Education

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has announced that 201,867 candidates successfully registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) within the first week of registration. The JAMB-administered UTME registration began on Monday, 3 February and continues until Saturday, 8 March. The UTME is a computer-based entrance examination for candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions. In…

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede has disclosed that “exceptional” students below the age of 16 can register for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination as the board had opened the Exceptionally Brilliant Window for such candidates. He noted that while the examination body had enforced the minimum age requirement for any…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has called on parents to stop making unfounded allegations against universities over perceived unfair denial of admission to their children. JAMB issued the advisory on Sunday via a statement by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin following a series of complaints, including a recent case involving Mr. Godwin Nsan,…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres against conducting late-night registration for prospective candidates in the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. In a statement issued on Sunday and signed by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB said it is aware that some CBT centres, which serve as…

Lagos State University (LASU) is set to matriculate newly admitted full-time students for the 2024/2025 academic session as follows: Date: Tuesday, 18th February 2025 Time: 10:00 a.m. prompt Venue: Buba Marwa Auditorium, Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos. All matriculating students are to be seated in the auditorium by 9:30 a.m. https://www.lasu.edu.ng We are LASU, We are…

Tunji Alausa says the National Council on Education (NCE) will decide on its proposed adoption of a 12-year basic school model in October 2025. In a statement on Friday, Folasade Boriowo, the director of press at the education ministry, quoted the minister as refuting reports that the federal government has already scrapped secondary education as…

Dr Alausa made the call on Thursday at the 2025 Extraordinary National Council of Education meeting which is the highest education policymaking body in Nigeria, currently holding in Abuja. Nigeria currently operates the 9-3-4 system, which consists of nine years of basic education, three years of senior secondary education, and four years of tertiary education….

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed deep disappointment at Federal Government for not “meeting” any of its demands after several months they have both resolved to  a peaceful path in resolving their age-long differences. The president of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, expressed the disappointment in an interview with Nigerian Tribune when…

Speaking at the matriculation ceremony in Abuja on Thursday, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Aisha Maikudi, revealed that a staggering 38,000 candidates competed for the limited 7,794 admission spots. She congratulated the students on their admission, urging them to embrace hard work and discipline to excel in their academic pursuits. Maikudi stressed the…

No fewer than 9,772 new undergraduate students were Thursday matriculated into the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Razaq Kalilu, announced this during the 2024/2025 matriculation, held at the main campus of the institution in Ogbomoso. Represented by the Deputy VC (Strategy and Development), Prof Adepoju Ogunkunle, the VC…