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Africa's Richest Man Builds $3.5 Million Business School In Nigeria  Africa’s richest man,   Aliko Dangote , has donated a $3.5 million building to the Bayero University, Kano in northern Nigeria. The building, which is named after the Nigerian billionaire, will be the premises of the newly established Dangote Business School. Speaking at the school’s opening ceremony which was attended by the Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Dangote told guests that the school was part of his contributions towards driving entrepreneurship education at the highest level in Nigeria. The Dangote Business School has been accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC), and will be first business school in Nigeria to offer the Doctor of Business Administration (PhD) programme in the country. Dangote also disclosed that talks are ongoing to develop strategic partnerships between the Dangote Business School and the Harvard Business School in the U.S ’My in...

Nigerian govt launches 2017/2018 annual school census February 13, 2018 Agency Report The Minister of education, Adamu Adamu. The Ministry of Education on Tuesday launched the 2017/2018 Annual School Census, aimed at solving the problem of out-of-school children. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said at the ceremony in Abuja that the census was designed to obtain the accurate number of schools and validate the figures. The theme of the launch is “Making Every Learner’s Environment Count: A Panacea for the Dearth of Empirical Education Data and as a way of solving the problem of out-of-school Children Syndrome in Nigeria”. The minister said that five states had already been mapped and placed on the website www.nemis.gov.ng for accessibility by all. “Imo, Edo, Ondo, Kogi and Taraba states have keyed into this initiative and we hope all states will key into this exercise and link up so that our data could be validated promptly.’’ He said the launch signalled the...

The non-academic staff strike in universities By   Editorial Board 18 February 2018   |   4:00 am Education Minister, Adamu Adamu All three non-academic staff unions – Non-academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) – which form an umbrella for junior and senior non-academic staff in the nation’s universities and research centres are currently on strike. Indeed they have been on strike since December 4 last year over what they termed Government’s failure to pay their earned allowances. By and large the proprietor of the universities and research institutes, the Federal Government, has ignored the striking workers. As a result, the Bursary and Administrative sections, technicians/engineers in the Works and Services Unit, and Hospital/Health centres of the university system have withdrawn their services. Perhaps because the strike has not to...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday said the much anticipated conduct of the 2018 mock unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) would now hold on Feb.26. JAMB-CBT-Centre The boards Head, Media and Information,Dr Fabian Benjamin said this in an interview in Lagos. According to him, a total of245,753 of the 1,652,795 candidates that registered for this years UTME are expected to write the test. “We are happy to announce to the public that the board has concluded arrangement for the conduct of the mock UTME, slated for Monday, February 26 “This is irrespective of the ongoing strike embarked upon by members of non-academic unions of federal universities nationwide. “Candidates will soon be informed on when to print notifications for the examination and in addition, notifications will be sent through e- mails and text messages on the schedules of their examination,” Benjamin said. He explained that the examination was expected to be hitch free ...

These are the top 10 universities in Nigeria according to Webometrics According to the ranking site, the followings are the top 10 universities in the country. 1. University of Ibadan 2. Covenant University, Ota (CU) 3. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife (OAU) 4. University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) 5. University of Lagos, Akoka (UNILAG) 6. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (ABU)  7. Federal University of Technology, Minna 8. University of Ilorin, Ilorin (UNILORIN) 9. Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) 10.University of Benin, Benin City, (UNIBEN). 

The Federal Government has renamed Federal University Ndufu Alike, in Ebonyi State, to Alex Ekwueme Federal University. Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, made the announcement on Friday, during the funeral service of the late elder statesman, Dr Alex Ekwueme. Family, friends, and well-wishers – including government officials among other dignitaries were present at the event which is ongoing in his hometown in Oko, Anambra State. Former President, Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Mrs Patience, as well as former Vice President, Namadi Sambo are among those present at the event. Other state governors in attendance included: Willie Obiano (Anambra), Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos) among others. 

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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, is the best and only solution to the challenges of admission into conventional universities in Nigeria. Mr. Buhari was speaking Saturday at the seventh convocation ceremony of N OUN held at its headquarters in Abuja. “Open Distance Learning is the best alternative to the challenges of gaining admission into the universities in Nigeria,” the president said. “All the conventional universities cannot admit more than one-third of qualified candidates annually. But we are happy that, in line with global education, open distance learning, ODL, being run by NOUN will soon completely eradicate the challenges of admission into universities.” The president, who was represented by the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Abubakar Rasheed, also reaffirmed that the federal government would accord due recognition to NOUN graduates. He said there will be no discrimination be...

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo who was pictured last year defending his PhD thesis at National Open University, has finally graduated. The photo of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his convocation gown, which was shared on the official Instagram handle of ‘Olusegun Obasanjo Library’, came with the caption; The Chief Promoter of #OOPLis officially a Doctor of Philosophy. Congratulations to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo PhD. Recall that Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who is now a PhD holder was spotted in a classroom with a laptop and his thesis, sitting before an academic panel in December 2017. Although the topic of his research work is unknown yet, the research topic of the 80-year-old former head of state is believed to be centred around Christian Theology. Recall that Obasanjo enrolled at the National Open University of Nigeria in 2014 as a graduate student having obtained a post-graduate Diploma in 2009. When asked why he wante...

