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The news is that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has dropped the idea of suggesting its own cut-off point which used to serve as the minimum below which no candidate could be admitted into a Nigerian tertiary institution. Recently re-appointed JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, announced that though tertiary institutions would ... Read more

At least two zones of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have asked Nigerians to hold the Federal Government responsible if the body of university lecturers embarks on another strike. The Abuja and Bauchi zones of the union said this on Tuesday while accusing the government of not implementing the agreement it signed with the ... Read more

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja A former Governing Council Member of the University of Lagos (Unilag), Prof. Boniface Oye-Adeniran, yesterday called for the prosecution of the current Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe and other members of the management that were alleged to have breached the procurement law. The retired ... Read more

The Chairman of Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LSUBEB), Wahab Alawiye-King, and other board members have sought the collaboration of the Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) to secure schools. During the inter-agency visit, Alawiye-King called for the support of the unit in eradicating vandalisation of school ... Read more

The ArtCentre College of Design, USA is helping international students that wish to study a degree programme at ArtCentre but cannot afford it, secure funding to sponsor their educational costs and living expenses. International students may apply for ArtCenter scholarships by submitting all admission materials. No special forms or the FAFSA are required. If admitted, and if you indicated you ... Read more

The outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Prof. Labode Popoola, has stated that the Establishment Law of the University, which was enacted in 2006, makes it clear that whoever will become VC must be a doctorate degree holder. He also revealed that he had no problem with a medical fellowship or doctorate degree holder having worked with a Vice-Chancellor in the ... Read more

…129 ATBU, UNIJOS, KASHERE lecturers affected The Bauchi Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has claimed the Federal Government has withheld 13 months’ salaries of 129 lecturers of the University of Jos UNIJOS), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi and Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State. Recently, ... Read more

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Lilian Salami, on Wednesday, rescinded the decision to impose N20,000 late registration fee on students of the institution. Trouble started on Tuesday when the students took to the street to protest the fee, as they blocked the Lagos-Benin Expressway and the Ekheuna Road, where both ... Read more

Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has emerged as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU). The don is the wife of ex-Secretary to the State Government and current Commissioner for Environment, Tunji Bello. Ibiyemi becomes the ninth LASU VC after months of an intriguing selection process. In May, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu canceled the exercise and for not following extant ... Read more

The Australian Catholic University is rewarding $5,000 scholarship opportunity to interested students who are willing to undergo a degree program at the Institution Australian Catholic University is ranked in the top two percent of the universities across the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and is also one of the top three universities in Australia with programmes ... Read more