FG Approves Resumption and New WAEC Date for Final Year Secondary School Students

FG Approves Resumption and New WAEC Date for Final Year Secondary School Students

FG Approves Resumption and New WAEC Date for Final Year Secondary School Students. The Federal Government has given a go-ahead for the resumption of all secondary schools in the country by August 4th, 2020. However, the resumption is for only SS3 students writing the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO….

The Senate Upgrades Auchi Polytechnic to University

The Senate Upgrades Auchi Polytechnic to University

The Senate Upgrades Auchi Polytechnic to University. The Senate Wednesday passed a bill seeking to establish the City University of Technology, Auchi, Edo State. The Bill for the Establishment of the University which is to upgrade the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi to City University of Technology, Auchi to facilitate more access to quality higher technical education….

FUOYE Approved to Run Pharmacy Programme: [Notice to 2020/2021 Admission Seekers]
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FUOYE Approved to Run Pharmacy Programme: [Notice to 2020/2021 Admission Seekers]

FUOYE Approved to Run Pharmacy Programme: [Notice to 2020/2021 Admission Seekers]. The Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has been approved to run Pharmacy Programme. Interested candidates are advised to apply for a change of institution/course on JAMB portal. This is to inform qualified candidates who sat for the 2020/2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and are…

Nigerian Senate Passes Bill on Sexual Harassment In Tertiary Institutions, Proposes 14-year Jail Term

Nigerian Senate Passes Bill on Sexual Harassment In Tertiary Institutions, Proposes 14-year Jail Term

Nigerian Senate Passes Bill on Sexual Harassment In Tertiary Institutions, Proposes 14-year Jail Term. The bill titled: ‘A Bill for an Act to prevent, prohibit and redress Sexual Harassment of students in tertiary educational institutions and for matters concerned therewith, 2019’, was sponsored by the Deputy Senate President. Ovie Omo-Agege, and 106 other senators. The…

Federal Government Reverses Resumption of Schools, Says no WAEC Exam for Now

Federal Government Reverses Resumption of Schools, Says no WAEC Exam for Now

Federal Government Reverses Resumption of Schools, Says no WAEC Exam for Now. It also said no schools under its control will participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations earlier scheduled for August 5 to September 5. The examination was initially postponed indefinitely to check the spread of COVID-19. But Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, minister of…

Federal Government Announces Date for Commencement of WAEC [May/June]
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Federal Government Announces Date for Commencement of WAEC [May/June]

Federal Government Announces Date for Commencement of WAEC for School Candidates Examinations (May/June). The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuiba, disclosed on Monday during the briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja that the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will now hold from August 4 to September 5, 2020….

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU) Gets New Vice-Chancellor

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU) Gets New Vice-Chancellor

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU) Gets New Vice-Chancellor. At its Special meeting held on Wednesday, 2nd July 2020, the Governing Council of Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina has approved the appointment of Prof. Sanusi Mamman as the substantive Vice-Chancellor as confirmed by the Visitor to the University. The appointment is for a single term of…

Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Gives N16m Scholarship to Best UTME Candidates

Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Gives N16m Scholarship to Best UTME Candidates

Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Gives N16m Scholarship to Best UTME Candidates. In a virtual meeting held recently by Nigerian Society of Engineer (NSE), sixteen secondary school students who were outstanding in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), received scholarship awards from the Nigerian Society…

UNILAG Ranked 2nd in Nigeria, 3rd in Africa | 2020 Times Higher Education Golden Age University Rankings

UNILAG Ranked 2nd in Nigeria, 3rd in Africa | 2020 Times Higher Education Golden Age University Rankings

UNILAG Ranked 2nd in Nigeria & 3rd in Africa | 2020 Times Higher Education Golden Age University Rankings. The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has been ranked 101–150 in the 2020 Times Higher Education Golden Age University Rankings across the world. In the Golden Age category, UNILAG also ranked 3rd in Africa and 2nd in Nigeria….

“Don’t Reopen Schools Now” – ASUU President Urges FG

“Don’t Reopen Schools Now” – ASUU President Urges FG

“Don’t Reopen Schools Now” – ASUU President Urges Federal Government. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday kicked against the reopening of schools by the Federal Government due to the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the country. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU National President, spoke with the with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota,…