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A United Kingdom-based Computer Science graduate of Ogun State University, now Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, yesterday announced a donation of N164m Information and Communication Technology (ICT) hub for the university. The alumnus, Dr. Segun Oyebolu, said that the project which would commence by this year October is ... Read more

As the National Examination Council (NECO) prepares for the conduct of all its examinations, it disclosed Tuesday that all its officials will sign oaths of allegiance before taking up any role in the examination. The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO, Prof. Godswill Obioma, disclosed this in Minna while addressing newsmen and ... Read more

A final year student of Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, Olusola Babatunde, says he was detained by the police for 82 days and nearly contracted COVID-19 at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Garki, Abuja. Babatunde said he was detained for creating a parody account of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Babatunde spoke in an ... Read more

The Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Olawatoyin Ogundipe, has been sacked by the governing council of the institution. His removal was announced during meeting of the Governing Council of the institution which held at the National Universities Commission (NUC) building in Abuja today. Seven members voted for the ... Read more

the National Examinations Council has released the timetable and guidelines for the conduct of its 2020 examinations for the Senior Secondary Schools Certificate Examination, Basic Education Certificate Examination and the National Common Entrance Examination. The Registrar of NECO, Prof. Godswill Obioma, released the timetable at the NECO ... Read more

PREMIUM TIMES and its hosting provider, Quirium Media Foundation, on Wednesday said they have accepted the apology tendered by the student of the (FUTA), Afolabi Emmanuel, who tried to hack PREMIUM TIMES website in February. The newspaper, in a letter to the university’s vice-chancellor, urged the school authority to do the same, ... Read more

President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba on Wednesday said that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the challenges in Nigeria’s education and health sectors. The NLC president therefore asked the Federal Government to increase investments in both sectors. The labour leader noted that the two sectors shape development ... Read more

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has sealed the branch of First Bank of Nigeria Plc, along Bank Road, Owerri for non-compliance with a ruling in a garnishee order against her client, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State (MOUAU) to pay N37 million to Dr. Hilary Uchenna ... Read more

THE Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria has disclosed that it has successfully conducted July diet of the 2020 teachers’ Professional Qualifications Examination for N46,000 candidates across 35 states of the federation. The Council said examination was hitch-free, observing all social distancing protocols and other COVID-19 safety ... Read more

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has rejected the news of his removal as the university’s head by its governing council. The university’s governing council on Wednesday, through its secretary and university registrar, Oladejo Azeez, said the Mr Ogundipe during an emergency held in ... Read more