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The University of Ibadan (UI) Tuesday held its first virtual matriculation ceremony for over 7000 students admitted for the 2020/2021 academic session. 4,000 students were admitted for the conventional degree programmes while over 3000 others were for the Open and Distance Education (ODE) programmes. Addressing the matriculants, the Acting Vice-Chancellor …

The two female students of the Olabisi Onibanjo University, Ago-Iwoye in Ogun State who were kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Sunday, March 14, have regained their freedom.     Adeyemo Precious and Oyefule Abiola, of the departments of Forestry and Wildlife Management and Agricultural Economics respectively, were kidnapped in front of their …

A 300-level student of the University of Nigeria Nsukka campus has allegedly committed suicide after his phone was seized by a lecturer and his exam script torn for cheating in an exam. The deceased student identified as Daniel Mba allegedly jumped to his death from the third floor of a storey …

Governor Hope Uzodimma has approved the appointment of Prof. Achilike Akah as Vice Chancellor of the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri. The announcement was contained in a statement signed yesterday by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Cosmas Iwu, and made available to The Guardian by the Chief Press Secretary …

Today, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) was ranked 172 out of 606 universities from in the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings. This is a notable elevation from the University falling within the ranking range of 201–250 last year. The Times Higher Education (THE) …

UNN postgraduate hostel accommodation notice. The management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has released the hostel application commencement date for the newly admitted and returning Postgraduate Students for 2019/2020 academic session. This is to inform all Postgraduate Students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) that the management …

The attention of the Dean, Postgraduate School, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and the entire University community has been drawn to a fake advertisement being circulated by some criminally minded unknown persons that there are study centres of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Ondo …

The general public and candidates who chose Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) as First Choice University in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) are aware that the University Portal  has been open since August 4, 2020 for the registration of the 2020/2021 PUTME screening …

The Delta State House of Assembly has passed the first reading of bills for the establishment of three new universities. The bills are for the creation of Delta State University of Education, Agbor; Delta State University of Science and Agriculture, Asaba; and Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro. …

The Kaduna State government has instructed all secondary schools in the State to reopen for academic sessions on February 1, 2021. Kaduna’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Mrs Phoebe Yayi, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday. Yari explained that only Senior Secondary School …