JAMB Cancels General Cut-Off Marks For Tertiary Institutions
For the first time in its 43-year history, Nigeria’s Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has cancelled the general cut-off marks for admitting students into tertiary institutions in the country. This information was disclosed during the board’s 2021 virtual policy meeting chaired by Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. Read more about Education […]
Did You Know? The First Nigerian Woman to Become a Vice-Chancellor of a Nigeria University?
Born 16th December 1932, in Warri, in the present Delta State of Nigeria, Grace Alele-Williams made history as the first Nigerian woman to become the head of a Nigerian University, namely; the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin. Grace is an embodiment of Grace; haven risen through the ranks from a secondary school Maths […]
Did You Know: The State with the Highest Number of Universities in Nigeria?
People still take a lot of pride in their academic qualifications; to add to that, people also take a lot of pride in the level of qualification they have attained- Primary School leaving certificate, Secondary School Leaving certificate, a certificate, a diploma or a Bachelor’s Degree. This also means that people take pride in the […]
Federal Government Approves Nine New Private Universities
According to Premium Times, nine new universities have been given provisional licences to operate in Nigeria bringing the total of private universities in the country to 59. At the presentation of provisional licenses, the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau was said to have stated that the licenses were intended to create room for effective mentoring […]
Do Grades Matter?
For tertiary institution students, this is probably one of such questions that plagues the mind as they transition through several courses of study and try to prove, every semester, that they are worth another try and worthy of going to the next level. For some students, the stress they undergo to get impressive grades are […]
Of Winners and Losers of ASUU Strike
By Toks Ero Academic activities have picked up in earnest in our universities with examinations either going on or concluded in some of the institutions. It had been six gruelling months of praying and waiting on the part of students and their parents/guardians on the one hand, and six months of throwing punches and docking […]
Chevron Nigeria Undergraduate Scholarship Awards 2012/2013
Applications for the 2012/2013 NNPC/Chevron National University Scholarship Awards are currently ongoing. Chevron Nigeria Limited, in collaboration with its Joint Venture partner, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is offering a number of University Scholarship Awards to suitably qualified undergraduates in Nigerian universities.