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The Federal Government have announced a reduction in the cost of application form for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board from N5, 000 to N3,500. A similar slash was announced for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination from N11, 350 to N9, 850 The SSCE is conducted by the National Examination Council. Recall that there was a protest early this year demanding the reduction of the fee charged by JAMB The decisions were taken at the Federal Executive Council meeting, which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja. The Minister of Education, Prof. Adamu Adamu, said the government reacted to the complaints and pleas by parents in slashing the application fees. The minister said, “Since the new administration came into office and a change in management and prudent management by JAMB, we have been able to see that most of what has been charged doesn’t have to be because a lot of it has been siphoned by corrupt officials.” “So, in an...

 National Open University of Nigeria has admitted at least 515,000 students into different courses , the Vice Chancellor,  Prof. Abdalla Adamu  disclosed. Adamu, who disclosed this today during the first vice chancellor’s retreat for principal officers, deans and directors of NOUN in Enugu State, said that of the figure, only 150,000 students are active across the 78 study centres of the institution. The vice chancellor described NOUN as a one-stop solution to open and distance learning in Africa. He said that the institution had spent the last 15 years developing its programmes, adding that the institution has the largest open and distance learning university on the continent. According to Adamu, no fewer than five countries in Africa including,  Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Mozambique and Malawi —were understudying NOUN. “Our centre is now a reference point and the most successful. “ We are dealing with African realities and problems and other co...

T here is a popular saying that when two elephants fight, the grass suffers. This, many stakeholders believe, has always been the result whenever the Academic Staff Union of Universities and government at both the state and Federal levels disagree, especially over the issues of lecturers’ remuneration and the terrible state of the nation’s universities. The students are always at the receiving end of the quarrel between ASUU and the government. And this has also been the scenario in the past 40 years since university lecturers in Nigeria came together under the umbrella of ASUU. But stakeholders are now also saying the 40 years of frequent face-off between ASUU and the government have not yielded the desired. Rather, they argue that this frequent spat between the lecturers’ body and the government has become a threat to the nation’s higher education sector. They want ASUU to rethink its strategies and come with an alternative to the use of strike actions in its dealings with the...

Top Nigerian stars, Olamide and Wizkid left many fans confused and the internet buzzing after they announced that their concerts will hold in Lagos, same day; December 23. It is left to fans to choose who they are most loyal to between Olamide and Wizkid. Who will get the largest number of fans on December 23rd? While the two talented artistes picked different venues, the shared date have left many fans confused on which of the events they will rather show up for.   In a recent interview however, Olamide aka Baddosneh addressed the issue and attempted to answer the question most fans must have in their heads. Speaking to Sunday Scoop, Olamide who is set to shut down Eko Convention Centre on December 23, stated that the date clash is not a huge deal and there's room for everyone to sell out and make tons of money.   He said: "It is true that the two shows will happen on the same day. The population of Nigeria is huge and everyone cannot fill up one event centr...

Inspite of the Federal Government’s initial denial of an allegation by the Academic Staff Union of Universities of a planned hike in tuition fee being paid by students across the country, the authorities of some of the institutions have already begun the implementation of the increment. According to findings, no fewer than four universities have so far increased their tuition fee this year with the claim of augmenting the schools’ finances to meet pressing needs. Recall that the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, had argued that ASUU’s claim of fee increment was untrue, asking Nigerians to disregard the media report and support government’s effort to revamp the education system. Echono had said government was working towards a means to generate funding opportunities for the institutions. He had said, “I must confirm to you that government has no plan to increase tuition fees in Nigerian universities as being claimed by ASUU. There might b...