FG To Feed 9 Million Pupils Across 53,000 Public Schools Nationwide
Ongoing efforts by the Federal Government towards successful implementation of the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP) gained a boost on Monday, as United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) renewed its commitment towards successful implementation of the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) as schools resume for the 2022 academic year across the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster...
2023 WASSCE Begins May 8 – WAEC
The 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be administered by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). Patrick Areghan, the head of the WAEC National Office, announced the exam's seven-week timetable in a speech to the media on Thursday in Lagos. The exam will take place from Monday, May 8 to Friday, June 23. He noted that some locations...
WAEC Conducts Trial Computer-based Essay Test In Preparation For 2026 Exams
The West African Examinations Council has conducted a trial test on essay writing ahead of the Computer-Based WASSCE for School Candidates in 2026. The exercise, led by the Head of WAEC’s Nigeria National Office, Dr Amos Dangut, took place on Thursday at the WAEC Training and Testing Centre, Ogba, Lagos. Senior secondary school students participated in the trial, designed to familiarise...
Aisha Maikudi Emerges Substantive VC UniAbuja
The Governing Council of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja), under the chairmanship of Air Vice-Marshal Saddiq Ismaila Kaita, has approved the appointment of Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi as the seventh substantive vice-chancellor of the University. The appointment was announced during the 77th Extraordinary Meeting of Council on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. The appointment takes effect from January 1, 2025, and it...
JAMB Cautions Universities Against Jumping Academic Sessions After Strike
AS public universities resume for academic activities across the country following eight months of industrial action declared by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has warned against jumping of academic sessions. The nation’s tertiary institutions admission body,said admissions offered in 2020, 2021, 2022 to 2023 sessions were all still in effect, insisting that they...
Abia Government Warns Politicians Against Converting AbiaPoly Loss Of Accreditation Into Political Tool
The government of Abia State has warned people it described as "mushroom political Parties and their infantile Candidates" against converting the recent loss of accreditation of the state-owned tertiary institution, Abia State Polytechnic Aba into a ...
NAPS Lauds Tinubu Over Exemption Of Polytechnics, Varsities From IPPIS
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has applauded the President Bola Tinubu led federal government, for removal of polytechnics, universities and other tertiary institutions from Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information Systems (IPPIS). The apex polytechnic students union body said the exemption of the tertiary institution from IPPIS will enhance the autonomy and efficiency of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. In a statement...
Lagos College Death: Sylvester Oromoni’s Family Hires Femi Falana Against Dowen School
The family of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), the late 12-year-old Dowen College student, has hired the firm of a foremost human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, to prosecute its case against the institution over the death of their son. Our correspondent obtained the letter written by Falana to the office of Lagos State’s Chief Coroner, requesting an inquest into the...
JAMB Sets 320 UTME Benchmark For Under-16 Candidate
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says candidates under the age of 16 should be academically exceptional by scoring 80 per cent and above in the UTME to be considered for admission. Given that the total score in the UTME is 400 marks, 80 represents a minimum score of 320. This development follows the recent reversal of the mandatory 18-year admission...
Poor Management: Handover Abia College Of Education To FG Now, Sen. Kalu Tells Ikpeazu
*Concentrate on bad federal roads in your constituency — Abia govt fires back Senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has appealed to the state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu to handover the State College of Education located in Arochukwu to the federal government, citing poor management. Kalu, a former governor of the state made this call last week shortly after...
