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17 Deputy Vice Chancellors, Registrars, and JAMB Staff in ICPC Custody Board Extends Admission Deadline for Public Universities, Flags Six Schools for Irregular UTME Registrations The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has revealed that about 15,000 candidates forged admission letters in order to qualify for mobilisation into the National Youth Service Corps…
The Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes, and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI), Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta Chapter, has accused the hospital’s management of bias and administrative malpractice in its recent promotion exercise. In a petition addressed to the Acting Medical Director and obtained by OgunToday from an insider, the union alleged that…
ASUU suspends two-week warning strike, gives government one month to its address demands. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended the two-week warning strike that started on October 13, 2025. The strike was meant to end next Monday but was called off earlier after new promises from the Federal Government and the National…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given approval for the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) to restart its Management Degree Programmes. This marks an important achievement for the university after several years of suspension. The approval came after the NUC carried out a resource assessment visit to the university and confirmed that FUNAAB was…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have teamed up to find a permanent solution to the frequent disruptions in the academic calendars of Nigerian universities. The NLC gave the government a four-week deadline to finish negotiations with all academic and non-academic unions in higher education institutions. On Monday,…
Forty neatly arranged ceramic tiles now serve as a makeshift whiteboard for pupils of St. John’s Anglican Primary School, Ebute-Igbooro, an agrarian community in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The tiled board, divided into three sections with a green marker, list the subjects Mathematics, English Studies, and Basic Technology. Though the date…
Tai Solarin Federal University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, has announced a week-long celebration in honour of its outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwole Sikiru Banjo, as he rounds off his five-year tenure this October. The series of events will kick off on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, with a Legacy Visit to the TASUED Secondary School,…
The Federal Ministry of Education has dismissed reports in some newspapers and online platforms claiming that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is no longer mandatory for admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, described the report as false, baseless, and…
The Federal Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday that Nigerian senior secondary school students in the arts and humanities will no longer be required to obtain a credit in Mathematics in their Senior School Certificate Examination, conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO), as a prerequisite for admission…
The institutions affected include Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), and Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU). The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced that three additional universities have joined the ongoing two-week warning strike. The institutions now participating in the strike are Tai Solarin University of Education…
