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JAMB Gives Report On Ongoing Registration For UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stated that not less than 1.8 million applicants might be registered for its 2019 UTME by the end of the registration exercise scheduled for Feb. 21.

The Board’s Head, Media, and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, acknowledges this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos.

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The authorities of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, has suspended the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities of the institution, Dr. Monday Igbafen.

Igbafen, the university said, became suspended over alleged gross misconduct bordering on sexual harassment.

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, last week suspended its three months old strike, but, many undergraduates and newly admitted students are not on campus till now.

Naija News understand that in UNIBEN, a number of students around arrived before the strike was called off to take part in the elections as INEC officers.

While other students, both old and new voiced their fears in returning back to school due to the fact that there may be violence before, durin...

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UNIMED Appeals To Students To Pay School Fees

Parents of students in the University of Medical Sciences Ondo, Ondo state, have been appealed to by the Vice-Chancellor in other to save their children from embarrassment of being expelled.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof Friday Okonofua spoke about the failure of some students in paying their school fees. He stated that the institution would not think twice to take action against students that are under these categories, most especially those in their final year.
He made this public during the fourth matriculatio...

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Polytechnic Lecturers Suspend Strike, Ready For A Reviewed MoU with Federal Government.

Polytechnic lecturers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic Staff, ASUP have suspended their nationwide strike.

ASUP hence directed its members to begin work as quickly as possible.

ASUP President, Usman Dutse, told newsmen...

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Plans have been made on running professional courses for graduates and introductory programmes for secondary schools, at the Centre for Geospatial Information Science.

The arrangement was introduce by the Management of the Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, Edo State.

The decision was made public by the Rector of the institution, Prof. Abiodun Falodun, during the unveiling of the CGIS, at the school’s...
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has disclosed that it may not extend the deadline for registration of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in view of the successes recorded so far.

Naija News understands that the examination body had fixed the closing date on February 21, 2019.

Speaking to newsmen through out an inspection...
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, stated that it is hundred percent ready for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

The examination body Declared on Monday through its weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made it available to newsmen in Abuja.

A further report revealed that the 2019 UTME has also been confirmed...
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Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has promised to set up technical colleges in all of the 25 local government areas of the state to enhance vocational skills acquisition.

Okowa made the comments on Wednesday at a seminar on; The 2019 general Elections organised by E.k Clark solidarity for Okowa in Warri.
Theme of the seminar was: Free, Fair and Credible Election: A Panacea for a stable Delta.

The governor, represented by the Commiss...
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has finally reached an agreement with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal government to end the over three months strike.
Naija news reports that the agreement was reached and a deal was signed at a meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Thursday, February 7.

This online news platform understands that the minister of labour, Chris Ngige, led the government’s delegation while the ASUU President, Abiodun...

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The academic staff Union of Universities, Federal University, Otuoke, has thrown its weight behind the demotion of seven professors of the institution via the Senator Gbemisola Saraki-led governing council.

The ASUU-FUO, in a communiqué signed by the Chairman, Dr. Joseph Omoro and the Secretary, Dr. John Kalama, launched after its emergency meeting at the institution stated the downgrade of the affected professors followed the extant rules governing the university.

The ASUU-FUO posited that the governing council verified the case of the seven professors, took a decision at its 10th meeting and announced that based on lack of requisite scholarship, the seven were reclassified.

The professors affected by the de...
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The academic staff Union of Universities, Federal University, Otuoke, has thrown its weight behind the demotion of seven professors of the institution via the Senator Gbemisola Saraki-led governing council.

The ASUU-FUO, in a communiqué signed by the Chairman, Dr. Joseph Omoro and the Secretary, Dr. John Kalama, launched after its emergency meeting at the institution stated the downgrade of the affected professors followed the extant rules governing the university.

The ASUU-FUO posited that the...
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The Delta government in collaboration with Examination Ethics Marshal International (EEMI) has inaugurated 261 marshals to promote best practices in its education sector.
The Chairman of EEMI, Mr Ike Onyechere disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday after the close of the second phase of a two-day training/workshop on examination Ethics which ended Friday evening in Warri.
NAN reports that the highlight of the event was the inauguration of 111 successful examination officers and teachers who participated in the training.

It would be recalled...
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Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, says the hassle in the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in regards to its ongoing strike is due to “irresponsible rascals who are elected into office, mainly in the national meeting and state houses of Assemblies”.

Naija news reports that the previous lawmaker made this comment during an interview with daily post in which he cited that the insane salaries” of members of the national assembly and state house of Assemblies will continue to cause “unrest” in ASUU and other labour bodies in Nigeria.

This online news platform recalls that the...
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The Minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu, stated at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday that the move was vital to makethe job of regulatory agencies less difficult and protect students.
It is vital to state that while some of the illegal providers are running illegal institutions based in Nigeria, a few are online in unapproved linkages and affiliations with substandard foreign institutions that have no accreditation or recognition of regulatory bodies either in Nigeria or their home countries.
The proliferation of these illegal institutions has made the job of regulatory agencies in the sector very hard. Such institutions also default in taxes. They do not keep to the rules of the game.

They have no ad...
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It was that time of the year, the JAMB fever was in the air. Everyone: teenagers and adults alike started their journey to register for the JAMB examination.
This was no different for Tunde my dear buddy. He had told me he was going to register for the examination and hoped that he had a successful examination: good enough to get him into the UNILAG.

