Education

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education will today, Tuesday, set up an inter-ministerial committee to combat the activities of degree mills. The ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Ben Goong, made this known in a notice sent to journalists in Abuja. “Education Minister, Prof.Tahir Mamman, will this afternoon, inaugurate an inter-ministerial…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has reaffirmed its readiness to commence the conduct of its West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for private candidates on a digital platform, starting with the first series of exams this February. The organisation has also restated and made it clear that the Computer-Based Examination (CBE) is only…

This is to inform you that the 2023/2024 academic session additional credit unit request for final year students has commenced. Accordingly, departments are hereby requested to inform their final year students and guide them to forward their respective requests to the office of the Registrar for further processing. It is to be noted however, that…

The New Telegraph, one of Nigeria’s leading newspaper outfits, has named the University of Ilorin as “Nigerian University of Choice for the Year 2023”. This was contained in a nomination letter dated January 3, 2024, which was signed by the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the media establishment, Mr Aminu Ayodele, and addressed to the Vice…

Ahead of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration exercise, The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has released guidelines to candidates on ticketing and retrieval of candidates loss profile. The guidelines were contained in the advisory issued by the board to candidates, clients, and the public urging them to take advantage of its…

The University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, has announced January 15th as the date for commencement of clinic registration for 2022/2023 for both new and returning students. This was contained in a copy of the University’s weekly Bulletin made available to our correspondents today. The full announcement reads; “Clinic registration for new and returning students will commence…

Lagos state university of science and technology (LASUSTECH) has begun the release of 2023/2024 admission list on school portal, candidates can now login their portal to confirm their admission status.

The attention of the management of the University of Ilorin has been drawn to a trending list of 100 fake professors in some universities in the country as purportedly uncovered by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Even though the NUC has dissociated itself from the list that first surfaced in December 2019, we deem it…

Universities across the country may witness strikes in 2024 due to the small budget allotted to the education sector and poor remuneration, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has said. Asuu president Prof. Emmanuel Oshodeke, explained that during the campaign and election earlier last year, President Bola Tinubu promised to increase the Education sector to…