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) says it will begin its 50th convocation ceremonies for the 2016/2017 academic session on Feb. 19. Professor Ołuwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, disclosed this on the sidelines of the yearly interaction with newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. He however said the four-day convocation activities which would end on Feb. 22. would be slightly adjusted, and would be different from those of the past. “This time, we will make a few changes and introduce a few items to make the ceremonies lively and memorable. “For instance, the convocation venue will move from the usual multi-purpose hall known as Jelili Omotola Hall to the main auditorium known as Ade Ajayi Hall. “But we will soon come up with a line-up of events to kick-start the convocation. “The events normally begin with a convocation media briefing, followed by the convocation lecture, among others,’’ the vice-chancellor said....

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday directed all tertiary institutions to end their 2017 admission by January 25. The Board’s Head of Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja. Benjamin said the board’s decision came after a meeting where all issues and ones bordering on the admission process were taken into consideration. He said it was resolved that the academic calendar must be adhered to. According to him, the directive becomes necessary as the board intends to meet up with the academic calendar as earlier agreed. “By implication, candidates who have gained admissions into various institutions and are yet to register or do not have admissions by January 25 should begin to make preparations for the 2018 UTME. “The public must also note that the UTME results are valid for only one year and not three years as widely speculated. “If changes are made on the validity, I assure you the board...

5 TIPS OF THINGS TO DO BEFORE 2017/2018 UTME. As we discussed earlier in JAMB INSIGHT(I) about some changes in JAMB UTME. Here are 5 tips of things you need to do as JAMB candidate. ALWAYS GET INFORMATIONS. As a candidate you seriously need information 24/7. It is obvious that some candidates also missed securing admission because of lack of information. I know of a boy who missed his exam because he did not know when JAMB exam started and he would have his exam the first day. This was not a good news to the parents. In this computer age, you can get access to informations with your mobile phone. Make sure you always search read information about JAMB and your school of your interest. Keep visiting this site for updates. We are here just for you. GET COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE. JAMB UTME is now computer base( not optional). If you are preparing to write 2017/2018 UTME, it’s advisable you equip yourself with knowledge about how to operate computer such as How to hold mouse. How t...

A MUST READ FOR EVERY JAMB CANDIDATE. You will agree with me that there are lots of changes in Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and these changes continue in subsequent years ahead. If you recall the changes that took place in 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 JAMB UTME, in 2015/2016 UTME, JAMB made some changes that led to massive failure and lots of candidates missed their chances of admission into higher institutions in Nigeria. During that period JAMB pegged cut off mark at 180 for universities, polytechnics and colleges, candidate with UTME score 170s hoping to be considered in polytechnics and college of education lost the chance because of those changes made by JAMB that year. Again in 2016/2017 UTME, JAMB new boss Prof Ishaq Oloyede came up with more changes in UTME policies and procedure which includes Change in time and number of questions. JAMB mock exam (only for interested candidates) Pegging of JA...

This is to inform all Degree program students in FCET Akoka that the school resumption date for first semester 2017/2018 is on Monday 08/01/2018.

Below is a break down of the new acceptance fee to paid by newly admitted students.. S/ NO ITEMS COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES CANDIDATES ( N ) OTHER CANDIDATES ( N ) 1 BANK/PORTAL CHARGES 5,000.00 5,000.00 2 ADMISSION CLEARANCE 30,000.00 30,000.00 3 ICT LEVY 6,000.00 6,000.00 4 DEVELOPMENT LEVY 15,000.00 15,000.00 5 MTN NET LIBRARY 4,000.00 4,000.00 6 COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT LEVY (MEDICAL STUDENTS ONLY) 20,000.00 - TOTAL 80,000.00 60,000.00 Please take note that the above fee will be paid via the Uniben Kofa Page(ONLINE) with your new student ID and password.

The Management of the University of Benin has approved that there would be no increase in the fees/charges paid by all returning students for the 2017/2018 academic session. The University Management is also reviewing the decision that led to the suspension of the Students’ Union Government of the University of Benin, as all issues pertaining to the students‘ protest in November, 20l7, have been addressed. The Governing Council has approved #l.000.00 (one thousand naira) as Students Union dues for all returning students. Consequently, all returning science students are to pay #l5,400.00 (Fifteen thousand four hundred naira only) and non-science students would pay #13,400 (Thirteen thousand four hundred naira only). each~inclusive of SUG dues. The Governing Council also reduced the hostel charges for the undergraduate hostels (Halls l. 2. 3. and 4 for Ugbowo Campus and Ekehuan Campus Hostels) to N17,000.00 (Seventeen thousand naira) for the session. All fees/ char...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said it will conduct its optional mock examination in January. The board made this disclosure in a statement signed by its Head of Media, Mr Fabian Benjamin and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. “As we prepare for the 2018 examinations, beginning with the optional mock, we urge candidates to register on time, make clear their choices of institutions, disciplines and examination centres in the process. “Candidates must note that their first choice can be a College of Education, a university, an Innovation Enterprise Institution, a polytechnic or a monotechnic. “Others include, the Nigerian Defence Academy or the Police Academy. “We will conduct a better examination, ensure more transparent admission and make more remittances to the government”, he said. The board, which described 2017 as year of transformation to success with the support of stakeholders, added that 2017 w...