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While we note Prof. Is-haq Oloyede’s admission of responsibility, this is insufficient. The Northern Renaissance Network (NRN) strongly condemns the mass failure of candidates from the South-East geopolitical zone and parts of Lagos in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME),

What changed was JAMB introducing Algorithms in all the SE states that have been doing exceptionally well to bring them down. Algorithms are coded formulas or instructions programmed into computer software. It simply instructs the computer system to take certain actions

By Sani Idris-Abdulrahman The Association of Registrars of Nigerian Universities (ARNU), has lamented the inability of the Nigerian Universities to be among the best in the world in terms of global ranking. The association expressed this through its Chairman, Dr

By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government has announced the creation of a high-level committee to streamline and standardise fee payment processes across the country’s tertiary institutions. This move aims to enhance financial operations between Nigerian universities and the Nigerian Education

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has elected Prof. Chris Piwuna, a consultant psychiatrist and Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos, as its new national president. Piwuna succeeds Prof. Victor Osodeke, who served since 2021. The election

Amid reported mass failure, a 15-year-old student of Icons Comprehensive College, Ijapo Estate, Akure, Ondo state, Afolabi Olumide Ayodeji, scored an impressive 370 in the 2025 UTME, to break over a 10-year record. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) records shows

By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has urged student leaders across various tertiary institutions to take full ownership of the new interest-free education loan scheme. This call was made by the Executive Director of Operations at NELFUND, Iyal

By Ayo Arowojolu Nigeria’s current economic predicament is traceable to the non-application of statistical reasoning by successive regimes in the country to shape policies having to do with national development, a Financial Mathematics Expert, Prof Obi-Nnamdi Agwuegbo has posited. Prof Agwuegbo, a

By Sani Idris-Abdulrahman A group of students under the auspices of Concerned Kaduna State Students, says  the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU),  is  unnecessary. In a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna