The Federal Government has pledged to pay a total of N8bn in outstanding obligations to Nigerian students on the now-scrapped Bilateral Education Agreement scholarship. The government said that the scheme was riddled with fraud and abused beyond its original purpose.…

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming Osun State governorship election, Bola Oyebamiji, on Tuesday presented a cheque of N1m to the overall best graduating student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology’s 18th convocation, Olugbenga Oladeji, fulfilling…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Plateau State University branch, has threatened to embark on a “total, comprehensive and indefinite strike” if the Plateau State Government fails to implement the new salary scheme for lecturers and clear outstanding arrears. In…

The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has said most federal colleges of education in Nigeria now operate a dual-mandate system that allows students to earn both the Nigeria Certificate in Education and a Bachelor of Education degree concurrently. Alausa…

Nigeria has emerged as the third-largest source of international students globally, accounting for five per cent of the world’s outbound student mobility in 2023. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation revealed this in its first Higher Education Global…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has said women now outnumber men in higher education globally, although inequalities in access and completion rates persist across regions. UNESCO disclosed this in its first report on global trends in higher…

Each year, a handful of candidates rise above nearly two million others in Nigeria’s most competitive examination. Here is the complete official record of UTME top scorers since 2013, as published by JAMB. 2026Owoeye Daniella Jesudunsin State: Ekiti372 / 400The latest…

The West African Examinations Council has assured candidates and educational stakeholders that the technical and operational glitches recorded during the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination will not recur, saying it has introduced stricter safeguards and strengthened its systems…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned that the public university system could face another wave of industrial unrest if the Federal Government and state governments fail to fully implement the December 2025 agreement reached with the union. ASUU,…

A female candidate seeking admission to study Medicine at the University of Lagos, Owoeye Jesudunsin, has emerged as the highest scorer in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination after scoring 372 out of a possible 400 marks. This emerged when…

There is a question many people recently got wrong in our homework series. It centres on the choices that ‘neither’ makes when used with ‘nor’ to connect two or more negative alternatives. The outcome shows that many believe only singular…

The Federal Government has declared that any admission conducted outside the Central Admissions Processing System is illegal, warning tertiary institutions across the country that violations of approved admission procedures will attract sanctions. The Minister of Education, Maruf Alausa, issued the…

The Kwara State Government has concluded arrangements to organise a science exhibition competition aimed at encouraging secondary school students in Kwara Central Senatorial District to develop innovative solutions to challenges in energy and security. The programme, scheduled for May 13…

May 11, 2026 1:53 pm The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and stakeholders in the tertiary education sector have approved 150 as the minimum admission benchmark for universities for the 2026 admission exercise. The decision was reached on Monday during…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the minimum Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination cut-off marks approved by universities across the country for the 2026 admission exercise. The submitted institutions’ minimum admissible score was displayed to journalists during the 2026…