Okun Indigenes In Abuja Celebrate Newly Established Kogi State University Kabba, Commend Governor Bello
The newly established Kogi State University, Kabba has continued to elicit reactions among indigenes of Kogi State within and outside the country. Recall that the National Universities Commission (NUC) had last month granted approval for the establishment of the University as the 62nd state universities and the 265th universities in the country. The immediate Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed spoke...
Five Times JAMB Caught Candidates Who Falsified Their UTME Results
The case of Ejikeme Mmesoma has raised up findings on previous attempts by candidates to falsifying results. 1. In 2021, a UTME candidate, Ifesinachi John, 19, claimed he scored 380 in the UTME, but the result checker kept showing 265. Master John and his father, John Ifenkpam, accused JAMB of altering his result. The father, therefore, petitioned the examination body...
Ex-ASUU President Found Days After Declared Missing, Not Dead
Dr Dipo Fasina, former National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who went missing on July 1 this year in Istanbul, Turkey, has been found. Reports said he was found at the airport in Istanbul where he went missing penultimate Saturday. Recall that Fasina, popularly called ‘Jingo,” was declared missing since July 1. READ ALSO: Five Times JAMB Caught...
Reps Seeks 3-Year Validity For JAMB
The House of Representatives has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to allow its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) results to be valid for at least three years and should conduct entry exams, at least, twice annually. This followed the adoption of a motion by Akintunde Rotimi at plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion, the lawmaker expressed concerns...
School Building In Agbado Ogun State Collapses After Heavy Downpour
A one-storey school building in Agbado, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun state collapsed on Saturday afternoon during heavy rainfall. Our correspondent gathered that the affected building contained ten classrooms belonging to Agbado District Comprehensive High School in the Ifo area of the state. The building collapsed after the heavy rainfall on Saturday which also damaged some roads in...
TETfund Says 137 Scholarship Students Sponsored Abroad Refused To Return To Nigeria
The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has said that over 137 students sponsored abroad by the fund absconded. He stated this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged mismanagement of N2.3tn tertiary education tax by TETFund on Tuesday. Echono said the scholars, who were sponsored by TETFund for “higher...
“I Am Sorry” – Mmesoma Apologizes To JAMB
The embattled 19-year-old candidate of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma, has tendered a profound apology to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and the board’s Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede. Mmesoma, who was at the centre of controversy over manipulation of her UTME result, appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Allegations of Manipulation of...
Anambra Govt Registers Mmesoma For 3-Month Free Counselling
The Anambra State Government has handed over the embattled 19-year-old candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Ejikeme Mmesoma, to a psychotherapist for three months of guidance and counselling coaching. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Theresa Chuma-Udeh, announced this during a media chat with journalists in Awka on Wednesday. Mmesoma had claimed a score of 362 as opposed...
UNILAG Raises School Fee From N19,000 To N190,250
The management of the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State has reportedly increased fees for undergraduate students in the institution. This was contained in a statement dated July 20, 2023, by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, UNILAG branch following a meeting with the top management staff. The union, in the statement, said the VC stated that fees would be...
FG Hikes Unity School Fees From ₦45,000 to ₦100,000
The Federal Government has increased school fees for Federal Government Colleges (FGCs), otherwise known as Federal Unity Colleges, from ₦45,000 to ₦100,000. This was contained in a directive from the Office of the Director of Senior Secondary Education Department of the Federal Ministry of Education, reference number ADF/120/DSSE/I, dated 25th May 2023 and addressed to all principals of Federal Unity...
