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Commissioner Modibbo Kawu inspects Kwara schools, emphasizes Gov AbdulRazaq’s dedication to quality education

The Informant247May 7, 2024May 7, 202403 mins

The Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development in Kwara State, Hajiya Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu, reaffirmed Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s commitment to providing quality education during her recent inspection of several school projects across the state. The inspection, according to the commissioner, aimed to evaluate the progress of infrastructure development and to ensure the effective implementation…

15-year-old Kwara public school student scores 362 in UTME to be among top scorers

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaMay 3, 2024May 3, 202402 mins

A 15-year-old student of the Government Secondary School, Omu Aran, Kwara State, Olukayode Victor Olusola, scored 362 marks in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to be among the contenders for the highest scorers in the examination. Though the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, organisers of the…

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NANS announces May 7 for nationwide protest over fuel scarcity, electricity tariff hike

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaApril 30, 2024April 30, 202403 mins

In a bid to express its dissatisfaction over the ongoing fuel scarcity and electricity crisis in the country, the National Association of Nigerian Students has concluded plans to organise a nationwide protest on May 7, 2024. NANS, in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday by the body’s Senate President, Akinteye Babatunde, said the…

2021 UTME: JAMB issues advice to candidates with incomplete registration

Just In: JAMB releases 2024 UTME results

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaApril 29, 2024April 29, 202401 mins

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Monday, released the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME. The Informant247 had earlier reported that no fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the examination in 118 towns and over 700 centres across the country. Prof Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of JAMB, announced the…

JAMB extends 2024 Direct Entry registration indefinitely

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaApril 25, 2024April 25, 202409 mins

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Thursday, announced the extension of the Direct Entry registration till further notice. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Public Communication Advisor of the board, while disclosing this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the decision was to ensure that no Nigerian child is denied access…

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1.94 million students sat for 2024 UTME, says JAMB Registrar Oloyede

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaApril 24, 2024April 24, 202404 mins

No fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said. Oloyede, while stating this on Wednesday in Kaduna, during an inspection of the Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing 2024 UTME…

2024 UTME: JAMB sanctions officials for asking candidate to remove hijab

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaApril 21, 2024April 21, 202402 mins

Some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have been sanctioned for demanding that a hijab-wearing candidate at Saturday’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Lagos must remove her headgear. According to reports, the officials at one of the examination centres had insisted that the removal of the hijab by the candidate was a…

Tinubu orders inclusion of NOUN graduates into NYSC scheme, law school

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaApril 17, 2024April 17, 202404 mins

Nigerian President Bola Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the Ministry of Education to include graduates of the National Open University in the National Youth Service Corps scheme while also resolving the longstanding admittance of NOUN Law graduates to participate in Law School in the country for equal opportunities. Tinubu disclosed this during his presentation…

JAMB directs candidates to reprint 2024 UTME notification slips

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaApril 11, 2024April 11, 202402 mins

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has directed the 2024 UTME candidates to reprint the UTME Notification Slip, showing the candidates’ date, venue and time of their examination. According to a statement by JAMB spokesperson Dr Fabian Benjamin on Thursday, the board urged candidates who have registered for the UTME scheduled to commence on…

2nd Matriculation: Embrace academic excellence, moral values – University of Offa VC urges new students

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaApril 5, 2024April 5, 202409 mins

The University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State, on Thursday held its Second Matriculation Ceremony in a grand style. The Informant247 gathered that the ceremony, which was held on the university premises, welcomed a new cohort of students into the academic fraternity amidst heartfelt speeches, commendations, and exhortations for academic excellence and moral uprightness. Addressing the…

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President Tinubu signs student loan bill into law

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaApril 3, 2024April 3, 202401 mins

Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday signed the student loans amendment bill into law. Dada Olusegun, the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, announced, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Student Loans Re-enactment Bill into law at the State House.” “The executive bill titled: A Bill for an Act to…

Unilorin expels five, rusticates 14 for admission racketeering, examination malpractices, others

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaApril 1, 2024April 1, 202403 mins

No fewer than 19 students, including six final-year students, have been expelled or rusticated by the management of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, over alleged involvement in various offences. According to Kunle Akogun, the school’s Director of Corporate Affairs, in a statement on Monday, the approval of expulsion/rustication of the affected students by the…

Hardship: Two Nasarawa varsity students die in stampede during palliative distribution

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaMarch 22, 2024March 22, 202404 mins

No fewer than two female students of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have been killed following a stampede at the university’s convocation square on Friday morning. The Informant247 gathered that the convocation square was used as the venue for the distribution of palliatives to the students by the Nasarawa State government. An eyewitness said the…

N’Assembly passes student loan bill into law, proposes loan forgiveness for defaulters in the event of death

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaMarch 21, 2024March 21, 202405 mins

The Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024 on Wednesday passed by the National Assembly after separate considerations by both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund. The Informant247 reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a letter written…

Strike: FG meets SSANU, NASU, NAAT leaders

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaMarch 20, 2024March 20, 202404 mins

Following the lingering industrial actions, Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, on Wednesday in Abuja, met with the leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) to discuss ending the warning strike. Prof. Mamman told newsmen after…

Unilorin NAAT protests unpaid salaries, declares 3-day warning strike

Yemi SodeeqMarch 20, 2024March 20, 202405 mins

The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) University of Ilorin chapter has demanded the unconditional release and payment of their five-and-a-half-month-withheld salaries from March 2022 to August 2022. The Informant247 reports that members of the association held a peaceful protest at the University of Ilorin on Wednesday, where they declared a three-day warning strike to…

Unilorin driver slumps, dies while carrying students to campus

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaMarch 16, 2024March 16, 202408 mins

A commercial bus driver identified as Lukman on Friday slumped on the wheel and died while carrying students to the University of Ilorin campus. The Informant247 gathered that the tragic incident left the vehicle’s occupants in shock. A passenger who witnessed the incident narrated that he took control of the bus in motion to save…

Kwara Gov appeals to TETFund for conversion of state-owned colleges of education to universities

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaMarch 14, 202405 mins

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Kwara State Governor, on Wednesday, appealed to the management of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for support in the upgrade of the three colleges of education to universities of education. The governor, while disclosing this during a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono in Abuja solicited…

FG postpones official launch of students loan indefinitely

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaMarch 13, 2024March 13, 202402 mins

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government has announced the postponement of the Nigerian Students Loan Scheme indefinitely. Akintunde Sawyer, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), stated this in an interview with ARISE NEWS, which was monitored by BusinessDay. According to Sawyer, the loan, which was to be launched on Thursday, has…

SSANU, NASU declare 7-day warning strike over four months withheld salaries

Abdulrahaman Taye DamilolaMarch 11, 2024March 11, 202402 mins

A 7-day warning strike has been declared by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) over their demand to pay four months withheld salaries of their members following the 2022 nationwide strike. According to reports, the decision was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of…