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JAMB procures special computers for visually impaired to take 2015 UTME

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has procured gadgets to facilitate the participation of the visually impaired candidates in its Computer Based Test (CBT) in March. The Head, Media and Publicity of JAMB, Mr Fabian Benjamin, made the disclosure in a statement made available to pressmen on Thursday in Lagos. According to

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Edo State Govt. approves payment of 27.5% Teachers Special Allowance

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Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has approved the payment of 27.5 percent Teachers’ Special Allowance and implementation of other demands of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, in the state. Vanguard reports that the governor also approved the payment of the November and December, 2013 salaries of over 322 teachers of Ovia North-East Local

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Criticisms trail N10,000 entrance fees by Lagos govt into JSS

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More negative reactions have continued to trail the N10,000 fees charged by the Lagos State government for parents who wish to register their child(ren) into the state’s junior secondary model colleges and upgraded colleges, saying the amount is tantamount to pricing education out of the reach of the poor. Pointing out that two versions of

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Beware! List of Illegal Universities in Nigeria (According to NUC)

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Two more universities have been added to the updated National Universities Commission (NUC) List of Illegal Universities in Nigeria, bringing the total to fifty-seven. The new entrants to the list are the Kaduna Bussiness School, Kaduna and  the Royal University of Theology, Minna, Niger Delta, while a further eight are still being investigated. “The National

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Two thirds of parents admit they can’t help their teens with school homework because it’s too hard

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Two thirds of parents admit that they cannot help their children with school homework because it is too hard. Maths and science are the subjects parents find the hardest, leaving them embarrassed when they are unable to help, a study of 2,000 mothers and fathers found. Algebra, fractions and trigonometry are the least favourite homework

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Kano child bride ‘admits’ murdering her 35-year-old husband using rat poison

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A Nigerian child bride has ‘admitted’ murdering her 35-year-old husband with rat poison by signing a confession she could not read – with her thumbprint. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for 14-year-old Wasila Tasi’u, whose farmer husband Umar Sani was found dead just days after marrying her in April. If she is found guilty,

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15-yr-old Fabelurin Fehintoluwa wins UBA Foundation Essay contest

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Winners of the 2014 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition have emerged. This was disclose on Monday in a ceremony held at UBA House, Lagos. Miss Fabelurin Fehintoluwa, 15, of Maverick College, Ibadan, Oyo State clinches the N1 million education grant to attend any university of her choice in Africa. The grant becomes effective immediately she

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