JAMB Raises Cost Of Mock-UTME Because Of High Price Of Diesel
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has announced an increase in the service charge for this year’s mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Less than a week to the optional examination, the board disclosed that the service charge has been increased by N400. It stated that while the examination would be conducted freely at its centres, JAMB said candidates willing...
Abia Smart School Training Ends In Style As 100 Teachers Empowered for Digital Learning (Photos, Video)
The Abia Smart School Teachers Training Initiative, introduced by the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, through the Abia State Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB), has successfully come to an end with a colourful closing ceremony held on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at the Wonderland Event Centre, Ishi Court, Umuahia. ...
Bauchi Govt Splashes N25m Cash, Scholarships On Winners Of Quranic Recitation Competition
The Bauchi State Government has gifted 10 winners, participants and judges of the 36th National Quranic Recitation Competition which was held in the state the sum of N25 million. The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who announced the donation in his speech at the closing ceremony of the one-week long competition at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, on Saturday, also...
Okwun Ojah Family Foundation To Launch ₦6 Million Scholarship For Ohafia Law Students
The Okwun Ojah Family Foundation has announced the inauguration of its ₦6 million education scholarship award for law students of Ohafia extraction, aimed at supporting young scholars in Nigerian universities. The event, scheduled to hold on Friday, 29th August 2025, at the SKOG Event Centre, Amaekpu Ohafia, will commence at 12:30 pm. The scholarship initiative, founded by Chief Dr. Okwun Ojah...
FEC Approves 20 Private Universities
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday approved the establishment of 20 private universities in the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who briefed newsmen after the session, said the approved universities will get their provisional licenses from the National Universities Commission (NUC), which they will use for the next three years while monitoring...
Meet Abia community school where children learn under tree without seats (Photos+Video)
The poor state of Ndia Ememe Abam Community School in Arochukwu local government Abia State has brought the academic activities in the school to a stand still as pupils now stand under tree to receive lessons, ABN TV findings reveal. The school located in Ohafor ward 1 our correspondent discovered has been in a very dilapidated state for years without...
IPPIS: ASUU Plunged FG Into N800bn Debt, Says Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said there will be no going back paying University lecturers with the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. While stating that IPPIS had improved the effectiveness and efficiency of payroll administration, Ngige said before its implementation in the university system, the Academic Staff Union of Universities allegedly plunged the...
Ikpeazu Gives Ossy Prestige’s Family N10m for Last Son’s Education
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has handed over a cheque of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) to the family of late Hon Ossy Prestige for the education of the last son of the Honourable Member who before his demise represented Aba North/South Federal Constituency at the National Assembly. Making the presentation today during the second edition of the Town Hall...
Abia Govt To Pay Students 30k Each, Scraps ABSU 15k “Pandemic Prevention Fee”
Abia State Government has said all students of the state-owned university, Abia State University (ABSU) are now to be paid the sum of N30,000 each to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on them and families. The state government also reversed an earlier circular instructing student to pay the sum of N15,000 pandemic prevention fee. In a statement personally issued by...
UNILORIN Workers Get 25% School Fees Rebate For Their Children
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, UNILORIN Prof. Wahab Egbewole, has approved a 25 per cent school fees rebate for the children of University of Ilorin staff members. Mr Mansur Alfanla, the university’s registrar, told newsmen in Ilorin on Thursday that the Vice-Chancellor’s decision `reflects a deep understanding of the economic challenges facing the country`. He described this as a positive step towards...
