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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the suspension of admission exercise into law programmes in eight universities for violating regulatory procedures. The affected institutions are Kwara State University, Ilorin; Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State; Redeemers’ University, Ede, Osun

Representatives from the PTDF and their counterparts from Portsmouth University,UK, during the signing of the MoU The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has signed a partnership agreement with the University of Portsmouth, UK, to revolutionise education and build capacity in the

Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 polls, has called for the establishment of more online universities to enhance the development of Nigeria’s education system. Obi made the call at the Nexford University 2024 Graduation on Saturday – yesterday,

Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, on Friday – yesterday, January 24 – marked the 2025 International Day of Education by reaffirming his unwavering belief in the transformative power of education to drive development and innovation. The event coincided with

In what is clearly a depressing statistics, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that only 9.6 percent of primary school pupils in Kano show reading proficiency and 11.2 percent possess basic numeracy skills. UNICEF Chief of Kano Field office, Mr Rahama Mohammed,

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reiterated its commitment to supporting Jigawa, Kano and Katsina States to reduce the high number of out-of-school children and improve the education sector. Speaking at a media briefing on the International Day of Education (IDE)

In commemoration of the International Day of Education, The Initiative for Research, Innovation and Advocacy in Development, (IRIAD) has again drawn the attention of the federal government to the alarming statistics of out-of-school children in Nigeria. In a press statement signed

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disclosed that only N58.4bn has been allocated to the office in the 2025 budget proposal, about 50% of the N116.184 billion it got in 2024. NELFUND’s Managing Director, Mr Akintunde Sawyer, disclosed this on

Mr Yisa Usman, the sacked Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB’s) deputy director, has vowed to expose corruption in the board “irrespective of the threat and intimidation” against him. Usman told Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae of the National Industrial Court, Abuja,