Education

The Lagos State Government as part of the preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, has announced that it is closing down all public and private schools from Monday, 23rd March 2020. Going by the statement signed by Folashade Adefisayo, the Commissioner for Education, the move became necessary to prevent children and their

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management has shut down all the orientation camp across the nation over the spread of coronavirus. The directive came from the NYSC headquarters in Abuja early Wednesday morning. The NYSC statement reads: “Sequel to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic which led to the cancellation of the national sports

The National Open University Nigeria (NOUN) has announced the postponement of its 9th convocation which was scheduled for March 20 and 21, 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. NOUN’s register, Felix Edoka made the announcement early Tuesday, he said the school council and senate jointly took the decision in view of the health dangers inherent

  Some bandits have abducted four persons, including three Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates who sat for the examination in Kaduna State on Saturday. The police in Kaduna on Monday confirmed the incident. The police said the four were kidnapped at Ungwan Yako village in the Birni Gwari Local Government Area of the state. The

As part of the measures to further prevent the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease, a number schools across the world have shut down. According to the recent information from UNESCO monitoring, a total of 56 countries have closed schools nationwide, impacting over 516.6 million children and youth. Some states in the US like Florida, Ohio,

How to Check 2020 JAMB Result Online To all candidates who recently participated in the 2020 JAMB UTME, you can now start checking your results using these three simple steps:   Visit the JAMB result checking portal at http://www.jamb.org.ng/eFacility/CheckUTMEResults. Enter your JAMB registration number or Email in the provided space. Click on ‘Check My Results’.

Meanwhile, ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, in his remarks, said the National Executive Committee of the union would review the conditions set for the integration of UTAS into the IPPIS, a decision based on the commitment of the Federal Government. Daily Trust reports that the Union had on Monday declared a two-week warning strike over

The Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has on Thursday, deferred the award of an honourary doctorate degree earlier approved for Lamido Sanusi, the dethroned Emir of Kano. Professor Charles Esimone, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, made the annnoucement during the 14th convocation ceremonies of the University. Professor Esimone said the deferment was due to prevailing circumstances.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) branch has joined the ongoing two-week strike that commenced on Monday, the first of its kind in 20 years. Professor Moyosore Ajao, ASUU chairman in UNILORIN made this known on Tuesday while fielding questions from newsmen. The school had rejected previous industrial actions called