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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UNN VC cautions students against seducing lecturers, offering sex for marks

EducationNewsNigeriaUNN VC cautions students against seducing lecturers, offering sex for marks

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2023

Prof. Charles Igwe, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, has warned students against deliberately seducing lecturers or offering sex in exchange for marks. Prof. Igwe gave the warning on Wednesday at the university’s first ‘International Conference on Gender and Sexual Harassment’, organised by the Campus-Campaign Against Sexual Harassment (C-CASH). He noted that the institution has zero tolerance for sexual harassment and other social vices, adding that the university would not relent...

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JAMB reschedules 2023 UTME for 60,000 candidates

EducationNewsNigeriaJAMB reschedules 2023 UTME for 60,000 candidates

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2023

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has rescheduled its ongoing 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, for about 60,000 candidates. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head of media and publicity, who made the disclosure on Thursday, said the rescheduling was due to the technical glitches experienced on the first two days of the examination. He said of about 947,000 candidates who sat for the UTME on Tuesday and Wednesday, 60,000 were rescheduled. Benjamin urged candidates...

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Students’ Union mount pressure on Buhari to sign HND/B.Sc dichotomy bill

EducationNewsNigeriaStudents’ Union mount pressure on Buhari to sign HND/B.Sc dichotomy bill

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 25, 2023

The National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS, has given President Muhammadu Buhari a 14-day ultimatum to sign the bill seeking to end the disparity between Higher National Diploma, HND, and Bachelor of Science, B.Sc, holders. A bill that sought to erase the age-long inequality between degree holders and HND holders in the country was passed by the Senate in June 2021, but President Buhari has yet to give his assent. The president’s overdue silence on...

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