List of approved colleges of education and NCE awarding institutions in Nigeria (2019 update)

Colleges of Education are tertiary institutions that offer the minimum teaching qualification in Nigeria, the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE). Aside them are other NCE awarding institutions feeding the population of future teachers in...

NUC approves new university in Imo

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the take-off of a new university named the Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. With this, the university becomes the 49th state owned University in the...

Firm donates N2.9m water project to UI

An engineering firm, Debson Engineering Company Limited has donated a water project worth Two Million, Nine Hundred and Thirty-eight Thousand Naira (N2,938,000) to the University of Ibadan (UI). This includes two boreholes and one...

LASU sets team to develop tech innovation hub

The management of Lagos State University (LASU) has appointed a team comprising of staff and students to develop the LASU Technology Innovation Hub. LASU Vice Chancellor, Professor ‘Lanre Fagbohun gave the team the mandate to...

CBT centre owner’s sons, worker nabbed for leaking ‘UTME questions’

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday night arrested two sons of a Computer-Based Test (CBT) Centre and a worker in Lagos. The suspects who were caught at the CBT centre, Risk Global...

390 visually impaired candidates write UTME

About 390 visually impaired candidates are participating in the ongoing 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The UTME for the visually impaired, which is taking place...

British Council gives Covenant, KWASU grant to boost entrepreneurship education

The British Council has provided a £10,000 grant to support entrepreneurship education at Covenant University and the Kwara State University (KWASU). The funds would help scale up Covenant’s Hebron Startup Lab (HSL) and KWASU’s Entrepreneurship...

School financial management tips

I attended a training on Managing School Finance by the Schools Empowerment and Support Network  (SESN) last year. I learnt quite a lot and you may find the following nuggets on school financial management useful: ...

18th Nigeria International Book Fair to start May 6th

The 18th edition of the Nigeria International Book Fair will hold from 6th to 11th May, 2019. This annual event through which Nigeria hosts stakeholders in the education and book-related industries from around the world...

No make-up exams for candidates who miss UTME – JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned that it would not be conducting make-up exams for candidates who miss the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB...