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The National Association of Nigerian Students has ordered the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, the police and other security agencies in the state to find the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, missing lecturer, Prof. James Olomo within 14 days. The Coordinator of the NANS in the South West, Mr. Sunday Ashefon, said this

As at today, January 11th, 2013, nine-year-old Anjolaoluwa Mautin Botoku cannot lay substantial claim to widespread fame. She has however served notice that her name is one that the world should watch out for in the future. At her very tender age, she has written a dreaded examination and did creditably. The examination is the

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, responsible for the UTME, in a new policy has made it compulsory for candidates to pick one university, one polytechnic, one college of education and one innovative enterprise institute (IEI) when registering for their exams. Many candidates registering for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, were shocked

  A paper authored by a team from the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, has been adjudged the  best presentation at the 8th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2013) held in London, United Kingdom, in December 2013. Entitled DGM Approach to Network Attacker and Defender Strategies, the paper, which was presented

  Edo State governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, said that his government had no apology for sacking 836 teachers in the state. He spoke on the heels of the disclosure by the leadership of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, that he had promised to review the recent sack of the teachers, with a view to

  The rankings of Africa’s top higher education institutions has been provided by the 4 International Colleges & Universities (4icu). 4icu is an international higher education search engine and directory reviewing accredited Universities and Colleges in the world. 4icu.org includes 11,160 Colleges and Universities, ranked by web popularity, in 200 countries. The list shows that

  Governor  Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has said that his government’s reforms in the education sector manifested in the results of the 2013 Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations where 50.10 per cent of the candidates from the state passed with a minimum of five credits, including English and Mathematics. Chime said this was an improvement

  Alhaji Kamaldeen Oladeji, an official of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday said that the examination body would create more Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in Lagos. Oladeji, the Coordinator, JAMB National Headquarters Annex, Lagos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the centres would be ready ahead of

  The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has insisted that it will continue with the ongoing strike until government meets its demands. Speaking with our correspondent, the ASUP President, Chibuzor Asomugha, who lamented the discrimination in the nation’s education sector, said it was wrong for the government to treat polytechnics issues with disdain. “Their thinking

Striking University of Jos workers said they would not return to work until all their entitled members are paid their full earned allowances. Staff has embarked on a lengthy strike to press for better remuneration and improved working conditions. “In the course of the strike, the federal government in an attempt to resolve the problems