The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will today, Wednesday, release the results of the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which was conducted between last Friday and Monday. JAMB rescheduled the examination following widespread outrage over the poor performance recorded during the initial UTME. Out of the 1.9 million candidates who sat for the…
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Ebonyi has described the resit of the 2025 University Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as “inactive”. The group in collaboration with the Southeast Human Rights Civil Society Situation Room made the statement during a one-day match to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) office in Abakaliki on…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has officially launched the disbursement of upkeep payments for April 2025 to eligible student beneficiaries nationwide. This announcement was made by Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, the Director of Corporate Communications for the fund, on Monday. “While the majority of payments have been processed successfully, a minority of beneficiaries may face delays…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has commenced the disbursement of April 2025 upkeep payments to eligible student beneficiaries across the country. Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, Director, Strategic Communications in NELFUND disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Oluwatuyi said, while most payments had been successfully processed, a small number…
The Governing Council of Salem University, Lokoja, has appointed Prof. Sunday Okpanachi and Dr Adejoh Emmanuel as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), respectively. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Alewo Johnson-Akubo, announced the appointments on Monday in Lokoja, noting that they were part of activities marking the institution’s 18th anniversary. He also…
The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), Nigeria, says free education in the 33 Federal Science and Technical Colleges across the country will restore dignity to technical and vocational education. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government, on Sunday, removed all tuition fees at the 33 colleges with effect from…
Newgate University Minna (NUM) in Niger State has received full accreditation for its undergraduate programmes from the National Universities Commission (NUC), following an evaluation conducted in October and November 2024. In a statement signed by Mrs Usman Yamman, Director of Academic Planning of NUM, in Minna on Sunday, said the accreditation was officially granted in…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 21 academic programmes for the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) following a rigorous accreditation exercise conducted across universities nationwide. The Vice Chancellor of UNIPORT, Prof. Owunari Georgewill, announced this development to journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He stated that the NUC’s approval marked a significance milestone for…
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday broke into tears as he apologised for the errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Oloyede, during a news conference in Bwari on Wednesday, took responsibility of the errors in the just concluded examinations. He assured that the 379,997 affected candidates…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted a provisional licence to Benue State to establish a new state university. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, presented the licence to the State’s Deputy Governor, Samuel Ode, who represented Gov. Hyacinth Alia at the occasion. Ribadu said the institution, Benue State University of Agriculture, Science…
