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Authorities of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka have shut down students’ hostels and also suspended indefinitely the physical lectures on campus. The decision according to the university which was taken at the Senate emergency meeting held on Wednesday is to check the spread of COVID-19, the third wave of which has hit the ... Read more

Thirty Nigerian scholars have received from the United States Consulate General in Lagos, fully funded scholarships totalling $4.35m to attend American universities and colleges for the 2021/2022 academic session. A statement said the US Consol General, Claire Pierangelo, made this known on Thursday according to a statement, while receiving the ... Read more

Public and private schools in Lagos State will be resuming for the first term (2021/2022 academic session) on Monday, September 13, 2021, the Lagos State Government has said. A statement signed by the public affairs officer, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Emmanuel Olaniran, said this was in line with the mandate of the Lagos State ... Read more

Thirty Opportunity Funds Program scholars of the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos have received fully-funded scholarships totaling $4.35 million to attend American universities and colleges for the 2021/2022 academic session. Following a competitive selection process, the 30 high-achieving, low-income students received financial aid from the U.S. ... Read more

A Federal High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday sentenced a worker of the Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Olubola Olusola Sunday, and a graduate of the Ekiti State University, Ade-Ajayi Oluwatobi, to various jail terms having found them guilty of offences bordering on cybercrime. Sunday, 29, was prosecuted on ... Read more

The senate committee on Education, Basic and Secondary, has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) for the successful conduct of the 2021 UTME/DE as well as the various landmark achievements it has recorded under the current leadership of the Board. The committee also hinted that it would pursue with vigour, the amendment of the law establishing the Board to address the ... Read more

The Felician University – USA is delighted to award a scholarship opportunity valued at $18,000 to exceptional students who are willing to undergo a degree program at the Institution. Students can choose from a variety of exciting career options at this university. FU offers a diverse range of learning opportunities, backed up by outstanding academic and student development ... Read more

In what seems like a stock-taking of his stewardship, particularly with regard to the recently-conducted 2021 UTME, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has listed challenges militating against the successful delivery of some aspects of the Board's operations. The Registrar, at a presentation before the Senate Committee on Education, ... Read more

No fewer than 1.6 million candidates are expected to participate in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination scheduled to begin on August 16. The Head of National Office of West African Examination Council, Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in ... Read more

Following the mass failure of students who wrote this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, across the country, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has been blamed for the development. According to the Association of Tutorial School Operators in Ondo State, JAMB should be concerned more on how students ... Read more