The Federal Government has pledged to pay a total of N8bn in outstanding obligations to Nigerian students on the now-scrapped Bilateral Education Agreement scholarship. The government said that the scheme was riddled with fraud and abused beyond its original purpose. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday revealed that it would mobilise over 1.4 million ad hoc staff — largely drawn from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) — for the 2027 general elections. The Chairman of INEC, Professor Joash Amupitan, disclosed this when he led a high-po...
Owoeye Daniella Jesudunsin, an indigene of Ekiti State, has emerged as the highest-scoring candidate in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), recording an outstanding 372 out of 400 marks. The feat was announced in the list of top-performing candidates released by the Joint Admissi...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has condemned the murder of a part-time student of the University of Benin identified as Alexander Omojiate, saying the incident is an attack on everything his administration stood for. DAILY POST reports that the student was killed on Sunday by yet to be identified...
A female candidate seeking admission to study Medicine at the University of Lagos, Owoeye Jesudunsin, has emerged as the highest scorer in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination after scoring 372 out of a possible 400 marks. This emerged when the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board unv...
Students seeking admission into colleges of education for the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) programme will no longer be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Under the new policy, candidates with a minimum of four Credit passes in relevant subjects can apply...