Tunde went via a number of trouble trying to register for the examination. Waking up very early in the morning to get to the JAMB registration centre was the least of his troubles; at least that was within his powers.

What was perplexing was having to visit the centre days on end and still unable to complete his registration either due to the fact the...
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Faith-based institution owned by the Apostolic Faith Church West and Central Africa (WECA) was established 13 years ago.

The Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of the institution, Prof. Rotimi Ajayi, in his address to the matriculants in the institutions multipurpose hall congratulated them for their formal acceptance into the institution.

He reminded them of the burden of expectations resting on their shoulders from their parents, their communities, and the nation at large.

Let me first congratulate you for choosing rightly, and coming to the institution, is the first step. This is because here, you...

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The activities of the boko haram sect in Borno state has no doubt, induced havoc in the lives of the people within the state. Even as the citizens have began to get on with their lives, the aftermath of the crises continues to linger everywhere in the state, such as the university of Maiduguri (UniMaid), Borno state. Chika Mefor (Abuja) writes.

As students in the country continue to wait for the two elephants, the federal government and the academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to attain an agreement and call off the strike action, students of university of Maiduguri have taken time out to...

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NASU hold Protest Over Unpaid Salaries
The Non-academic staff Union (NASU) of the Polytechnic, Ibadan in Oyo state, has embarked on a peaceful protest over unpaid salary arrears.

Newsmen who visited the Polytechnic reports that the protest by NASU disrupted both academic and administrative activities on the institution’s campus as the entrance gates were locked.

This is as Naija news reports that...

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The Nigerian government has released more than nine billion naira to clean the backlog of scholarship allowances owed students. Naija news learnt that the minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu, made this recognised during his weekend ministerial press briefing in Abuja.

The minister says the am...


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The federal government has promised to resume talks with the leaders of the academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU), today to solve all problems that have made the strike to linger.

Recall university lecturers went on strike on November 4, demanding improved funding of universities and implementation of preceding a.....



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Over 300,000 candidates were registered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation examination in one week.

Dr Fabian Benjamin, the Board’s Head, Media and information, made the announcement to news agency of Nigeria (NAN) two days ago in Lagos.

Naija news recalls the...

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Dr Umar Saganuwan, the Chairman of the committee, made the appeal at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja , at the same time as talking on the alleged anomalies in the appointment of the Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger state.
The news agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...

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Applicants of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation examination (UTME) have deserted Cyber cafés in Bwari, Abuja, as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday began the 2019/20 registration.

The news agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that JAMB started the online registration in its computer based test (CBT) centres across the country.
NAN reviews that...

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JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, informed the news agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that the process had began nationwide.
“Registration of applicants for this year’s exam has commenced in earnest in all accredited computer based test (CBT) centres nationwide.

“Today alone, i will say that the registration...

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The use of Hijab by Secondary school students has once more starred up controversy, as approximately 50 students were disallowed by authority of the Ladoke Akintola university of technology (LAUTECH) international school Ogbomoso, from getting into the school premises for the use of the religious attire.

The Nation reports that the school authority disallowed some students from venturing into the school for wearing Hijab on their...


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AUU-LASU agree to suspend Remittance Of check-Off Dues To ASUU lecturers.
The Lagos state university (LASU), has suspended the remittance of check-off dues for its lecturers who are members of the academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The university Spokesman, Mr Ademola Adekoya, disclosed this to newsmen today in Lagos.

“In the circumstance, the vice-chancellor, in the exercise of his supervisory and general duty to council to maintain desirable order in the university, has directed the instantaneous suspension of remittance of check-off dues of members of the union, Adekoya stated.

He added that “The remittance of check-off dues into ASUU-LASU bank accounts remained suspended pending while the management and operation of the acc...

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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, has disclosed that progress was being recorded in the negotiation with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, adding that the meeting which was held on Monday was not deadlocked and ASUU did not walk out of the meeting as reported by Journalists.

Ngige disclosed this in a statement signed by the...

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The meeting between Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) last Monday ended in deadlock again. It was gathered that the ASUU delegates stormed out of the meeting. With this development, the ongoing strike may not end any time soon as announced earlier by the Minister of Labour and employment, Dr Chris Ngige.

It was learnt that when the ASUU delegation arrived at the ministry at exactly 5:00 p.m, no member of the federal government delegation was around. However, the...

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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and the Federal Government failed to reach any agreement in the meeting held yesterday between the two parties to find an end to the strike action embarked upon by ASUP last week. At the end, the meeting was adjourned to January, after the Christmas and New Year celebration.

The government’s delegation was led by Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, while the National President of ASUP, Usman Dutse, led the delegation of the union.



Speaking to newsmen after he meeting which....

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WAEC GCE 1st series timetable for 2019 is now available. The WAEC GCE Exam is expected to commence on Monday 21st January and end Monday 4th February, 2019. All candidates who have registered for the 2019 January/February 1st series WAEC GCE are to note that the exam has been scheduled to hold as follows...

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Nigerian lady, identified as Esther Adesokan, shared her inspiring story of how she recently bagged a first class in Human Resources management despite the many academic knock-back she encountered. Read what she wrote below…

“A very big thank you to God for making this graduation day possible after 8 years of finishing high school in Nigeria!!!! Had a nice ssce results and passed jamb (my score was more than the minimum requirement of gaining admission) but won’t still gain admission. After spending several amount of money to process admission and all seems futile. I decided to be a tailor apprentice instead of sitting at home but still processing my admission. When we keep spending money every...

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