The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced three key requirements that candidates must fulfil to be included in the National Matriculation List. The announcement, made during its 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, follows mounting concerns over admission irregularities that recently affected thousands of graduates across the country. According to the new directive, candidates
Dr Tunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, has emphasised the need for Nigeria’s tertiary institutions to become incubators of creativity, industry and sustainable enterprise. This, he said, aligns with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, which prioritises youth empowerment, economic diversification, and inclusive development. Alausa stated this in his goodwill message at
The Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, has commended Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah for what it described as visionary leadership and transformative governance, reaffirming its support for the state’s ongoing development agenda. In a goodwill message signed by Professor Gozie S. Ogbodo, Rector of the Institute, on behalf of the Academic Board, Management, Staff,
The National President of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Dr Smart Olugbeko, has raised the alarm over the declining state of Nigeria’s colleges of education, blaming poor government policies for slowly destroying teacher education in the country. Dr Olugbeko stated that many colleges are on life support due to inadequate funding, unappealing
A lecturer at the University of Southampton, UK, Dr Vivienne Rwang, has called for the establishment of monitoring structures to strengthen the implementation of Nigeria’s Universal Basic Education (UBE) policy for displaced populations. Rwang made the call on Tuesday during a virtual seminar themed, “Improving Educational Access and Quality for Displaced and Marginalised Learners in
A prominent Abia-based cleric, Reverend Chika Ubani, has praised former Abia State Governor Dr Orji Uzor Kalu for his contributions to education, disclosing that his four children, who benefited from the free education policy introduced during Kalu’s administration, are now practising professionals in law and medicine. Rev. Ubani stated that some of his children were
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has strongly criticised the continued exclusion of qualified medical professors from contesting for the post of Vice-Chancellor in some Nigerian universities. In a statement jointly signed by its President, Professor Mohammad Aminu, and Secretary General, Professor Daiyabu Ibrahim, the association described the trend as a violation
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has called on President Bola Tinubu to approve and implement the welfare packages promised to teachers since 2020. The National President of the union, Comrade Audu Amba, appealed during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Amba stated that the Federal Government, under
The Federal Government has stated that it will penalise federal universities, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education that operate satellite campuses without obtaining proper approval. This was announced in a memo dated May 30, 2025, and signed by Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education. The memo was sent to the heads of the National Universities
The Bauchi State Government has dismissed what it described as a deliberate misrepresentation of a recent statement made by Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed regarding education. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Hon. Usman Shehu Usman, on Wednesday, the government accused certain media outlets of intentionally distorting the governor’s remarks during
