Education

The Osun State University congratulates all the candidates who have been offered provisional admission for the 2025/2026 academic session. This release confirms that the University will implement the forfeiture of admission for candidates who have yet to accept their provisional offer since September 27, 2025, and October 12, 2025, when the MERIT and the first…

The West African Examinations Council has conducted a trial test on essay writing ahead of the Computer-Based WASSCE for School Candidates in 2026. The exercise, led by the Head of WAEC’s Nigeria National Office, Dr Amos Dangut, took place on Thursday at the WAEC Training and Testing Centre, Ogba, Lagos. Senior secondary school students participated…

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 13 new degree programmes for Nigerian universities under the Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) initiative. The approved programmes are: 1. B.Sc. Artificial Intelligence 2. B.Ed. Christian Education 3. B.Sc. Human Kinetics (Sport Management) 4. B.Eng. Geomatics 5. B.HLIS Community Health Science 6. B.Sc. Intelligence and Security…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed over ₦105 million to three tertiary institutions under the 2024/2025 Student Loan Programme. Beneficiary institutions include: Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin – ₦40,309,100.00

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) announces the opening of its student loan application portal for the 2025/2026 academic session, scheduled to run from Thursday, October 23, 2025, to Saturday, January 31, 2026. HOW TO APPLY FOR STUDENT LOAN Below are the three stages to apply for NELFUND student loan. For candidates that want to…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its two-week warning strike, granting the Federal Government a one-month window to address its demands.

We are pleased to celebrate all the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) 11,886 latest graduate on the occasion of their convocation ceremony which coincides with the 40th of the prestigious Better-by-far varsity. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all graduating students. Your hard work, resilience, and dedication have paid off, this is a moment of great…

ADMISSION INTO NEWLY APPROVED PROGRAMMES FOR THE 2025/2026 ACADEMIC SESSION : The Federal University of Technology, Akure invites qualified candidates into the following newly approved courses: (1)SCHOOL OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES (SBMS) * Nursing Sciences (B.NSc) Candidates seeking admission into the B.NSc programme must have a minimum score of 300 in the 2025 UTME  in…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) announces the opening of its student loan application portal for the 2025/2026 academic session, scheduled to run from Thursday, October 23, 2025, to Saturday, January 31, 2026. NELFUND appreciates the continued cooperation of tertiary institutions nationwide and seeks their further collaboration to ensure a smooth and inclusive loan process…

You may wish to recall that the Federal Executive Council approved 6th October, 2025 as the commencement date for NERD compliance. In compliance with the directive, a circular was released by NYSC dated 7th October, 2025 with reference number NYSC/DHQ/CM/M/373/VOL.3/81 directing all CPIs to ensure that subsequent uploads must be NERD-compliant. Consequent on the latest…