Isn’t it painfully ironic how in our quest to be better parents than our parents, we are unconsciously raising poorly mannered kids? I encountered a rather badly behaved kid recently. The lad was destructive, rude and didn’t yield to any warning or instructions. He kept making offensive statements to the other kids and they would…
The Union lamented that they are tired of waiting for the government to fulfill its promise. The Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU has said that its members in all Universities in the country are set to embark on an indefinite strike if the government refuses to answer their demands. A meeting was held by…
On February 4th, 2022, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) announced it’s intentions to go an indefinite strike. This news was announced through a statement signed by the chairman of the board, University of His branch, Dr Laizarus Maigoro. According to the board, the federal government of Nigeria has been indifferent towards resolving the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has finally announced the date for 2022 UTME and direct Entry registration to all it’s aspiring candidates. The board announced that the date for the registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination will commence on February 12, 2022. This information was disclosed via the Board’s weekly bulletin released…
A young man identified as, Olowookere Victor Oluwaferanmi recently shared his excellent academic results which he achieved throughout his academic life with the online community. Victor shared his outstanding 2015 WAEC result where he came out with 8 distinctions He also shared another post where he showed snaps of some exams he took as undergraduate…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced on Monday, December 20, that all prospective 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) must acquire their respective National Identification Number (NIN) before registration for examinations commence. The board disclosed this news on Monday, through it’s bulletin released by the Office of the Registrar in Abuja. Accorrding to…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of candidates in some states across the country. According to the Council, the affected students are those who were sponsored by state governments that are yet to pay up registration fees. This news was disclosed on Monday, November 22 by the Head of Nigeria Office…
Many River state indigenes and many other Nigerians have reacted to the peculiar outfits worn by year 1 students to the University’s induction ceremony. The internet was sent into an uproar after photos from the event was shared on Facebook by a user identified as Terry Doingz. Many Nigerians after seeing photos showing the students…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has vowed to go on another nationwide strike due to the failure of the federal to meet agreements reached back in 2020. The union has also given the federal government a 3-week ultimatum to fufill all agreements reached back in 2020. On Monday, November 15th, Professor Emmanuel Osedeke…
The case is now a matter of him against the law enforcement agency. Salaudeen, Waliu Aanuoluwa, a 400level student of the University of Ilorin who beat up his lecturer has been expelled from the school. The department of microbiology student has been handed over to the Police for further investigations. In a meeting held yesterday,…
The student in question has since been held in custody of the appropriate law enforcement agency. A 400 level male student of the University of Ilorin has reportedly beaten a female lecturer of his department over some argument. This alarming incident occurred at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of life Sciences of the institution, leading…
According to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the board has successfully remitted N3.51 billion naira into the country’s National Treasury. The spokesperson of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, made this announcement on Tuesday, 2nd November, at a meeting held in Abuja. According to Benjamin, the operating surplus remittance of N3.51 billion naira was part of…
The National Examinations Council(NECO) has releases the results of 2021 Secondary School Certificate Examination(SSCE). The Registrar, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, announced the release of SSCE Results at the council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State. According to the Registrar, a number of 1,226,796 candidates sat for the examination out of 1,233,631 candidates that registered for it….
The World Trade Organisation boss surely has intelligence running down her bloodline. Nigeria’s former Minister for Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is definitely a proud mother as her son Dr. Uchechi Iweala breaks medical record in the United States. The proud mother took to her Twitter page to annouce her son’s achievements as he becomes one…
A young Nigerian man, Adeola Joseph, has emerged as the best graduating student of UNILORIN 2020, even after scoring 196 in his JAMB examination. The young man took to his LinkedIn handle to announce the good news to others, apart from disclosing that he had 196 in his JAMB result, he also said that he…
Following the commencement of 2020/2021 admissions in Nigeria, prospective UTME candidates are set to write the Post-UTME examination set by the tertiary institution of their choice to qualify them for admission into the school. These are some universities that have released dates for Post-UTME examination: 1. Nnamdi Azikwe University Nnamdi Azikwe University started it’s sale…
A lecturer at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Professor Abass Olajire is dead. According to a statement released by the school PRO, Lekan Fadeyi, late Olajire slumped and died while he was praying inside a mosque on Friday, September 17. “He slumped at the Ansarul Deen Mosque, Stadium Road and was confirmed dead at…
Three lecturers of Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, died on the same day. Prof. A. I. Nwabughuogu of History/International Relations Department, Dr. D. S. Okoroigwe of Geography/Planning Department, and a third lecturer from the Department of Political Science, all died on Friday, September 3. A source who spoke to Punch claimed lecturers of the institution were suffering economic hardships….
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has given an update as it prepares its members for a looming nationwide strike. Speaking on the impending strike action, ASUU said its members are still consulting on the next line of action. This comes as the ultimatum it gave the Federal Government to meet their demands expired in…
Yearly, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) sets a national cut-off mark needed to gain admission into tertiary institutions. This year, JAMB has overruled the national admission cut-off mark methodology. Henceforth, each university shall put in place the admission cut-off mark of their choice. JAMB’s 2021 Policy Meeting This decision is one of the…
