ... Read more

Not long ago, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) released the 2021/2022 examination results which threw many into bewilderment after it was announced that only 14 per cent of the overall candidates passed the exam. JAMB itself confirmed that the performance of candidates in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation ... Read more

BIRNIN-KEBBI – Members of the Kebbi State Drug Control Technical Committee have announced their plan to visit secondary schools in the state periodically as part of the campaign against drug addiction among students. This was contained in a goodwill message to the closing ceremony of a three-day training of secondary school teachers ... Read more

Ahead of the conduct of the November governorship election in Anambra State, some students of post-primary and tertiary institutions in the state were yesterday provided with Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). A non-governmental organisation, under the umbrella of “My Voice, My Future Initiative,” which hosted students from three schools ... Read more

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has declined to post corps members to 11 out of the 25 local government areas in Niger State for fear of being attacked by bandits, according to the state Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Hamza Audu. Niger has been facing security challenges, particularly banditry and kidnapping. Audu, who ... Read more

Parents in Kaduna have continued to react to the indefinite closure of schools by the state government The indefinite shutdown of schools follows the recent surge in the kidnap of school students in Primary Secondary and Tertiary schools in the state, forcing parents to cough out huge sums to secure the release of their wards. Explaining ... Read more

The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of National Examination Council (NECO), Professor Ibrahim Wushishi, says about one million, three hundred thousand candidates are currently writing its Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination of the commission. He added that the examination is taking place in about 18,000 centers across ... Read more

The Federal Government has said it has spent over N2.5 trillion on infrastructure and staff development in public universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in the last 10 years through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). TETFund Chairman, Board of Trustees, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, who made this known at the 3rd Tax Payers ... Read more