JAMB releases results of mock exams

By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2025 Mock UTME, conducted on Thursday. JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known in Abuja on Sunday. Benjamin urged candidates to check their results by sending “MOCKRESULT” to either 55019 or 66019 usingContinue Reading

FG, stakeholders commit to ending almajiri street begging crisis

By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government and education stakeholders have vowed to end the Almajiri street-begging crisis by integrating modern learning with quranic education. This was the position of stakeholders at a one-day presentation of Civil Society Organisations on the Revitalisation of the Almajiri-Tsangaya System of Education in Nigeria, inContinue Reading

Anambra Govt. to close unapproved schools by September

By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu The Anambra State Government has directed all owners of private schools operating without official approval to obtain the necessary authorisation by September, or face closure. Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the state’s Commissioner for Education, gave the warning during a stakeholders’ meeting of proprietors of private schools, in AwkaContinue Reading

NELFUND cautions against withholding students loan disbursement information

By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Managing Director, Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, has issued a stern warning to institutions that fail to inform students of loan disbursements made on their behalf. Sawyerr gave the warning while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. He said some institutions still demand paymentContinue Reading

FG orders tertiary institutions to advertise job vacancies

By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has directed all federal tertiary institutions that have been granted waivers to recruit staff to publicly advertise the available vacancies. The ministry’s Director of Press, Folasade Boriowo, made this known to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Alausa urged the institutionsContinue Reading