Education

The Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has reached a remarkable milestone in its first year of operation: over 500,000 Nigerian students have now applied for student loans through the NELFUND portal. This milestone, achieved within just 11 months of operations, underscores the critical need for accessible student financing in Nigeria and highlights the widespread trust…

The Management of Kwara State University (KWASU) has put on hold the scheduled relocation of its Faculty of Agriculture to the Ilesha-Baruba campus. The directive was issued in a memo signed by the Registrar of the institution, Dr. Kikelomo W. Sallee on Thursday, April 24, 2025, to the concerned faculty. Management stated in the memo…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide. The exam will last a week and take place in a total of 887 centres nationwide with no fewer than a record 2 million candidates to participate. Also, more than 10,000 officials have been deployed for the exercise…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has deployed officers across all accredited Computer-Based Test centres in Anambra State ahead of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, scheduled to commence on April 24. The Head, Media and Tactical, Anambra NSCDC, Edwin Okadigbo, stated this in a press statement on Wednesday, adding that all the 33…

The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, has announced the release of ₦50 billion by the Federal Government to the academic and non-academic staff unions of federal universities for the settlement of earned allowances, as promised by President Bola Tinubu. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the Director of Press at the…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has started the disbursement of funds (upkeep) for students of the Kwara State University, Malete (KWASU). Students who have applied for the students loan should proceed to monitor their disbursement via the dashboard.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the commencement of the 2025 Batch ‘A’ Stream I Orientation Course from 23rd April 2025.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed the successful registration of 41,955 candidates for the 2025 direct entry (DE) exercise. The registration exercise is still in progress as of this moment. The sale of the direct entry (DE) E-pin will come to an end, today, April 21, 2025

The West African Examinations Council has revoked the licences of 574 secondary schools in Nigeria. WAEC announced that the affected schools were found to have committed examination malpractices. The examination body also stated that the schools will not be allowed to conduct examinations even as the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, commences from…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is advocating for mandatory drug testing for all prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd), said the agency is tackling drug abuse by promoting drug testing in universities, communities, and among families. He spoke during a ‘Training the Trainer’…