Education

The Federal Government has said that the use of National Identification Number (NIN) is now a mandatory requirement for registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by candidates. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu…
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The authorities of Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto (UDUS) has fixed Monday, Jan. 25 for the resumption of students and commencement of academic activities. This is contained in a statement issued by the University’s Registrar, Alhaji…
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, approved the payment of the sum of N8 billion to Osun State Government as an asset sharing agreement on the ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso. The…
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Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife have announced February 7, 2021 for resumption of academic activities. The announcement followed the institution’s senate meeting on Tuesday. In a statement titled: ‘resumption of…
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The Nigerian Government has said it was not in support of the resumption of schools on Monday, January 18, 2021. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu said this during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19, on…
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The Senate of the University of Calabar has announced February 5 as its resumption date for the 2019/2020 Academic Session, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, has said. Obi, who disclosed this to newsmen at the end of the Senate’s…
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The Federal Ministry of Education has said that no COVID-19 test is required for returning students to be admitted into their schools. Recall that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government had ordered the reopening of schools across…
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The Imo Government has postponed resumption of schools in the state until Jan. 25 Schools due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Bernard Ikegwuoha said. Ikegwuoha, who disclosed this in…
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The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, has announced Monday, Jan. 18 as its resumption date for the start of academic activities in the Institution, Mrs Kehinde Ekanem, the institution’s Registrar, said in a circular, on Saturday. The…
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The Plateau State University chapter, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has commenced an indefinite strike action over insecurity, poor infrastructural development and arrears of earned allowances for its members. Dr.…
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Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has declared schools in the state will remain closed until February 1 as the state grapples with the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Obaseki spoke at a press conference in Benin, as most…
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The Lagos State Government has confirmed that all public and private schools below tertiary level, will resume on Monday, January 18, 2021. This will be the start of the second term for the 2020/2021 academic session. This was…
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The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, on Friday announced resumption date. The Management said the academic activities for the remaining 2019/2020 session would commence on the 18th of this month for the postgraduate students, while…
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The Lagos State University Thursday announced that three students of the state’s University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) tested positive for COVID-19, leading the institution to immediately close down all her hostel facilities. In a…
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The University of Ibadan (UI) has cancelled the 2019/2020 academic session. This was part of resolutions reached at a meeting of the university’s Senate held on Thursday. The meeting also affirmed resumption of the institution on…
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Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has refunded a group of 25 women who contributed to ensure the construction of Nomadic LGEA Nursery and Primary School Agindigbi and St. Luke LGEA Primary School, Onila near Agbamu, Irepodun local…
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The Federal Ministry of Education says it has aligned with the Jan. 18, 2021 date for schools in the nation to resume. Consequently, schools can resume academic activities on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. The ministry, in a statement on…
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Sokoto State government under the Better Education Service Delivery Agency (BESDA) programme enrolled over seventy-five thousand children into basic schools in 2020. Similarly, this year, the state government, under the programme,…
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University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka has announced Monday, January 25, as the commencement date for online lectures and Monday, March 15, for examinations for the 2019/2020 academic session. It also announced that the pending convocation…
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The National Examination Council (NECO) says that 233,000 candidates who could not write the examinations as a result of the #EndSARS protests will join external candidates to write the examinations in February. Mr Azeez Sani, Head of…
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University of Jos has announced Jan. 22 as its resumption date for the 2019/2020 academic session, Mr. Abdullahi Abdullahi, the Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications of the university, said in a statement on Tuesday, in Jos. The…
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The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, on Tuesday, said schools in the country will resume on January 18 until the Ministry of Education announces further directive. PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, stated this while featuring…
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The Bauchi State government says it would reopen its 4,816 schools on January 18 for the 2020/2021 academic session, according to Aliyu Tilde, the state commissioner of education. The federal government is currently considering…
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The Senate of Ekiti State University (EKSU) has announced that the institution would resume online academic activities from January 18 due to the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This was contained in a statement…
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has vowed that stringent measures will be taken to prosecute any institution or candidate that is found to have breached the nation’s admission code of operation. The board said these…
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