The Nigerian Army College of Nursing in Lagos has said it is now admitting new students. The army said the admission form for the 2021/2022 academic session is for all Nigerians who met its requirements. The Acting Registrar of the institution, Maj Gen Ephylyboto, disclosed that the admission is open to everyone that wishes to undergo…
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The University of Ibadan, is seen to be at the top. UI has been ranked as the number one university in Nigeria. The ranking was done by Webometrics, which is the largest academic ranking of Higher Education Institution. Its judgment is based on the assessment of Composite Indicators and Web Impact Factors. Also, Covenant University…
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In a recent ranking by Webometrics, the top 53 polytechnics in Nigeria have been revealed. The ranking places Yaba College of Technology as the best polytechnic in Nigeria. Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, were rated second and third respectively. According to him, Laspotech is the best among state-owned polytechnics in the country. The…
A young man has made Nigeria proud. This comes after he graduated from the University of Debrecen in Hungary with an excellent GPA of 5.0 in his just-concluded Masters Program. The Nigerian identified as Oluwatuyi Olowoyeye shared a story about the feat on his LinkedIn profile as he detailed his journey from his first degree…
An SS2 student of Holy Trinity High School in Kenya, Matthew Simiyu had been sent home due to his pending school fees of KSh 34,000(N128,000) . According to reports, Matthew had not paid his school fees for over a year, when he was asked to bring anything from that would serve as money to pay…
According to a report by The PUNCH, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has threatened to resume the industrial action it suspended since December 2020 over the Federal Government’s alleged failure to honor many of the agreements it signed with the Union. The Chairperson, ASUU, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Dr. Ibrahim Inuwa, stated this…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to go on another indefinite strike. According to the Nation, ASUU reported that the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has failed to pay salaries and remittance of more than 100 staff for 13 months. The chairman of ASUU, Lazarus Maigoro, disclosed this in a…
The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has thrashed reports asserting the NYSC scheme is set to be scrapped. Two days prior, it was broadly conjectured that the one-year compulsory scheme for all alumni will be rejected after the second reading of a bill in the House of Representatives trying to end the…
A Nigerian teenager, who scored straight As in WASSCE, has received 19 full-ride scholarship offers from universities across the United States and Canada. Victory Yinka-Banjo, a 17-year-old secondary school graduate, was offered more than $5 million dollars’ worth of scholarship money for an undergraduate program of study, according to admission documents and estimates of financial…
JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who said this, unveiled that the utilization of NIN as an essential for enlistment was from the Minister of Education. As indicated by a report by Vanguard, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has clarified why it presented the utilization of National Identity Number, NIN, for enlistment of the…
Have you been in a situation where your friend starts studying the night before the exam, and you’ve been studying since the first week, only for results to come out, and your friend gets an A, and you get something you are not proud to say? Yeah, it happens. You will agree with me, that…
Male students of Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, are throwing a fit because a woman is contesting to be the next SUG President. Obi Vivian Ifunanyachukwu’s campaign poster was shared on the school’s Facebook group and some male students commented, saying it’s not right for women to lead where there are men. “Am never in support of…
Faith Odunsi is a 15-year-old student of the Ambassadors School, Ota, Ogun State who recently won the Global Open Mathematics Tournament which is an international competition. The Mavin boss couldn’t hide his admiration for Odunsi after she defeated the US, UK, China, and others to win the Global Open Mathematics Tournament. To celebrate the young…
A young Nigerian man named Jide Sanya who graduated with first class in Electrical and Electronics Engineering has sent an appreciation post to the people who sponsored his education including popular musician, Davido. According to the young man, Davido and others had sponsored his education ensuring that he didn’t drop out. The young man made…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has declared that mathematics isn’t a compulsory subject for students who want to study humanities in colleges of education. Jamb Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede made this declaration on Tuesday, February 24th in Abuja. Also, the president of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COASU), Comrade Nuhu Ogirima argued…
The federal government of Nigeria has finally reached an agreement with the members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities(NASUU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU). According to the ministry of labour and employment, the agreement with the university workers will lead to resumption of academic activities in federal Universities. The ministry…
On Thursday, February 11th the federal government of Nigeria announced threats to stop paying salaries to the members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASUU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU). The threat was announced by the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige on behalf of Nigeria government. The minister…
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities(NASUU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities(SSANU) have announced that they will continue their planned strike action. Reports gathered say that the associations reached this decision as the meeting held between varsity workers and federal government came out unfruitful. On January 22nd, 2021, NASUU and SSANU announced that…
The federal government of Nigeria has announced that the use of the National Identity Number (NIN) is mandatory for the registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This was announced on Thursday, January 21 by the minister of education, Adamu Adamu in a meeting held in Abuja, Nigerian Tribune reports. The minister ordered that…
The federal government of Nigeria has said that it did not approve January 18th as resumption date for all schools across the country. This information was given by minister of education, Adamu Adamu, during a briefing of the Presidential Task-Force (PTF) held in Abuja on Monday, January 18th. Daily Trust reports that the minister said…
