Education

President Bola Tinubu in a significant move to honour Nigeria’s socio-political icon, has renamed the Federal University of Education in Kano the Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education. According to a statement issued by Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Monday – today, announced the end of registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). It announced that a total of 2,030,627 candidates successfully registered for the 2025 UTME scheduled for April

Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has bagged the prestigious Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) degree from the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology (BOUESTI), Ekiti State, for his inspiring leadership and contributions to the advancement of quality education in

Prof. Maduebibisi Iwe, Vice-Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), has urged the federal government to establish a conventional university in Abia State. Speaking on Monday – yesterday, March 3 – during a media chat to mark his fourth

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the decision of some northern state Governors to close schools for the entire one month period of Ramadan fasting. NANS demanded the immediate reversal of the decision within 72 hours, threatening unfriendly

FEC okays 11 new private varsities The Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu has approved provisional licenses for 11 new private universities across the country, further expanding Nigeria’s higher education sector. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, listed the

In an extraordinary academic achievement, Dr. Amanda Bisong, a Nigerian scholar, has been awarded a doctorate in International Law from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, receiving the prestigious ‘cum laude’ distinction for her outstanding research. This honor is exceptionally rare in the Netherlands

The federal government has reversed the controversial appointment of Christopher Ogbogbo, a professor of African History at the University of Ibadan, as the Vice-Chancellor of the Admiralty University, Ibuzor, Delta State. In his place, the government has also approved the appointment of

Hensard University, first private university in Bayelsa State, is set to expand its academic programmes significantly with the approval of 16 new undergraduate programmes by the National Universities Commission, NUC. The approved programmes are: 1. MBBS. Medicine and Surgery 2 B.NSc.