The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 3, and Monday, April 6, 2026, as public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebration. April 3 is Good Friday, while April 6 is Easter Monday. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. He congratulated Christians in Nigeria and the diaspora on…

Kwara State University (KWASU) has officially released its tentative 2025/2026 Rain Semester Lectures Time-Table. The schedule, spanning from Monday, April 6, 2026, to Saturday, June 27, 2026, outlines lecture periods and venues across the campus.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has trained and deployed no fewer than 3,000 Proctors for the upcoming 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The training exercise was part of measures geared towards conducting a seamless 2026 UTME. During the training, participants were briefed on the new and Alternate Test Engine that had been…

The results of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Mock, conducted on Saturday, 28th March 2026, have been released. Candidates can check their results by sending MOCKRESULT via SMS to 55019 or 66019, using the same phone number (SIM) used during registration for the 2026 UTME. A total of 224,597 candidates registered for the…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of the 2026 UTME mock examination. Candidates who participated can now check their results using their registered SIM. To check your JAMB mock score, send “MOCKRESULT” as a text message to 55019 or 66019 using the same SIM card you registered with for the exam.

The Senate of the University of Ilorin has elected Professor Olalere Adeyemi of the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages as Deputy Vice Chancellor today, March 31, 2026.

In a significant boost to the 2025/2026 academic session, Ekiti State University (EKSU) has officially confirmed the receipt of over ₦434.5 million from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). In an official communiqué dated February 23, 2026, addressed to the Managing Director of NELFUND, the Vice-Chancellor of EKSU, Prof. J. B. Ayodele, acknowledged the disbursement…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has clarified that the approved monthly upkeep allowance for student beneficiaries under its loan scheme remains ₦20,000, contrary to circulating reports suggesting an increase to ₦25,000. In an official statement issued on Monday, the Fund expressed concern over what it described as “misinformation” regarding the stipend, emphasizing that no…

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has issued new guidelines regulating the award of honorary degrees in Nigerian universities, banning recipients from using the “Dr.” title. The commission said the move aims at curbing what it described as the indiscriminate conferment of honorary awards and preserving the integrity of academic distinctions. Under the new rules, only…