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DISTURBED by the public outcry over the non-release of the results of 30,000 students from Niger State who sat for the 2019/2020 Senior Secondary School Examinations by the National Examinations Council, the state House of Assembly has directed its Committee on Education and that of Legislative Compliance. The committees are to investigate ... Read more

The Ogun State Police Command said it arrested a 41-year-old lecturer in the Department of Business Management, Covenant University, Ota, Dr Stephen Ukenna, for allegedly raping a 17-year-old student of the institution. The suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at the Ota area command by the parents of the victim. The state ... Read more

This is to inform all School of Basic Studies Students who scored 160 and above in the 2020 UTME that they are to be screened for admission after their 2nd CA Test ( i.e. between Monday 22nd and Friday 26th March, 2021. Therefore, those that are yet to submit their UTME result slips are to do so on or before 19/03/2021. Thank you. (Signed) Prof. KJ Umar Director SBS

The Christian community in Ilorin has vowed to continue their protest against the use of hijab by Muslim girls in the ten mission schools closed down by the State government. A credible source within the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, who preferred not to be named, informed DAILY POST in Ilorin on Thursday, ... Read more

Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday convicted a lecturer at the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, Abdullahi Opashola, and twin brothers, Taiye and Kehinde Adebayo, over offences bordering on impersonation and Internet fraud. Opashola and the Adebayos were prosecuted by the Economic ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has said it will commence a nationwide indefinite strike beginning April 6, 2021 in all the nation’s polytechnics over unresolved issues between its members and the federal and some state governments. The union also advocated the immediate reconstitution of governing councils for federal and ... Read more

The Vice- Chancellor of University of Lagos, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, and another botanist, Temitope Onuminya, have won 2021 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) grants. Nonye Oguama, a Principal Assistant Registrar, Corporate Affairs of the institution, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. According to Mrs Oguama, the ... Read more

JAMB says it has started the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration. A statement issued in Bwari, FCT, by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocols, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Wednesday says all potential candidates must provide their National Identity Number (NIN) at point of registration. ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Wednesday, announced the commencement of registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry. The organisation, however, said for any person to be registered for the UTME/DE, such candidate must supply their National Identity Number. The Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the ... Read more

Ondo State government, yesterday, directed principals and heads of public secondary schools across the state to refund to parents and guardians the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, fees paid for the 2021 West African Secondary Schools Certificate. This followed the approved N360 million for the payment of the WAEC enrolment fee for all ... Read more