The management of Babcock University has apologised for the porn videos uploaded on its official website. The university’s Director of Communication and Marketing, Dr. Joshua Suleiman clarified in a statement Wednesday that the school’s University Information Management System (UIMS) Account was hacked on Tuesday. He said following the development an “unwarranted and unsolicited digital communication was posted on the website”. The Seventh …

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has raised concern that more than N46.2 billion in matching grants is still lying un-accessed in spite of the poor state of many primary schools across the country. Presenting the 2022 capital budget implementation report at an oversight visit to the commission by the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education, in Abuja on …

The Vice Chancellor of the Nigeria Army University, Biu (NAUB), Prof. Kyari Mohammed has called on the matriculated students of the institution to justify the confidence reposed in them by their parents and guardians. The Vice Chancellor was addressing the 977 students who were offered admission into the various programmes in the university on Tuesday, out of which 870 have …

The Governing Council of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH) has approved the appointment of Prof. David Aworinde as the second substantive Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university. Similarly, the council approved the appointment of Idowu Omowole as the Acting Registrar. The approval was done at the 48th Regular Meeting of the council. The appointment was contained in …

Innoson Vehicles, a leading Nigerian automobile manufacturer, has demonstrated its commitment to academic excellence by awarding a N3 million scholarship to Joy Ejikeme, the overall best-performing candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Joy, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, Anambra State, emerged the overall best student in the examination with a score of 362 …

The Imo State Government has set up a monitoring committee to checkmate malpractices, as the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) begins. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Johncliffe Nwadike told newsmen in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday that all possible loopholes for examination malpractices had been blocked. Nwadike, a former Head of the Department of History …

Sixty-nine-year-old Babatunde Fabiyi was part of the candidates who wrote the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with the aim of studying Medicine at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), information obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed. Fabiyi, who picked UNILAG as his first choice, made Lagos State University his second choice with the same choice …

No fewer than six teachers in the service of the Oyo State Government have been demoted. The teachers were demoted over their involvement in examination malpractices. The state government announced the demotion of the affected teachers via a letter obtained by newsmen on Sunday. According to the letter, the teachers were demoted over their involvement in examination malpractices during the …

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has pledged continuous support to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in recognition of its role in the development of the territory. The Minister of State for FCT, Mrs Ramatu Aliyu, gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja during the swearing-in ceremony of the orientation course for Batch A Stream 2 youth corps members. …

A student of Anglican Girls Secondary School (AGSS) Nnewi, Anambra State, Joy Ejikeme has emerged as the overall best student in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with an aggregate score of 362. In her subjects, Joy scored 98 per cent in English Language, Physics (89 per cent), Biology (94 per cent), and Chemistry (81 per cent). Anambra State Commissioner …