Education

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Monday, announced February 12, 2022 as the date for the commencement of registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (DE) examination. This was made known via the board’s weekly bulletin released by its Director of Public Relations, Dr …

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have threatened to embark on another industrial action following a three-week ultimatum issued by the union last month. They, however, called on well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Government to honour the agreement reached with the union. The lecturers made …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed displeasure over what it describes as a slow pace in the implementation of the Memorandum of Agreement it reached with the Federal Government last year. ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke expressed the union’s displeasure on Thursday during a meeting with the …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, asked Nigerians to hold the President Muhammadu Buhari administration responsible should the educational system at the ivory towers be engulfed in another crisis based on the alleged irresponsibility on the part of the federal government. ASUU, which came down hard on the …

A 19-year-old candidate in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination has been arrested by the police for allegedly tampering with the UTME result. The spokesman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Fabian Benjamin, said the arrest followed the suspect’s claim of scoring 380 in the examination conducted in …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adopted a minimum cut-off mark for 2021 admissions. JAMB Registrar Prof Ishaq Oloyede displayed the minimum cut-off marks adopted by tertiary institutions at the 2021 policy meeting on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the new arrangement, universities are not allowed to go …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called the failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement signed with the union. ASUU is giving the government till month end (Tuesday) to reach out or …

The Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo yesterday  Tuesday 9th of July, 2019 inaugurated the newly elected executive members of its Alumni Association to pioneer the affairs of the association till the year 2022. Mr Olateju Shonaike, Chairman, LASU Alumni Association Board of Trustees (BOT) said that the inauguration was important …

An undergraduate of Lagos State University, LASU identified as Kingsley Gabriel has jumped into the river, Monday yesterday in a bid to take own life. The student according to Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) jumped into the river from the Falomo bridge in the afternoon, Monday yesterday. The source also …

The Lagos State Indigenes of the Nigerian Police Academy in Wudil kano were on ground to witness the house session of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa Ikeja recently when they paid a courtesy visit to the law making organ of the government. They were received by the Speaker …