Education
JAMB sets up special committee to probe high-tech exam malpractice
By Deborah Nnamdi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inaugurated a 23-member Special Committee on Examination Infractions to investigate cases of technology-driven malpractice uncovered during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking at the inauguration on Monday in Abuja, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, expressed concern over…
Read More »JAMB temporarily closes portal for 2025 WASSCE result upload
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the temporary closure of its portal for uploading the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results. This action is intended to resolve technical issues affecting candidates who had earlier uploaded the initially released results. In a statement posted on…
Read More »Benue varsity SUG president suspended over alleged forgery, misconduct
By Deborah Nnamdi The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University, Benue State, has indefinitely suspended its President, Comrade Tivkaa Evelyn Terwanger, over serious allegations including forgery, criminal impersonation, gross misconduct, and misappropriation of funds. The decision was unanimously adopted during a plenary session of the…
Read More »Uproar as Datti-Ahmed’s son graduates from U.K. university
The Nigerian social media space has reacted with widespread uproar to a report of the graduation of the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, and founder of one of Nigeria’s leading private universities, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, from Queen Mary University, United Kingdom. Datti-Ahmed’s Baze University…
Read More »Six Nigerian Law School students abducted en route Yola campus
By Deborah Nnamdi At least six students of the Nigerian Law School have been abducted by suspected gunmen while traveling from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Yola, Adamawa State. The incident reportedly occurred on the evening of Saturday, July 26, as the students were en route to resume academic activities at…
Read More »Three-storey student lodge collapses in Ebonyi
By Deborah Nnamdi A section of the Pentagon Lodge, a three-storey building housing students of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (AE-FUNAI) in Ebonyi State, collapsed on Friday afternoon. Before the incident, the building had reportedly shown signs of structural weakness, with visible cracks that prompted some students to evacuate.…
Read More »FG sets minimum admission age to 16
By Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Government has officially established 16 as the minimum age for admission into the country’s tertiary institutions. This announcement came with a stern warning that any admission conducted outside the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) would be deemed illegal, and those responsible would face prosecution. Minister…
Read More »JAMB schedules mop-up UTME for June 28, 2025
By Deborah Nnamdi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced Saturday, June 28, 2025, as the date for its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), targeting a total of 96,838 candidates. JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, made this known in a statement released on Sunday. He stated that candidates…
Read More »JAMB to sanction 11 CBT centres over exam malpractice
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has proposed strict penalties for 11 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centers and their associated registrants following irregularities related to fingerprint fraud during the registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this after a strategic meeting with…
Read More »FG begins payment of N44,000 wage arrears to ex-corps members
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of N44,000 in minimum wage arrears to former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) across the country. This payment, which began earlier this week, targets ex-corps members who concluded their service before the implementation of the revised monthly allowance of N77,000…
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