The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has commenced the sales of 2024 Direct Entry documents in its accredited centres, nationwide and in selected foreign centres. The Board added that the registration process, will begin on Wednesday, Feb. 28 and close on Thursday, March 28. JAMB disclosed this in a statement, by its Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Tuesday in Abuja. “The sale is open to foreign candidates desirous of tertiary education in Nigeria through the Direct Entry mode. ” Furthermore, the board will continue to ensure a level playing field for all candidates irrespective of…

The Rivers State Government said it will continue to place education as one of the top most priorities of its policy thrust. Governor Siminalayi Fubara stated this Saturday during the 34th Convocation Ceremony of the University of Port Harcourt at Choba in Rivers State. The Governor who spoke through his Deputy Prof. Ngozi Odu said although the University of Port Harcourt is a Federal University the State Government would continue to support and collaborate with it to place it in a path that would be the envy of other institutions. “We shall support you because whenever we add value to…

The management of the University of Ilorin has expelled 14 students of the institution, including 500 level students, for different examination offenses. In a statement in Ilorin, the university’s spokesperson, Kunle Akogun, disclosed that the students were expelled for various established cases of examination malpractice. According to him, the management of the institution approved their expulsion following the recommendations of the Students’ Disciplinary Committee at its 219th meeting held between January 10 and 11, 2024. Akogun said the affected students include 400, 500, 300 level and 100 level students. “The affected students were from Faculties/Departments of Agriculture/Aquaculture and Fisheries; Agriculture/Agricultural…

Polaris Bank, in collaboration with Evolve Charity, has made generous donation of educational materials to public secondary school students in Imo State to further underlined its commitment to the advancement of girl-child education in Nigeria. The gesture which is part of its ongoing ‘Girl-Child Education Project’ and in alignment with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) framework, saw Polaris Bank present essential school supplies to over 500 students in Akokwa High School, Iheme; Memorial School, and National High School, Aro Ndi Uzoogu all in Imo State. The donation, comprising; school uniforms, school bags, sandals, and various writing materials, aims to…

Mr Kehinde Aremu-Cole, the North West Zonal Director of NYSC, has tasked Corps members on humility in order to succeed in life. The Director gave the advice on Wednesday in Katsina while addressing the 2023 NYSC Batch C Stream 1 Corps members deployed to Katsina State. “One value attribute I want you to take that will guarantee your success in life is the virtue of humility. “It is self explanatory, it takes humility to fulfill your aspirations, therefore, it should be applied in every aspect of your lives,” he told the corps members. Aremu-Cole said as they get set to…

Another set of 20 ex-agitators from the Niger Delta Region have commenced a five-week mandatory training that will lead to their certification and type rating as licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers. Maj. Gen. Barry Ndiomu (Rtd), Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), said in his goodwill message at a programme inauguration event in Lagos on Monday that the second batch training was another “promise kept” by his administration. Ndiomu who was represented by PAP’s Head of Reintegration, Mr Wilfred Musa, charged the beneficiaries to take the training serious. He said that a 12-month On-the-Job Training (OJT) would precede their experience after…

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Osun State branch, on Wednesday, decried the high rate of early child marriage and all forms of challenges confronting the Nigerian child in the society. FIDA, a non governmental organisation made up of women lawyers in Osun vowed to continue to defend the rights of girls from all forms of danger and challenges they face in the society. The organisation sensitised students about the effects child marriages have on girls and their future development. Speaking at a sensitisation programme organised for female students of Baptist Girls High School, Osogbo to celebrate this year…

The National Examination Council (NECO) has said results of the 2023 Senior Secondary School Certificate will be released on Tuesday. NECO concluded the conduct of the examination in early August 2023, and 1,205,888 candidates sat for the examination. Six hundred one thousand and seventy-four candidates are male, while 584,814 are female. The exam body had planned to release the result within 45 days, but the promise did not materialise. However, NECO confirmed that the results will be released by 11 a.m. today.

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has lamented that the immediate past administration refused to pay examination fees of the students for the West African Examination Council, WAEC, and National Examination Council, NECO, for three years. Lawal explained that the government was owing the two examination bodies the sum of N3.4 billion Naira which he said resulted in the total collapse of the education sector in the State. Governor Lawal, who spoke through the State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Hon. Mannir Mu’azu Haidara, explained that the immediate past Government owed WAEC N1.8 billion, while it owed NECO N1.6 billion. “The…

Akwa Ibom State Governor, His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, yesterday embarked on an unscheduled inspection of work at the newly constructed Ewet Model Primary School, located at Uruan Street in Uyo, the State Capital. While on site, the State Chief Executive accompanied by the Secretary to the State Government, Prince Enobong Uwah went round the different classroom blocks and the administrative office to ascertain the progress of work. He also directed that the school premises be levelled up to enable the channeling of water out of the premises so as to avoid flooding when it rains. The primary school…