The Group President of the Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has donated N15 billion to the Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State. Dangote made the donation at the 5th convocation ceremony of the university, according to a statement shared with Sunday PUNCH. In his speech at the ceremony, he said the university must be repositioned to …

Data obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that Anambra and Lagos states have the majority among the 80 suspects being interrogated by the police for their involvement in 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) malpractices. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during a press briefing at JAMB headquarters in Abuja on Friday said new methods …

A 16-year old candidate during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Olamide Aderibigbe scored 98 in mathematics. Aderibigbe, a student of Starville International School, Jabi, Abuja, also scored 86 in Physics; 68 in English and 84 in Economics. The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while giving a breakdown of the 2025 UTME …

A viral video making the rounds on Friday captured a heartwarming moment as Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, stepped back into the classroom to teach at an as-yet unidentified school. The video, shared on the Governor’s official Facebook page with the caption ‘Once a teacher, always a teacher’, shows him writing the word ‘Drugs’ on the board while engaging the …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday announced the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results, with results of 39,834 candidates being withheld. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this on Friday during the official release of the 2025 UTME results at JAMB headquarters, Bwari. Oloyede revealed that the seizure of results was due …

The lawmaker representing Darazo/Ganjuwa federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Mansur Manu Soro, has donated the sum of N3,050,000 to cover the SSCE-NECO examination fees for 105 final year students in four Gifted Secondary Schools located in Sade, Darazo, Soro, and Gabarin. The donation was made through the Darazo-Ganjuwa Subsidised Shuttle Service as part of its core mission …

The management of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, on Monday, expressed outrage over claims by a parent, Mrs Fijabi Omotayo, that her son, Oladipupo Siwajuola, went missing on the school’s campus. In a statement by the university’s Director of Communication and Public Relations, Dr Joshua Suleiman, the institution condemned what it described as ‘sensational and misleading’ social media allegations made …

The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa has announced the upgrade of 38 federal and state technical colleges across Nigeria as part of comprehensive reforms aimed at equipping young Nigerians with globally competitive skills. Speaking on Monday at the 2025 Quarterly Citizens and Stakeholders Engagement on the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI) in Abuja, Alausa said the upgrades are …

Over 1.5 million out of the 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination scored below 200 in the just-concluded exam. This was revealed in the statistical analysis of 2025 UTME result released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday. The statistics indicated that only 420,415 candidates scored above 200 in the 2025 edition …

The National Association of Ondo State by Students has announced the commencement of registration for scholarship, bursary awards, and financial assistance for the 2024/2025 academic session. In a statement on Sunday, the National President of the Association, Hammed Oyelade, called on all eligible Ondo State students across the country to seize the golden opportunity presented by the Ondo State Scholarship …