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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted 25 Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Centres that failed to conduct examinations on Saturday which was the first day of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Six of those centres are located in Lagos. According to the examination body, The decision followed …

An industrial action by Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities might occur again if the 13 months’ salaries of over 1,000 of its members across the country are not paid, the union has threatened. The threats by ASUU comes shortly after the union had embarked 9 months strike which ended …

Professor Gray Goziem Ejikeme, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of the University of Jos, has emerged as the new Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution. Ejikeme replaces Prof. Sebastian Maimako whose single five-year tenure expires next week. The Professor of Social Work and Clinical Psychology was elected the Acting VC on Friday …

An Architecture graduate of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Ella Williams, has been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen along the Benin-Ekpoma expressway.   It was gathered that Ella was travelling from Benin City to Ekpoma when the gunmen opened fire on the vehicle killing her on the spot while other …

“I came up with the initiative of creating a blog for MACSANS because we need to move forward and think ahead, especially now that the world is becoming digitalised. “With this blog, students  of Mass Communication Department will have access to past questions, lecture notes and information concerning the department …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian government cannot afford the amount of funding needed to revive the country’s educational system. Buhari also said the competition for funds had become keener because of the recent increase in the number of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The president spoke on Saturday at …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that it may conduct a second 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The disclosure was made by Jamb’s registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede on Wednesday in Lagos while monitoring the profiling of candidates with 2021 UTME registration challenges. According to him, the …

The Academic Staff Union Of Polytechnics (ASUP) have suspended its 65-day-old strike, following an appraisal of the report indicating the gradual implementation of the items contained in the Memorandum of Action signed between the Union and the Federal Government. National Publicity Secretary of the group, Abdullahi Yalwa said the suspension of the …

Gaining admission into the university brings joy and relief to a candidate after a long wait. But when such candidate decides to terminate his/her life in school as a result of inexplicable reasons, it is gloom and wasted efforts. Recently, Emmanuel Adedeji, a 200-level student of Management and Accounting of …

The immediate past vice-president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, has emerged as the new president of the union. Mr Osodeke, a professor of soil science at the Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, was elected early Sunday morning during a three-day conference of the …