The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a shift in the commencement date for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. Originally scheduled to begin on Friday, January 31, 2025, registration will now start on Monday, February 3, 2025. JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin confirmed the development in a statement on Friday, explaining…
By Ayomide Otitoju To commemorate the 2025 International Day of Education, Airtel Nigeria organized a nationwide essay competition, showcasing the creativity and talent of primary school pupils across its adopted schools. The initiative, held under Airtel’s Employee Volunteer Scheme (EVS), underscores the telecommunications company’s commitment to fostering academic excellence and empowering young learners. Open to…
By Ayomide Otitoju Polaris Bank, in collaboration with strategic partners, has reaffirmed its commitment to reducing the alarming number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. The initiative has provided continuous education opportunities for over 16,000 studentssince 2020, with plans to expand its reach to 50,000 students by 2028. In its latest phase, the Bank distributed school…
By Ayomide Otitoju Ecobank Nigeria, part of the pan-African Ecobank Group, has partnered with Opolo Global to empower Lagos schools through training and educational support as part of its annual Ecobank Day. This year’s event, themed “Ignite Learning with AI,” emphasized enhancing literacy, numeracy, and digital skills through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and focused on foundational…
A total of 828,284 candidates, representing 60.55% of those who sat for the 2024 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE), secured credits in both English Language and Mathematics, the National Examination Council (NECO) announced on Thursday. Speaking at NECO’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State, NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, revealed that 1,376,436 candidates participated in…
The management of Oduduwa University has debunked a report currently disseminated on social media, linking the institution with cult-related clashes. As stated in a statement, Oduduwa University has zero tolerance for cultism-related affairs and wishes to inform the public that nothing of such ever happened at any time within the school. In the statement, the…
The Chairman of the branch, Ahmed Ibrahim Karage, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in Damaturu, said the public universities are facing gross underfunding, epileptic or non-payment of earned academic allowances as well as non-payment of allowances among other welfare issues. “The situation of public universities in the country is disturbing. There has been an…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), on Monday, May 20, 2024, declared that students in federal tertiary institutions would first be considered in the rollout of the scheme. NELFUND Managing Director Akintunde Sawyerr, who made the declaration at a press conference on pre-application sensitisation on the loan scheme in Abuja, said the Fund would roll…
●Jerry Seinfeld delivered the graduation speech at Duke University on Sunday●A video on X showed students walking out during his speech waving Palestinian flags●Seinfeld has spoken publicly in defense of Israel during its war in Gaza A 25-second video shared to X showed students standing from their seats and walking out of Wallace Wade Stadium…
