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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that Direct Entry (DE) candidates seeking to gain admission to Nigerian universities will henceforth be required to sit for the UTME along with other candidates. JAMB said that the new policy ...

Wema Bank has announced the launch of its flagship capacity-building programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria – the Wema SME Business School 5.0, aimed at equipping SME business owners and entrepreneurs in Nigeria with the necessary skills ...

…As Federal Gov’t Issues 37 New Licences The Federal Government has approved the licensing of 37 new universities in Nigeria. The approvals were granted during an extraordinary session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday. Minister of Education, Adamu ...

Foluke Michael, the Chief Executive Officer of Caterina de’ Medici Africa,, says she is set to receive Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti and his team in Germany for an investors summit aimed at promoting the state’s growth and development. Michael ...

Kaduna State chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has commended governor Nasir El-Rufai’s government for reinstating 1, 288 public school teachers that were earlier sacked after the competency test. In a letter dated April 5, 2023, which had reference ...

Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says over N46.2 billion matching grants is still lying unaccessed in spite of the poor state of many primary schools across the country. Acting Executive Secretary of UBEC, Prof. Bala Zakari, disclosed this during an ...

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that it will provide necessary support to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from the war-torn Sudan are integrated into the nation’s universities. The registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made this known ...

The Imo Government has set up a monitoring committee to checkmate malpractices, as the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) begins. The Commissioner for Education, Imo, Prof. Johncliffe Nwadike, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Owerri, on ...

16-year-old Ejikeme Joy, the overall best-performing candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has been awarded a scholarship worth N3 Million by Innoson vehicles. The leading Nigerian automobile manufacturer, founded by Chief Dr Innocent Chukwuma OFR, demonstrated its ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerian universities to continue to emphasize training in entrepreneurship education. He said that this would engender a class of graduates trained as job creators in the country. Buhari, represented by Mr Goodluck Opiah, Minister of ...