2020 UTME best candidates

2020 UTME best candidates and their states of origin

These are the best scoring candidates in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The exam was written is...

Nigerian academics and the bastardisation of festschrift

The production of a festschrift is neither a professional right of passage nor a substitute for producing original research work.

Despite 8000 deficit, Ondo to employ 1000 teachers

The Ondo State government has announced the commencement of a recruitment exercise for primary school teachers in the state.

100 is the minimum UTME score for higher education admissions

The heads of higher educational institutions in Nigeria have agreed that 100 would be the minimum score of candidates for the 2020/2021...

Former ABU, UNILORIN vice-chancellor, Akinkugbe dies at 86

Emeritus Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe is dead. The deceased who was a foremost Nigerian Professor of Medicine at the University...

Oyo gives school resumption date amidst COVID-19

The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has announced measures to reopen schools as it relaxed the curfew imposed on the state following...

ASUU instructs lecturers not to teach students online

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed lecturers in universities not to engage in online lectures for students.

Buhari urges end to violence against children

As Nigeria joins the international community to celebrate the Day of the African Child, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged the commitment of...

BECE postponed indefinitely

The Lagos State government has announced the indefinite postponement of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). It said this...

Lagos threatens sanctions on schools reopening

The Lagos State Government has said it would sanction schools which violate the lockdown in place affecting schools closure.