The “Better Education Service Delivery for All” (BESDA) programme cannot succeed without active participation and cooperation of UBE Information Managers. The Deputy Executive Secretary (Services) Dr. Isiaka Kolawale Olayinka made this known at the on-going Training on Communication Strategy for Public Relations Officers in UBEC/SUBEB and BESDA programme office holding in Babale’s Suites, Kano State.... Read More
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disowned admissions being offered by the University of Abuja and few others, alleging that the admissions are being offered by the institutions outside the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). It therefore advises all candidates not to accept any admissions that are not provisioned on CAPS. The board... Read More
The Kano State Governor, Mr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has commenced the disbursement of N148 million upkeep grants for 1,400 public secondary schools across the state. Ganduje explained yesterday that his administration has been giving the education sector serious attention because of its importance to the development of any society. He said that the issue of... Read More
Plateau State Governor, Hon. Simon Lalong has hailed security agents in the state for their swift response that thwarted the attempted kidnap of four students at the state university in Bokkos. The assailants had on Monday night swooped on the off-campus students’ residences at Ndar community near the university campus and captured four students. But... Read More
A 35-year-old man Umar Jibrin has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing the Chief Imam of Enagi in the Edati local government of Niger state. 48-year-old Alhaji Attaihiru Alhassan, the deceased Chief Imam, was reportedly stabbed to death with an iron rod by the suspect who claimed the cleric was caught red handed... Read More
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) said it would consider electronic tracking of commercial vehicles of its members to tackle kidnapping in the country. The acting NURTW General Secretary, Mr. Kabiru Ado Yau, stated this during the National Executive (NEC) meeting of the group in Osogbo, the South-West Zonal Office of the union.... Read More
The federal government has intensified peace efforts in the Niger Delta as the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dikio (rtd), visited Gbaramatu on Monday as part of his “back to the region tour.” Dikio visited the Pere of Gbaramatu, His Royal Majesty, Ogboro Gbaraun II Aketekpe, and other key stakeholders... Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja. The meeting holding at the Council Chambers observed a minute silence in honour of late former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mahmud Tukur. The meeting is the second to be presided over by Osinbajo since... Read More
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the use of email is no longer required for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration processes. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who made this known while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, said email will only be requested at... Read More
—————————————- UK MOVES INTO NEXT PHASE OF VACCINE ROLLOUT AS GOVERNMENT TARGET HIT EARLY More than 32 million people have been given a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine Jabs have been offered to everyone aged 50 and over, health and care workers and clinically vulnerable Phase two of the vaccination programme begins this week,... Read More