211,000 sit for UTME Mock as JAMB deploys decoy website to tackle malpractices
No fewer than 211,000 candidates on Thursday sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Mock exam conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) across designated Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in the country. JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, who disclosed this while monitoring the exercise at a CBT centre in Bwari, Abuja, revealed […]
Acting VCs no longer eligible to contest for VC positions – FG
The Federal Government has approved the implementation of a guiding policy on eligibility for the appointment of Vice Chancellors, Rectors, and Provosts to promote equity, transparency, and integrity in the appointment process in federal tertiary institutions. Minister of Education, Maruf Olatunji Alausa explained that the policy has become necessary following a pattern of undue advantage […]
FG directs tertiary institutions to advertise available vacancies
The Minister of Education, Maruf Tunji Alausa, has directed all Federal tertiary institutions that have been granted waivers to recruit staff, to publicly advertise the available vacancies in at least one national daily newspaper, on their respective websites, and in other relevant academic and professional journals. Alausa in a statement signed by Director Press of […]
NDE begins digital overhaul of operations to streamline services
…to allocate 60% resources to digital skills The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has begun steps toward the digitalisation of its operations to amongst other things, enhance the visibility of NDE and give it a significant online presence Director General of the agency, Silas Agara who spoke to newsmen during the inaugural ICT training of […]
National Grid: FG splits TCN as NISO begins operations
The Federal Government has officially unbundled the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) into two separate entities, as it has formally inaugurated the board and management of the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO). With the spilt, the Transmission Service Provider, (TSP) would henceforth oversee TCN’s physical infrastructure, including transmission towers, power lines, and substations, while, NISO […]
EU supports FG’s sustainable waste management drive
The European Union (EU) has said it would continue to support the Federal Government to address the waste generation problem in the country. The European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot said there was need to reduce waste generated in the textile industry which globally stands at an alarming 92 million tons annually. […]
World Health Day: CAPPA tasks FG on healthcare funding, healthy food policies
In commemoration of the 2025 World Health Day (WHD), the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on governments at all levels, to prioritise adequate healthcare funding and the adoption of healthy food policies. These would help curb the exposure of Nigerians to unhealthy diets being aggressively promoted by the sugary drinks and […]
14% US import tariff hike: EMT goes to the drawing board to review budget assumptions
…MOFI unveils corporate governance scorecard for GOEs …Minister of Power laments uncompleted power projects The Federal Government’s Economic Management Team (EMT) may consider the option of going back to the drawing board in the event that the United States’ 14 percent import tariff imposed on Nigeria’s goods gets prolonged, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister […]
Africa’s maternal mortality declining, but progress still slow -WHO
Despite the progress made in lowering maternal mortality in Africa since 2000, new estimates by the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Interagency Group has shown that the African region needs a 12-fold increase in the annual reduction rate to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SGD) target of fewer than 70 deaths per 100 000 live […]
Afe Babalola raises alarm over influx of “mushroom, substandard universities”
The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola has lamented what he described as “mass approval of mushroom and substandard universities” in Nigeria. The elder statesman also regretted that some of the universities lack basic learning and infrastructure, adding that strict compliance with law and rules in establishment of ivory towers have been […]