Education
1.8 million candidates register for WASSCE – WAEC
The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, has stated that a total of 1,814,344 candidates from 22,229 schools have registered for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for ...
30th April 2024
Students design college logo
The St. Augustine College of Education, Lagos, has said its students participated in the redesigning of the school logo. Speaking at the unveiling of the new logo, acting Provost, REV. FR. Vincent O...
30th April 2024
Don lauds FUOYE on CBT centre
The Director, Centre for Continuing Education, Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Dr Adeleke Omolade, has lauded the high-quality facilities provided in the institution for Unified Tertiary Matriculation ...
30th April 2024
Provost advises nursing graduands on integrity
The College of Medicine, University of Lagos, has advised its newly inducted nursing science students to make integrity, and trustworthiness their watchwords. Speaking at the fourth nursing induction ...
30th April 2024
Economic growth will reduce poverty, says chancellor
The Chancellor of Southwestern University, Okun Owa, Ogun State, Babatunde Odufuwa, has said economic growth and development will curb poverty and unemployment in Nigeria. Odufuwa who spoke during the...
30th April 2024
Firm trains 100 OAU students in photography
About 100 students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have benefited from free training in photography organised by a mobile phone manufacturing company, itel. The participants in...
30th April 2024
Researcher proffers solution to plastic pollution
A researcher at Elizade University in Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, Dr. Omotola Dada, in collaboration with stakeholders, has discovered a solution to plastic pollution, particularly affecting farms. This ...
30th April 2024
Foundation to complete NIJ’s 350-seater auditorium in four months
The Kesington Adebukola Adebutu Foundation has said a 350-seater Kesington Adebutu Media Resource Center it donated to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos, will be completed in four mont...
30th April 2024
Global body ranks journal first in Nigeria
A journal, Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, has been ranked number one in Nigeria in the Scimago journal ranking. Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies was established by a lecturer in...
30th April 2024
2024 UTME: 77% of 1.8M candidates score less than 200
Seventy-seven per cent of the 1,842,464 candidates whose 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results were released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday scored less tha...
29th April 2024
[BREAKING]UTME 2024: 8,401 candidates score above 300
A total of 8,401 candidates scored 300 and above in the just concluded 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The UTME is usually based on four subject combinations with each subject marked ...
29th April 2024Step-by-step guide on checking 2024 JAMB results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. Over 1.94 million candidates registered and sat the examination in 118 tow...
29th April 2024
Kenya postpones school resumption after major floods kill over 70 people
Kenya has postponed the reopening of schools for the second term session by one week due to flooding that has killed over 70 citizens. The resumption, which was supposed to commence today (Monday), ha...
29th April 2024
13-year-old UK-based Nigerian makes British National Chinese competition final
A 13-year-old Nigerian Year eight pupil living and schooling in the United Kingdom, Tomisin Olawepo-Hashim, has made it to the National Chinese Speaking Competition final. Announcing this on the schoo...
26th April 2024
School canvasses entrepreneurial skills, robotics for students
Corona School has emphasised the integration of leadership, entrepreneurial skills, and robotics into the academic curriculum. It said it would equip students with the essential edge to remain competi...
26th April 2024
World Book Day: stakeholders ask parents to promote reading
Parents have been advised to promote reading in their children by providing a diverse range of reading materials and participating in the reading. This was the common view of some of the education sta...
26th April 2024
African icon library plans designs with cultural themes
A design and marketing agency, Nuestack Agency, has announced that the African Icon Library will feature traditional artifacts, cultural patterns, historical figures, and everyday scenes. A statemen...
26th April 2024
Creativity, innovation will drive national success, says LASG
The Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation has stated that creativity and innovation are essential drivers of national success. Speaking on Thursday at the World Creativity An...
26th April 2024
French curriculum bridges cultural divides, says school
The Lycée Français Louis Pasteur, Lagos State, said the introduction of the French curriculum to Nigerian students will foster a unique learning experience that bridges cultural divides. Established...
26th April 2024
No negligence in student's death, says Ogun federal poly
The management of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State, has attributed the death of one of its students, Abimbola Ajayi, to a failed abortion and not negligence on the part of the institutionR...
25th April 2024
LAUTECH introduces Mass Communication, five other degree programmes
The acting Vice Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Prof Razaq Kalilu, has announced the introduction of an additional six new degree programmes for the instit...
24th April 2024
RECTEM matriculates first HND students
The Redeemer’s College of Technology and Management has matriculated its first set of Higher National Diploma students for the 2023/2024 academic session. The achievement was made possible by the re...
23rd April 2024
Spend time wisely, Trinity advises 380 freshers
Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos, has advised its 380 new students to be focused, avoid distractions, and spend time wisely. Speaking during the sixth matriculation ceremony and lecture, guest speaker,...
23rd April 2024Underage students causing problems in varsities - Minister
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman on Monday, said the Federal Government is considering the adoption of 18 years as the entry age for admission into universities and other tertiary institu...
22nd April 2024
UTME: JAMB calls for calm over technical glitches
Following the commencement of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Friday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has appealed to candidates who experienced glitches in the cou...
19th April 2024
UTME: Candidates stranded in Lagos centre over technical glitches
Candidates scheduled to sit the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at Al-Mizyan Schools Computer Based Centre in Ikotun, Lagos State are currently unable to participate in the exercise ow...
19th April 2024
UTME: Stop patronising fraudsters, JAMB warns candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has called on candidates sitting for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations to stop giving their details to fraudsters. The Board Registrar, ...
19th April 2024
577 blind candidates to sit 2024 UTME nationwide
No fewer than 577 blind candidates are set to take the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME in 11 centres nationwide. Chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Equal Opp...
19th April 2024
Lagos schoolgirl wins N200,000 prize
A student, Faith Nkemakolam of Lireni Schools, Lagos, has emerged as the best student in the Efiko Initiative competition. Nkemakolam won a scholarship of N200,000 cash prize; a computer set for her s...
19th April 2024
Autism schools seek govt support
The Learning Place Centre, The Learning Innovation Academy, Lekki, Lagos, and a group of other schools have called on the Federal Government to support children with autism and their educational cen...
19th April 2024
National Library, ZODML promote reading culture with green library
The National Library, Lagos State, in collaboration with the Zaccheus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries, has said the newly established green library will promote environmental literacy and sustaina...
19th April 2024
