COVID-19: NITDA Alerts Nigerians on Fake Website Pledging FG Grant. In a statement on Tuesday by the NITDA Head, Corporate Affairs & External Relations, Hadiza Umar, cautioned Nigerians not to visit the site which claims the Federal Government is giving every citizen N8,500 weekly following the outbreak of the coronavirus. “The National Information Technology Development…
Nigerian Army University Biu (NAUB) Gets New Vice-Chancellor. This is to inform the University Community and the general public that the Governing Council, in the exercise of its powers conferred by section 4 of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act 2003 at its meeting held on Monday 23rd March 2020 considered the submission of the…
COVID-19: BOSU Suspends Academic Activities. The Borno State University Maiduguri, has been closed down for one month. The closure,is part of measure to contain and prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 and in compliance with the directive of the National Universities commission to that effect. A statement from the registrar BOSU, Zanna…
COVID-19: GSU Suspends Academic Activities. Further to the Circular from the National Universities Commission (NUC) Ref. No. NUC/ES/138/VOL. 63/91, dated 20th March 2020, directing all Universities to close for one (1) month as part of measures to contain and prevent the spread of the Corona Virus (COVID-19); the Vice-Chancellor. Professor Aliyu Usman El-Nafaty, has on behalf of…
COVID-19: University of Ibadan (UI) Suspends Academic Activities. This is to inform the University Community that the Board of Health of the University of Ibadan at its meeting of Thursday, 19 March 2020 considered the state of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria. As a health safety precautionary measure, it recommended that all students (both undergraduate…
COVID-19: WAEC Postpones the Conduct of 2020 WASSCE for School Candidates. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in Nigeria, nay, the West African sub-region, has decided to put on hold the conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2020, earlier scheduled to commence on April 6, 2020. This is…
COVID-19: Lagos State Shuts Down Schools. As the affected numbers of persons with the dreaded Coronavirus increases, the Lagos State Government has directed that all public and private schools in the state be shut from Monday, March 23, 2020, in order to curtail the spread of the disease. According to a statement posted on the…
COVID-19: Federal Government Orders closure of All Schools in Nigeria. This was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono. “We have directed all higher institutions to close this weekend. Unity Schools that have completed their exams are to close immediately. Others are to hurry and close the latest on 26th…
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Suspends Ongoing Orientation Course over Coronavirus. Sequel to the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic which led to the cancellation of the National Sports Festival, Management of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme wishes to announce the suspension of the on-going Orientation Course for the 2020 Batch “A” Stream 1 Corps…
“More than 2.1 million Candidates Registered for 2020 UTME & DE” – JAMB. Over 2.1 million candidates have been confirmed by the Joint Admission Matriculation and Examination Board (JAMB) to have registered for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry. While over 1.9 million candidates registered for UTME, about 200,000 candidates registered for…