Education

As admission seekers will today begin registration for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has cancelled special concession and registration hitherto allowed for people with albinism because some were using same to perpetrate malpractice. Also, the Board has urged faith-based institutions to disclose their status from the…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released fresh details on the registration process for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), including timelines, monitoring measures, and eligibility requirements for candidates nationwide. The update was given in Lagos on Saturday during a meeting with Commissioners for Education ahead of the UTME and Direct Entry…

The WAEC GCE 1st series CBT timetable for 2026 is now available. The exams will commence on Wednesday, 28th January, 2026 and end Saturday, 14th February, 2026. All candidates who have registered for the 2026 1st series WAEC GCE can access the CBT timetable below. Meanwhile, the registration for the exam is still ongoing and…

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has commenced the release of Continuous Assessment (C.A) results for the Harmattan Semester of the 2025/2026 academic session.

The Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA has matriculated newly admitted undergraduate and postgraduate students into the various programmes of the university for the 2025/2026 Academic Session with the Vice Chancellor, Professor Adenike Oladiji reaffirming the institutions commitment to excellent training , teaching and research. The event took place on the 22nd of January 2026…

This is to inform you that the 2025/2026 Academic Session’s Matriculation Ceremony for our new students is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. prompt on Friday, 30th January, 2026 in the University Auditorium. I, therefore, wish to write you to please ensure adequate publicity of this important ceremony among the students and the general public through banners…

The Vice-Chancellor disclosed this on Thursday while briefing journalists at the Senate Building of the university ahead of its 35th convocation ceremony scheduled for next week. He also announced that a total of 5,808 students would be graduating at the convocation, with 147 earning First Class degrees. According to him, 2,051 graduands obtained Second Class…

Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has matriculated a total of 14,290 students admitted for the 2025/2026 academic session. The matriculation ceremony, held at the university’s main campus in Malete, attracted top government officials, members of the university’s Governing Council, principal officers, parents, guardians, and well-wishers, who gathered to witness the formal induction of the new…

The Kwara State government has ordered the immediate closure of the Kwara State College of Education, Oro, following worsening security concerns in the area. The directive was contained in an internal memo dated January 20, 2026, issued by the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science and Technology and addressed to relevant authorities overseeing the institution. “You…

The federal government has announced plans to abolish the long-standing Higher National Diploma (HND) dichotomy by empowering polytechnics to award degrees in a major reform aimed at repositioning technical and vocational education as a driver of national development. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday while addressing a high-level…