The two academic unions in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, have disowned Bisi Olaleye, a lecturer enmeshed in a sex-for-marks scandal. The two unions are the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the breakaway Congress University Academics (CONUA). PREMIUM TIMES exposed how Mr Olaleye of the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Administration, was […]
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn licences from 11 Computer-Based Centres (CBTs) for charging candidates unreasonably high amount in the ongoing 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). The Registrar of the board, Ishaq Oloyede, said this in Abuja on Tuesday at an interactive session with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps […]
University workers have begun mobilisation for a possible industrial action over the non-implementation of the new national minimum wage in the universities despite Presidential directive that it be implemented by December 31, 2019. A highly placed source close to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) told The Nation that the university workers are not […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has threatened to sanction its e-PIN outlet agents found involved in fraudulent practices. This came as it arrested four agents for allegedly selling ePINS for the ongoing 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME and Direct Entry, DE, registrations above the stipulated amount. The board, in a statement, yesterday, […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Saturday, said it had suspended the use of the National Identity Number (NIN), for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishak Oloyede, disclosed this to newsmen during a press conference at the board’s Headquarters in Abuja. He said that the […]
Candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Abuja, Lagos and Kano will get another opportunity to obtain the National Identification Number on Saturday. Possession of the NIN is a mandatory requirement for participation in the examination, which would start on Monday. The National Identity Management Commission announced on its twitter handle on Friday that […]
National Examination Council, NECO, has dismissed a report that it was planning to recruit new members of staff. To this end, it warned unsuspecting members of the public against falling prey to the antics of some persons wanting to catch in on the report to dupe them of some money. The council, in a statement, […]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has revealed why Nigerian universities fail in global rankings. The NUC which spoke through its Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed in Abuja on Monday during an interactive session with journalists said that the demographics of the universities in Nigeria reveal a preponderance of over localisation and over indigenisation. Rasheed further […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board has said it would be holding the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination between March 14 and April 4. It noted that an optional mock examination for candidates takes place on February 18, 2020. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday in Abuja, […]
A nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities is imminent in January with the failure of the Federal Government and the union to settle their disagreement on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System. The PUNCH on Wednesday gathered that the two sides had not resolved their differences over the payroll system. While ASUU […]