174 BAG FIRST CLASS AS UNIUYO GRADUATES 12,450 STUDENTS

One hundred and seventy-four students of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, will be awarded first-class honours during the institution’s combined convocation on Saturday. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Nyaudo Ndaeyo, disclosed this while providing a breakdown of the graduands at a pre-convocation briefing held in the university’s council chambers on Nwaniba Road, […]

FG REVIEWS YEAR OF ENTRY INTO TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TO 16

The Federal Government has announced the reduction of the minimum university admission age from 18 to 16 years, a move intended to align Nigeria’s educational standards with international practices.Minister of Education Dr. Morufu Alausa revealed this during his inaugural media briefing in Abuja.

FG REVERSES 18-YEARS MINIMUM ADMISSION AGE POLICY

The new Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa has abolished the 18-year admission benchmark into tertiary institutions in the country. This is as he hinted on the possibility of his administration to review the nation’s education policy. However, the minister said there be no reversal on the federal government’s decision to void over 22,700 degree […]

COURT JAILED FATHER WHO ATTEMPTS TO WRITE UTME FOR HIS DAUGHTER

Jide Josiah Jisos, who was arrested for impersonation in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has been sentenced to six months in prison for impersonation. Justice Folashade Oyekan of a magistrate court in Abuja handed down the sentence after finding Jisos guilty of a one-count charge. Jisos was apprehended by officials of the Joint […]

SSANU,NASU VOW TO CONTINUE STRIKE DESPITE PARTIAL PAYMENT

The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions on Saturday revealed that the Federal Government only released one out of the four months withheld salaries. The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation on Saturday said that it had released the […]

ASUU FUMES, GIVES HINTS ON FRESH STRIKE

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has explained why it has not declared a nationwide strike yet as it had threatened to do so in recent times. The union also disclosed that it is not against the ongoing nationwide strike by the Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union […]

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