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THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has said its members are still consulting on the next line of action as the ultimatum it gave the Federal Government to meet their demands expired in the early hours of Wednesday. The PUNCH had on Monday reported exclusively ASUU’s readiness to embark on another round of industrial action ... Read more

Texas AM University is offering the President’s International Excellence Scholarships valued at $3,001 to $4,000 per year to cover the cost of a degree study. In order for funds to be annually disbursed, students must be enrolled at AM-Corpus Christi in a minimum of 30 semester credit hours in an academic year. Application Deadline:Open Eligible ... Read more

Over twenty cooks and food vendors engaged by the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Niger state have been nabbed by the Department of State Services (DSS) following their involvement in serving pupils poor quality food. It should be recalled that the State House of Assembly had, last week, raised the alarm that pupils in the ... Read more

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board has said the University of Ilorin and University of Lagos, Akoka are the first two institutions who had the highest numbers of being picked as first choice universities in Nigeria. This was recorded in the 2021 policy document made available to The PUNCH and signed by the JAMB’s registrar, ... Read more

The Bayelsa State Government has faulted the ultimatum issued to it by the State Universal Basic Education Board branch of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Primary Schools to embark on strike action over delayed salaries for a few months and the reversal of members’ promotions shortly after implementation in April this year. The ... Read more

Louisiana State University in Shreveport, USA is delighted to offer an exciting educational fund to individuals who are interested in studying a degree program at the Institution. LSUS will bear the tuition fee, books and supplies, living expenses, and insurance costs of the selected international students. Application Deadline:4th October 2021 Eligible ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has handed over 19 year – old Chinedu Ifesinachi John, who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), to the Nigeria Police for investigation on alleged alteration of results. John claimed he scored 380 in the examination conducted in June this year but was ... Read more

The Concordia University is delighted to award a full tuition scholarship opportunity to exceptional students who are seeking to pursue their studies at the Institution. A student needs to maintain the required 2.5 cumulative GPA (Regents, Provost, Dean, Trustee, Transfer Academic) or 3.3 cumulative GPA (Honors) or 3.5 cumulative GPA (Presidential Honors) by the end of the spring semester each ... Read more

The National Youth Service Corps has directed the 2021 Batch B Stream 2 prospective corps members initially posted to Plateau State to reprint their call-up letters, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. This is coming at a time there is apprehension in the state over renewed attacks and killings. The directive was contained in a notice posted on ... Read more

In a LinkedIn post last month, a Nigerian lecturer in Cyprus, Ifeanyi Obi, stated that during his undergraduate studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he studied Architecture and Building Technology, he managed to graduate with a second-class lower degree. He stated that in 2018 after dusting off his academic woes in Nigeria, ... Read more