EDUCATION

Members of House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Allegations of Manipulation has asked the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to halt punitive action against Mmesomma Ejikeme, accused of manipulation of her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. The appeal was made when Mmesoma, her father, lawyer, and officials of JAMB appeared before members of […]

The Anambra State government has faulted the position of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in the way it has handled the development concerning the University and Tertiary Matriculation Examination result presented by Mmesoma Ejikeme. In a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, on Wednesday, said investigation was still ongoing […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in collaboration with tertiary institutions, will, on June 24, fix the cut-off marks for admissions into tertiary institutions. The cut-off marks would be adopted at the 2023 policy meeting on admission into tertiary institutions. JAMB’s Head of the Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, announced this in the […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University chapter has declared a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action. This follows a permission by the ASUU national to the state branch to embark on the strike action to press home its demands and the state government’s rebuttal of claims that it is not owing […]

Abia State governor-elect, Dr. Alex Otti has warned out-going government against employment racketeering going on in the state. He claimed reports backed by empirical evidence showed “there’s presently a bazaar of illegal employment going on in different ministries and parastatals, with all the so-called employees being issued with backdated employment letters.” In a statement by […]

The re-arraignment of former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Dibu Ojerinde and 10 others before a Federal High Court in Abuja has been stalled due to the failure of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to produce the defendants in court. The ex-jamb registrar, who is […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the directive of the National Universities Commissions to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities that universities should be shut to enable students to participate in the forthcoming general elections. The NUC gave the directive in a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and Directors of […]

The President said it will be unjust for the Federal Government to apply ‘No work No pay’ policy on members.   The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has appealed to the Federal Government to pay the withheld salaries of its members and those of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who embarked on strike […]

Some parents in Kuje Area Council of FCT have called on the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Kuje Area Council to reach a workable resolution to enable primary school pupils to resume classes in the area. The parents, who made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]

The 1st term of the 2022/2023 academic session in Anambra State ends on Friday 16th December, 2022. The 2022/2023 academic calendar of Anambra State also states that the resumption of serious academic activities for the 2nd term is 9th January, 2023. While wishing the students, teachers and parents, the best of the yuletide, the Commissioner […]