By John Owen Nwachukwu An undercover journalist, Umar Audu, has revealed how his degree certificate from a Cotonou-based University in Benin Republic was delivered to him like pizza. DAILY POST reported that Audu got his certificate within six weeks. Audu, in an investigative report titled, ‘How ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, on Tuesday, announced an 18-numbered banned foreign university in Nigeria. DAILY POST had earlier reported that the federal government announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree ...

By Francis Ugwu The Federal Government has suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin and Togo Republic. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by Mrs Augustina Obilor-Duru, Assistant Director, Press, Ministry of Education. This suspension came as ...

Graduating in the First Class category from a university anywhere in the world is not easy to achieve. It means the person must have A passes in all his/ her courses and have 4.50 and above in the Cumulative Grade Point Average, CGPA.But some undergraduates are so endowed that they break the ...

The President, Ekiti Association Houston, United States of America, Pastor Bolu Alabi, has expressed the association’s commitment to promoting the culture of academic excellence in Ekiti State through spurring younger ones.Alabi, who spoke in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Saturday, ...

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, called on the management of the nation’s universities, polytechnics and other tertiary institutions to adopt a semester-based school fee payment model.This, the Reps noted, will ease the difficulties associated with the current session-based system. ...

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked recent publications insinuating that it had increased its examination registration fee.The board’s public communication advisor (PCA), Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a press statement yesterday, said the cost of obtaining the board’s UTME ...

By Nsikak Nseyen The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Monday, increased the registration fee for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The exam body made this known in a statement on Monday. It approved the sum of seven thousand, seven hundred naira, (N7,700 ) ...

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has urged Nigerian youths to seek demonstrable skills as a means of survival, warning that very soon university degrees would no longer be the sole guarantor in the job market. Oloyede gave the advice on ...

The United Kingdom (UK) plans to deport international students in the country who do not achieve high enough grades. The Telegraph reported that the Home Secretary, James Cleverly, has advised the United Kingdom Migration Advisory Committee to review the graduate visa as part of a five-point plan ...

By Williams Anuku President Bola Tinubu has given a nod for public universities captured in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, to exit the payment platform. The Minister of Education, Prof. Mamman Tahir, disclosed the information on Wednesday, shortly after the ...

By Priscilla Dennis The National Examinations Council, NECO, has awarded scholarships to a total of 14 best performing candidates in the 2022 and 2023 examinations at all levels across the country. The Registrar/ CEO of NECO, Prof Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi made the disclosure during the Council’s ...

By Joe Chukindi Nigeria President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said that his government is working hard to stop industrial actions in universities across the country. Tinubu, who was represented at the 17th convocation ceremony of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, by the Director of Tertiary ...

The Federal Government had voted N50bn in the 2024 budget for the implementation of its student loan scheme. This was contained in the details of the 2024 budget appropriation. Meanwhile, details of how the loan scheme, unveiled by President Bola Tinubu in June, would be implemented remains ...

By Esther Ogenyi The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has directed that the increased fees be suspended until further notice. The decision is contained in a statement issued on Monday by the university’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, and made available to ...

By Francis Ugwu Protests have broken out at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) over a hundred percent increase in the university’s tuition fees for undergraduates. The students gathered at the Malabor Square which houses the Students Union Government secretariat and from there moved to the female ...

By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Federal Government has yet to release the withheld salaries of university lecturers, workers, and other employees of federal polytechnics and colleges of education despite the waiver granted by the President, Bola Tinubu, checks by Sunday PUNCH have revealed. Tinubu ...

By Matthew Atungwu Mr Mansur Alfanla, Registrar of the University of Ilorin has said that male university staff will now be granted paternity leave. Alfanla, who revealed this in Ilorin while chatting with journalists, said it is in the university’s recently amended Conditions of Service. He ...

By Matthew Atungwu The 10th National Assembly has seen 32 measures in the Senate and House of Representatives to establish new universities, polytechnics, and institutions of education. However, the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other experts cautioned the government against ...

By Matthew Atungwu Universities in Nigeria are facing a severe staff crisis as hundreds of teachers leave to seek greener pastures in foreign countries despite a high number of retirements at the varsities. In separate interviews with newsmen on Sunday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities ...

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has assured first-class graduates of the University of Benin of Edo origin of automatic recruitment into the State Civil and Public Service. The governor gave the assurance while addressing graduates at the 48th Convocation and 53rd Founders’ Day ceremony at ...

Educational stakeholders from Nigeria and the United Kingdom converged in Lagos on Friday to develop professional standards for school leaders. The five-day summit, which was the outcome of a partnership between the British Council and the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, sought to ...

A lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Osun state was reported to have slumped and died in his office.The deceased, Dr Ayo Ojediran lectured at the Department of Science And Technology Education, Faculty of Education in the school.It was gathered that the lecturer was found ...

