LASU: Obaseki congratulates Aminat’s record breaking with 5.0 CGPA

EducationNewsNigeriaLASU: Obaseki congratulates Aminat’s record breaking with 5.0 CGPA

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 26, 2023

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has congratulated Yusuf Aminat Imoitesemeh, for emerging as the best graduating and best-ever student at the Lagos State University (LASU), with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 obtained in the institution’s Law Degree programme. Obaseki in a press statement on Sunday hailed Yusuf on her remarkable and pacesetting feat, noting that she has once again displayed the indefatigable Edo spirit of excellence and hard work. “I congratulate...

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JAMB announces 140 as cut-off mark for varsity admissions, 100 for polytechnics

EducationNewsNigeriaJAMB announces 140 as cut-off mark for varsity admissions, 100 for polytechnics

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 25, 2023

…pegs post-UTME registration fees at N2,000. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has set 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for admissions into universities in the 2023/24 academic session. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this at the 2023 policy meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions on Saturday in Abuja. Oloyede also noted that 100 has been approved as the cut off-mark for admissions into polytechnics and colleges of education. He...

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UNN pharmacy students protest against the exorbitant cost of manuals

EducationNewsNigeriaUNN pharmacy students protest against the exorbitant cost of manuals

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 25, 2023

Students of the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Nigeria, UNN, have staged a protest over the incessant increase in the price of textbooks and manuals by authorities in the faculty. The protesting students, who carried placards with various inscriptions depicting their grievances, matched around the university premises on Friday. The peaceful protest started at the pharmacy complex, to the security department then down to the Vice-Chancellor’s office. The students also protested against “indiscriminate...

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Students’ loan: Tinubu directs committee to begin disbursement in September

EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsStudents’ loan: Tinubu directs committee to begin disbursement in September

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 16, 2023

An inter-ministerial committee approved by President Bola Tinubu will be meeting next Tuesday to work out modalities for the disbursement of the student loan by September 2023 for the 2023/2024 academic session. It was earlier reported that the President signed the student loan bill, which seeks to provide interest-free loans to indigent Nigerian students in tertiary institutions, into law on Monday. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Andrew Adejo, the permanent secretary for the...

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Federal Government Ban Underage Children From Writing Examinations

EducationNewsNigeriaFederal Government Ban Underage Children From Writing Examinations

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 4, 2023

The Federal Government has directed the National Examination Council (NECO) to ensure that birth certificates are compulsory for registration of the examination, as part of measures to prevent underage persons from registering. The government has also banned underage children from writing the National Common Entrance Examination preparatory for admission into Unity Schools across the country. David Adejo, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education gave the directive on Saturday in Abuja during monitoring the conduct of...

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11,350 Teachers Sat For Professional Qualifying Examination

EducationNewsNigeria11,350 Teachers Sat For Professional Qualifying Examination

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 21, 2023

The new technology introduced by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) would weed out quackery from the teaching profession in Nigeria. The Registrar of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye disclosed this in Abuja, saying 11,350 candidates across the country have sat for the May Diet of the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE), adding that reports from centers across the country indicated hitch-free processes. “There has been improvement in the accreditation process because part of what we...

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University of Ibadan ranked the best university in Nigeria

EducationNewsNigeriaUniversity of Ibadan ranked the best university in Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 19, 2023

The University of Ibadan, UI, has been ranked the best university in Nigeria. This is according to a ranking of global universities published on Monday by the Centre for World University Rankings, CWUR. Out of the 20,000 universities that were ranked, UI was at the 1,163rd position globally and the first in Nigeria. University of Nigeria, UNN, was ranked second in Nigeria and occupied the 1,784th position on the global list. University of Lagos, UNILAG,...

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Jigawa State Government Receives 107 Students from Sudan

EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsJigawa State Government Receives 107 Students from Sudan

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 9, 2023

One hundred and seventy (107) Jigawa State indigenes studying medicine in Sudan have returned to the state following their evacuation from that country by the Federal Government. Dr. Abubakar Sani Birnin Kudu, the Executive Secretary, of Jigawa Islamic Education Bureau who received the returnees on behalf of the State Commissioner for Education, expressed thanks to Allah for saving their lives. Also, Alhaji Abdullahi Yunusa, the Director General of the State Education Monitoring Bureau, advised the...

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Soludo Congratulates Anambra Born Student For Emerging Best In 2023 UTME

EducationNewsNigeriaSoludo Congratulates Anambra Born Student For Emerging Best In 2023 UTME

PilotnewsMay 8, 2023

A student of Anglican Girls Secondary School (AGSS) Nnewi, Anambra state, Ejikeme Joy, has emerged as the overall best student in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with an aggregate score of 362. Our correspondent noted the breakdown of Miss Ejikeme’s scores to include: English Language – 98% Physics – 89% Biology – 94% Chemistry – 81% Reacting, in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Charles Soludo, Christian Aburime, on Saturday,...

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UNICAL returns illegal fees collected by departments to students

EducationNewsNigeriaUNICAL returns illegal fees collected by departments to students

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2023

Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, yesterday, refunded an undisclosed amount of money illegally collected by some departments in the institution to 196 students. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the VC told the students that the money was refunded in line with her administration’s zero tolerance for corruption and illegality. She urged students to report any illegal charges by their departments to the directorate of Service Compact with...

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