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Nigerian twin sisters, Taiwo and Kehinde Oluyale shone bright at the convocation ceremony at the Federal University of Technology, Akure in Ondo state as they both bagged first-class degrees from the institution. Both of them bagged First Class in Building Technology, with Taiwo emerging as the best graduating student at the school for the year 2021. She had a CGPA of 4.89 Congrats to them!

The Management of the National Examination Council, NECO, has begged the Niger State Government to settle exams fees of its candidates for the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) internal. The appeal is contained in a press statement signed by Mr. Azeez Sani, Head of NECO, Information and Public Relations Division and made ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Sunday said it was going to withdraw and sanction students caught with illegal admissions starting for 2021/2022 academic sessions. The board’s Director of Public Relations, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday. The PUNCH had reported that no fewer ... Read more

A total of 125 students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), on Saturday, graduated with First Class at the 46th and 47th combined convocation ceremony. Vice-Chancellor of UNIBEN, Professor Lilian Salami, in her welcome address, also disclosed that a total of 2,794 got second class upper division while those awarded Honorary doctorate ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged the Federal Government not to give approvals for the creation of new universities. The past ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this on Wednesday during a national symposium and retirement felicitation to celebrate a former President of the Colleges of Education Academic ... Read more

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, says the agency has uncovered 706,189 illegal admissions by universities, Colleges of Education, polytechnics and other institutions. While speaking at a meeting with stakeholders in Abuja, Oloyede said illegal admissions had damaged the image of the country, ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has detected 706,189 illegal admissions by universities, Colleges of Education, polytechnics and other tertiary education institutions.Prof Is-haq Oloyede, the registrar of the examinations agency disclosed this at the Consultative Sensitisation Meeting with Select Stakeholders in Abuja, adding that ... Read more

A girl’s WAEC result has been made public one day after the examination body released the 2021 WASSCE results. Madu Stephanie Chiemela checked her result on the same day it was released and found that she got As in all her subjects. She also aced her JAMB exam and the Post UTME exam she wrote in Federal University Owerri, FUTO. Her result sheets have been shared online, earning her ... Read more

A clash between the students of two secondary schools in Ogun State left a Divisional Police Officer, who led police officers to quell the violence, with a cracked skull. The students of Egba Comprehensive High School and Asero High School in Abeokuta engaged one another in a free for all on Monday. The students hurled stones and other missiles at themselves, blocked the main road, grounding ... Read more

Lagos State Government is set to launch what is called Comprehensive School next year. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo, who doubles as the representative of the Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made this known during the book launch “The Seven Stars Teacher” held on Wednesday in Lagos.Mrs Folashade explained ... Read more