The Federal Ministry of Education has announced a one-year temporary suspension on the creation of new private universities in Nigeria The Minister of Education, Maruf Olatunji Alausa, has declared a one-year pause on the approval of new private universities in Nigeria. He noted that this moratorium could potentially be extended if deemed necessary. In a…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said candidates with biometric challenges can only register at the JAMB National Headquarters, Abuja. According to the Board, candidates, who experience issues with their fingerprints or facial recognition scans during their registration or verification process, especially during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), where biometric identification is…
Kwara State Polytechnic has reopened the School Fee Payment portal. Please note that a ₦5,000 Late Registration Charge has been added. Students have a 5-day window to settle their fees before the portal closes again.
In a landmark decision, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Federal Government to take over Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State, and transform it into the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia. The directive follows a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja ordering the final forfeiture of the privately-owned institution to the government. Speaking on…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the bill to establish the Federal University of Sports, Afuze, Edo State. This was disclosed in a statement by Samson Akhanieme, Chief Press Secretary, Office of the Leader, House of Representatives on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. The statement described the development as a testament to the National Assembly’s commitment…
University of Ibadan 2024/2025 Academic Session (Fresh Students) Payment of Fees and Course Registration Guideline
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says candidates under the age of 16 can be considered for admission into tertiary institutions if they demonstrate that they are academically exceptional by scoring 80 per cent and above in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Given that the total score in the UTME is 400 marks, 80 represents…
One hundred seventy-six graduands on Monday bagged first class across various faculties at Bayero University, Kano’s 39th convocation ceremonies. The vice chancellor of the university, Sagir Abbas, noted in a pre-convocation press conference that 275 PhD students also graduated, 2,590 students received master’s degrees, and 535 received postgraduate diplomas. Mr Abbas said 4,402 graduands would receive…
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (IOE) ADMISSIONS INTO POSTGRADUATE, UNDERGRADUATE AND SUB-DEGREE PROGRAMMES FOR THE 2025 SANDWICH CONTACT SESSION Applications are hereby invited from qualified candidates for admissions into the under-listed programmes of the Institute of Education, University of Ilorin, for the 2025 Sandwich Contact Session. AVAILABLE PROGRAMMES AND COURSES AT THE INSTITUTE (A) Bachelor Degree…
The JAMB Registrar disclosed that the Examination body has registered a total number of 420,674 candidates for the 2025/2026 JAMB examinations so far as of Monday afternoon. Oloyede also said no fewer than 32,435 candidates registered for the examinations on Monday alone which was the 5th day that the UTME registration began. He said 124,632…
