25 July 2026
Universities

Postgraduate Student Finishes with 5.0 CGPA

Asiwaju Oladimeji, a Master’s Degree student, has finished his programme with a 5.0 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) from the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD). Sharing the news on his X handle, Oladimeji wrote, “M.Sc Conflict, Peace and Strategic Studies. 14 Courses! 14 As! 5.0 Final CGPA! Founder’s Award for Deserving Students! PhD (in view)!

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Universities

BUK Student Wins 2025 National PANS Quiz Championship

A student of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Yahaya Lawan Muhammad, has emerged the winner of the 2025 Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students (PANS) National Quiz Competition. The keenly contested event, held during the PANS National Convention tagged EPIC’25, drew pharmacy students from universities across Nigeria to compete in the prestigious Paul Bayo National Quiz. The

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NUGA

IBBUL Targets Gold at 2025 NUGA Games in Jos

The Director of Sports at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), Prof Mohammed Aliyu, has commended the university management for its continued support of sports development and pledged a record-breaking performance at the forthcoming 2025 Nigerian University Games (NUGA) in Jos. Speaking after IBBUL’s strong showing at the pre-NUGA trials in Abuja, Aliyu said the

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Universities

OAU Celebrates ESAN Awardees

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has celebrated two of its academics after they were named among the five recipients of the English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (ESAN)’s highest honour at the association’s annual conference, held at Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE) in Port Harcourt. The awardees from OAU are Professor E.T.O. Babalola, a member of

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Universities

Sixteen UNILORIN Staff Excel at VICBHE Training Event

Sixteen staff members of the University of Ilorin recently made the institution proud as they received various awards for their exceptional performances at the end of the Virtual Institute for Capacity Building in Higher Education (VICBHE) training. The training, which ran between April 22 and July 15, 2025, was organised by the National Universities Commission

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Examination Bodies

JAMB Policy Meeting Seeks Excellence

A notable achievement of this year’s Policy meeting of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is the consensus on the minimum cut-off mark for admissions into tertiary institutions countrywide. While the meeting marked a concerted effort to harmonise and stabilise issues of admission, the nagging issues of autonomy and maintenance of education standards remain

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Universities

Federal University Dutse Produces 209 First Class Graduates

Exactly 209 undergraduate students of the Federal University Dutse (FUD) have graduated with First Class honours for the combined 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions. This was disclosed by the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Muhammed, during a pre-convocation press briefing held at the Senate Chamber of the institution on Monday. He revealed

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