Two Akwa Ibom Polytechnic Female Students Killed Days To Graduation
There is outrage at the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area as two female students were crushed to death by a moving truck just two days before the completion of their National Diploma programme in the institution. The incident happened on Monday when the driver of the truck lost control and rammed into the...
EXCLUSIVE Pictures From Government College Umuahia Set 91B Reunion
Check out exclusive pictures from the Government College Umuahia Old Boys Association reunion, Class of 1991B. The event took place at Harriet Suites Umuahia, Abia State. https://youtu.be/QYkcpQMfAm4?si=fcHqndtA4A-orgzc See the photos below.... ...
Govt College Umuahia Holds Reunion With Awards Of Recognition To Deserving Teachers (Pix)
The 1991 set of Government College Umuahia Abia State on Sunday held its reunion several years after graduation to reconnect with old friends once more. The event took place at Harriet Suites Umuahia, Abia State. The leader of the set, Mr. Okere Onwuha Ikenna told ABN TV that the set also held an award of recognition to appreciate teachers who who...
We’ve No Fake Professors, UNILAG Replies NUC
The University of Lagos has debunked reports suggesting that five fake professors were discovered by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Some reports had emerged that NUC had uncovered about 100 professors spread across some Nigerian universities, including the University of Lagos. However, in a statement on Saturday, the university’s Head of Communication Unit, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, described the report as unsubstantiated and...
Youth Forum Rejects Planned WAEC CBT Exams
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has called for the cancellation of the proposed Computer-Based Test format in the forthcoming West African Examinations Council examinations in the country. According to the forum, introducing such a mode of examination will result in mass failure for students, particularly in rural areas where computer skills are scarce or completely absent. ABNTV reports that the West African...
50% Of Enugu Pupils Unable To Read, Solve Simple Mathematics — SSG
The Secretary to the Enugu State Government (SSG), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, says 50 per cent of pupils in the state can neither read in English nor solve simple mathematics questions. Onyia stated this while delivering a keynote address titled, “Smart Basic Education and the Future of Africa” at the quadrennial convention of the Old Boys Association of Union Secondary School,...
FG Threatens To Extend Sanction To Kenya, Uganda, Niger Varsities Over Degrees Saga
Following the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo, the Federal Government has said sanction would be extended to more countries like Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic. “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo,” the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday. “We are...
FG Closes Down 18 Foreign Varsity Campuses Over Alleged Certificate Forgery
The Federal Government has banned 18 foreign universities operating in Nigeria, describing them as “degree mills,’’ warning Nigerians to avoid enrolling in such institutions. The directive affected five universities from the United States, six from the United Kingdom, and three Ghanaian tertiary institutions. Also, the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced the temporary suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree...
Reps Urges Tertiary Institutions To Adopt Per Semester Fees Payment System
The House of Representatives has called on universities and other tertiary institutions to adopt a semester-based school fee payment system to enable students to cope with the current economic situation in the country. The call followed a resolution on a motion moved by Rep. Sa’ad Wada Taura at the Plenary on Thursday. Presenting the motion, he said adopting the payment system...
Kogi Varsity Pegs Cut-Off @ 160
The Kogi State Government-owned Confluence University of Science and Technology, on Wednesday, announced the commencement of the 2023/2024 admission process. The institution also noted that only candidates who scored 160 and above in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination will be admitted into its over 38 undergraduate programmes domiciled in six faculties as approved by the National Universities Commission. The university,...
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