The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has advised all 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates not yet enrolled for the National Identification Number (NIN) to visit any NIMC office nationwide and enrol. Mr Chuks Onyepunuka, the Information Technology/Identity Database Officer, NIMC gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
Education
Sex-for-grades: My life under threat says BBC Journalist Kiki Mordi
BBC journalist, Kiki Mordi, has told Sahara Reporters that she had received subtle threats since her widely applauded undercover investigation into sexual harassment of female students by male lecturers at the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana respectively was published. The investigation, which took almost a year, saw Mordi and other undercover female […]
Sex for grades: No more ‘cold room experience’ as UNILAG shuts location
Following the revelation in the ‘Sex for Grade’ documentary video released by BBC Africa Eye, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has shut-down the ‘Cold Room’, where lecturers allegedly sexually assaulted students. The development was announced on Monday by the Principal Assistant Registrar (Communication Unit) of the university, Taiwo Oloyede. The ‘Cold Room’ was mentioned by […]
Nigeria: UNILAG lecturer caught on video sexually harassing a student
A lecturer at the University of Lagos has been caught on camera making sexual demands to offer admission to a ‘student’. The lecturer was exposed in a 13 minutes video by BBC Africa where an undercover journalist, Kiki Mordi, disguised as a 17-year-old admission seeker. The investigation is part of a broader one that uncovers […]
JAMB gives condition for students to take 2020 UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has called on all prospective candidates for its 2020 UTME to acquire the National Identification Number (NIN). The board’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, said on Tuesday that the aim was to ensure the biometric and other necessary details of a candidate were captured, to check examination malpractice. Mr Benjamin […]
UI sacks lecturer who stood against ‘illegal’ deduction of salaries
The University of Ibadan management has sacked Chukwuemeka Diji, the lecturer who protested the ‘illegal’ deduction of his salaries. PREMIUM TIMES in July reported how the senior lecturer had been experiencing ‘illegal’ deductions from his salary since September 2018. Mr Diji, a PhD holder, acted as the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from […]
UI releases cut-off marks for 2019/2020 admission
The University of Ibadan, over the weekend, released the cut-off marks for candidates who chose the institution in the 2019/2020 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The cut-off marks for all departments in various faculties in the institution was fixed by the faculty admissions committee The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, announced the cut-off marks […]
UNILAG releases cut off marks for admissions into various courses
Authorities of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has finally released the cut-off marks for the 2019/2020 admission exercise into various courses with Medicine and Surgery recording the highest marks. The cut off marks will end weeks of anxiety among candidates that picked UNILAG as the first choice and participated in the Post-UTME exams recently. Daily […]
Candidate arrested for forging UTME score to study medicine
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cancelled the unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) result of Kingsley Unekwe for allegedly altering his score to meet the cut-off points to study Medicine at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). The board said Mr Unekwe, 18, was caught inflating his original UTME score from 201 to […]
Monday’s strike will be total, comprehensive – University workers
University workers said they will begin a nationwide strike tomorrow over the issue of Earned Allowances, sacked workers of university staff schools and other issues affecting their members and the university system. President of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and chairman of Joint Action Committee of NASU and SSANU, Samson Ugwoke, told Sunday […]