By Don Silas The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged its members across the country to prepare for an indefinite strike action over the failure of the present administration of President Bola Tinubu to honour the agreement it made with the union. ASUU also condemned the ...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says arrangements have been concluded to conduct its 2024 WASSCE for (private candidates) using the Computer Based Test (CBT) platform.This is contained in a statement by the council’s  Acting Head, Pubic Affairs, Mrs Moyosola Adesina, issued on ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has welcomed the decision of the Senate to probe alleged admission racketeering in universities, saying the exam body will be vindicated. The Senate had on Wednesday agreed to investigate an allegation of admission racketeering in the nation’s ...

By Francis Ugwu Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has pledged to partner with Rural Electrification Agency, REA, to provide uninterrupted power in universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, stated this on Tuesday ...

By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has unveiled 10 fresh requirements for the admission of foreign students to Nigerian universities, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. According to the examination board, the new requirements supersede the earlier requirements released by ...

By Rotimi Agbana Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has approved the immediate disbursement of N497 million for the payment of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination fees for students enrolled in the state’s public schools. This, according to a statement signed by the Chief ...

By Ochogwu SundayThe Management of Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi, on Monday suspended all 200- to 600-level medical students for one month.This is contained in an internal memo, signed by the Registrar, Dr Mfaga Modom, and further confirmed by the university spokesperson, Mr Tser ...

By Stephen Angbulu President Bola Tinubu on Monday affirmed that the student loan scheme he approved on June 12, 2023, will kick off in January 2024. He also promised that episodes of industrial action by academic staff unions of tertiary institutions would become a thing of the past. “By ...

The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, yesterday, explained why students staying on campus have been asked to come into the halls of residence with their mattresses and some other personal items, saying it is due to health reasons. The explanation came against the backdrop of protest ...

The authorities of the University of Ilorin say President Bola Tinubu, the institution’s Visitor, will on October 23 unveil some projects its administration recently completed. The university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, highlighting ...

By Ishola Oludare The Management of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State, is set to increase all fees payable by students. DAILY POST learnt that this became inevitable following the financial mess the polytechnic has plunged into, leading to its inability to pay wages. On ...

By Deborah Sanusi The National Universities Commission, on Saturday, knocked the National Board for Technical Education over the introduction of a “top-up degree” scheme introduced for graduates of Nigerian polytechnics at the level of Higher National Diploma. The universities’ commission in a ...

By Amos Tauna The National Universities Commission (NUC) has rejected a programme being organised by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) on converting Higher National Diploma (HND) to university’s degree. A statement issued by the Acting Executive Secretary of the NUC, Chris ...

Officials from the London Academy Business School and the University of Sunderland are currently seeking approval from the National Universities Commission to run degree programmes in Nigeria.A delegation from the University of Sunderland, led by Dr Derek Watson, confirmed this after a meeting ...

The National Examinations Council, on Tuesday, released the results of the 2023 Internal Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination with a record of 61.60 per cent of candidates scoring five credits and above, including English and Mathematics.However, the examination council disclosed ...

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 43-year-old teacher, David Yusuf, in a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly flogging a student of the Government Girls College, Kuje, FCT.The defendant, who is said to be a casual staff of the college is charged with two counts of causing ...

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The National Examination Council will today release the results of the 2023 Senior Secondary School Certificate to anxious students and parents.The delay in releasing the much awaited result, is also delaying the conclusion of admission into universities this year.It would be recalled that ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) has integrated the Yoruba Language into its General Nigeria Studies (GNS) curriculum to foster the language’s preservation and encourage its use among students. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Bidemi ...

Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’allah has disclosed that students who intend to study in the university must undertake and present a drug test before admission.Na’allah, who made this known at the 27th Pre- Convocation briefing in Abuja on Wednesday said the ...

The management of Isa Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic, Lafia, Nasarawa State, has banned after-exam sign-out celebrations for graduating students on campus and beyond the polytechnic’s main gate.This was made known via a circular signed by the school’s Public Relations Officer, Ali Hassan ...

Covenant University, University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Technology, Akure have secured top ranking in Nigeria according to Times Higher Education’s 2024 rating.Analysis of the latest ranking showed that Covenant University is among the top 1,000 universities in the world. ...

The Lagos State Government has said it is exploring technology to implement and sustain its safety programmes across schools in the state.The lead resource of Safe School Lagos Initiative, Dr. Bisi Esuruoso, made this known on Tuesday, at the maiden Beacon of Safety Award Conference held in the ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has revealed that Batch ‘C’ Stream One Corps members will pass out in October. The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General YD Ahmed, stated this on Monday in Abuja. Corps members have also been warned not to embark on night ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The Government of Taraba State has announced its decision to pay a one-time N50,000 medical allowance, a N25,000 accommodation allowance per term, and a monthly N10,000 to members of the National Youth Service Corps in the state. The Taraba State Commissioner for ...

By Asare AsareAn educationist, Prof Busari Shaamsuddeen Akande has deduced that safe environment, required skills for industries and quality supply of electricity are some of the many reasons young Nigerians and their parents are still looking towards Ghana and Togo for higher education despite ...

The West African Examinations Council says plans to introduce the Computer Based Test mode in the administration of its examinations are at an advanced stage.The Head of National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the hint in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos. ...