Education

In line with our mandate to educate our teeming youth population as well as increase opportunities for indigent young people whose chances at life have been naturally reduced, Ade Adeogun Foundation has partnered with Upland College of Education, Ipesi Akoko ...

The National Examination Council has refuted claims of postponing the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) on account of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. In a statement, its Head of Information and Public ...

A’Ibom to provide relief materials, food items in villages Management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has disclosed that mass production of liquid soap and hand sanitisers for members of staff has commenced at the facility. Chief Medical ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the alleged forceful application of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) on its members by government as “a deliberate ploy to cripple the Nigerian university system.” Benin Zonal Coordinator ...

Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Professor Suleiman Bogoro has said the agency’s Board of Trustees (BoT) had recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari to establish centres of excellence on diary research and development in public universities. He ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results of over one million candidates that sat for the test on Tuesday. Its Head of Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said candidates could ...

Academic and non-academic activities at the Uyo City Polytechnic in Akwa Ibom State have been grounded and the school shut down following non-payment of workers’ salaries for over 21 months. When The Guardian visited the Nduetong Oku Community in Uyo ...

Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for its timely response to network hitches during Saturday’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the country. The minister who was accompanied by the ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike in the interest of students. He also urged the lecturers to consider negotiating with the Federal Government ...

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has refuted alleged diversion of research grants by some lecturers in Nigerian universities. This was contained in a letter sent to the Managing Director of Premium Times by Acting Director of Research and Development and Centres ...