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Students preparing to write the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exams, as well as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now prepare from the comfort of their homes, instead of having to spend all day in study centres, as is presently the case. This is made possible by Nigeria’s first and only online

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has suspended its lecturer, Dr. Chigozie Odum, accused of impregnating a student and threatening her.  LIB recalled that Dr. Odum, a senior lecturer in the Department of Archeology and Tourism, Faculty of Arts allegedly impregnated a student identified as Onah Chinyere.  Dr. Odum Jude was said to have demanded to be sleeping with the

The Federal Executive Council has approved a memo from the Ministry of Education for the establishment of 20 new private universities across the country. The 20 new private universities are to be given provisional licenses to run for three years while the ministry monitors and evaluates their growth. This brings the total number of private

Operatives of the Nigerian army have attacked students of the University of Abuja staging a peaceful protest against hike in tuition fee and other issues at the entrance of the school. The soldiers fired tear gas at some of the peaceful protesting students and used batons to pummel others. “Nigeria is now a country full

Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa, (Retd) has given commanders of the agency in all the states of the federation and special commands marching orders to mop up illicit drugs across the country. He gave the directive during a meeting with commanders of the 36 states, FCT and

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the Harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers Bill, 2021, which seeks to give legal backing to new measures by the current administration to enhance the teaching profession in the country. The retirement age bill which has been forwarded to the National Assembly for consideration and approval seeks to move

The Council of Legal Education has maintained its ban on Law graduates from Houdegbe North American University, Cotonou, the Benin Republic from being admitted into the Nigerian Law School. A statement by the council secretary, Elizabeth Max-Uba, made available to newsmen on Friday said, the council said after its meeting to consider the appeals of

The Kaduna State University, KASU, has terminated the appointment of Dr. Idowu Abbas of the Geography Department, over allegations of sexual harassment. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the school, Prof. Abdullahi Ashafa, announced this in a statement in Kaduna on Friday January 15. Ashafa also announced the promotion of 12 other lecturers of the school. According

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has released postings for prospective 2020 Batch B Stream II Corp Members. The disclosure which was done on Friday by Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim during a sensitisation webinar further urged those concerned to check the NYSC site to know the states they are deployed to. “I

The senate of the University of Ilorin has approved January 11 for the resumption of academic activities in the university. The varsity’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, in a statement on Monday, said the decision was taken at the 285th emergency meeting of the senate held virtually via Zoom on Thursday. “Following the

Deeper Life High School, on Tuesday, says there is no attempt to cover up the case of an 11-year-old schoolboy, who was allegedly molested at its campus in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.A parent at the school, Mrs Deborah Okezie, had said some senior pupils molested her son, Don Davis, by pushing their hands and legs

The Lagos State Government has asked public and private schools in the state to vacate on Friday. This was contained in a statement, on Thursday, titled LASG directs schools to vacate on Friday, Decemeber 18, 2020′.In the statement, the Director General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Ministry of Education, Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, said “the 2020/2021

Ngige was reacting to a statement by Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU president, that the federal government failed to deliver on the timelines on offers made to the union and that lecturers would not resume work until their salary arrears are paid. In a statement on Tuesday, Ngige said “it is false and discomfiting” for ASUU to

The Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN) has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) before the federal high court Abuja, over the incessant industrial actions embarked upon by the union.  NAN reports that in the suit, which was filed at the court on Friday, the association is seeking an order to compel ASUU

The Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono said teachers without requisite qualifications, competencies and practicing license are presently migrated out of the Nigerian Teaching Service. “By 2021, we will not engage teachers if they don’t meet particular threshold, we are now limiting entry point of teaching only to the best who are qualified,

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has resolved to organise a nationwide mass protest for the immediate reopening of all universities across the country. This resolution was reached in a communiqué issued on Wednesday in Enugu after NANS Students’ Leaders Emergency Virtual Meeting held on Nov. 9. The students’ leaders lamented that the continued

The Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) is set to be delivering the West African Examination Council (WAEC)’s documents to schools and candidates’ certificates to their home addresses across the country. Both agencies are putting on efforts to see this being realized in Nigeria. This was disclosed in Abuja on Friday when the Head of National Office,

The West Africa Examinations Council said it spent over N1.5 billion to conduct the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations. The Head, WAEC National Office in Nigeria, Areghan Patrick, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at the 2021 budget defence before the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services. Patrick added that

The management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education has suspended two students for one academic session for allegedly making inciting posts on their social media handles. The affected students were Sunday Idongesit Okpokpo of the Department of Political Science and Chibuzor Remmy of the Department of Educational Management. The institution accused Okpokpo of creating panic

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Calabar Zone, has insisted its eight-month-old strike will continue until the Federal Government meets its demands, saying its members will not go back to the classes on empty stomachs. The zonal chairman of the union, Dr. Aniekan Brown, said this at a briefing at the University of Calabar on