Category: Education
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Just in: JAMB releases 2024 supplementary UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the release of results of candidates who participated in the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Recall that the examination was conducted between Friday, June 21, and Saturday, June 22, 2024. The board disclosed the release in a statement Friday morning by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin.…
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Strike: Nigerian govt, ASUU in closed-door meeting
The Federal Government delegation and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, are in closed door meeting to discuss lingering crisis and avert strike by the Union. The meeting holding on Thursday in the office of the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman,commenced at about 4.30p.m. The Minister of State for Education, Dr…
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Bauchi Poly Students Stage Protest Against Robbery, Rape
Students of Federal Polytechnic Bauchi residing in Gwallameji, an off-campus community near the school, took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the alarming surge of armed robberies and rape cases in the area. The students during the protest blocked the federal highway along Bauchi-Dass Road. According to a press release by the Bauchi State…
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Oyo Govt Opens Portal For Recruitment of 7,000 Primary School Teachers, 100 Caregivers
The Oyo State Government has announced that the job portal for public primary school teachers will be open from 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 25 June 2024. The Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, made this known during a briefing at the Board’s headquarters in Ibadan. Adeniran stated…
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Ondo students flood Ode Irele, protest missing colleague
Hundreds of students of higher institutions of learning in Ondo State took to the streets of Ode Irele, the headquarters of Irele Local Government Area of the state, on Monday, to protest the missing of one of their colleagues, Gideon Akindoye. Akindoye went missing on Monday, June 11, 2024, after going to his father’s farm…
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JAMB fixes date for Announcement of Admission Cut-off marks
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed July 18, 2024, for the Policy Meeting to deliberate on admissions cut-off marks into tertiary institutions. The meeting which is expected to set minimum cut-off marks for 2024/2025 admissions, would be chaired by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman. This was disclosed in the Board’s…
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Strike: Nigerian students appeal to ASUU, FG to shift ground
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to work together to prevent any disruptions to the academic calendar. Henry Okunomo, the NANS senate president, stressed during a news briefing in Akure on Sunday the urgent need for decisive action from the…
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ASUU set to begin nationwide strike
The Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) Ago Iwoye chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday staged a peaceful rally, to create awareness over the impending nationwide strike by the union. The ASUU – OOU which said it was acting on the directive of the national body, added that the strike ought to…
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BREAKING: AAUA Female Student Found Dead
Modupe Ayandare, a 500-level Agronomy student at Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA) in Ondo State, was found dead this morning in Akungba, located in the Akoko South West local government area. The discovery was made around 4 a.m. on Monday, with Miss Ayandare found dressed in white church attire. According to sources, she had…
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Again, ASUU Rejects New University Governing Councils
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has voiced disappointment regarding the composition of the newly constituted governing councils for federal universities across Nigeria. ASUU’s national president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, expressed these concerns in a recent interview with the Nigerian Tribune, highlighting a worrying trend in the appointment process. According to Prof Osodeke, the new…