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According to Punch News report, the Registrar, Joint Admission Matriculation Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, at a press conference on Wednesday, displayed some items used by students in perpetuating examination fraud at different centres in Abuja. See photos:

Teachers may soon earn higher salaries than other workers in the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu dropped the hint while inaugurating the Governing Councils of Federal Colleges of Education in Abuja on Thursday. He said the teaching profession had ceased to be an “all-comers affairs”.  Represented by the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Gozie Anwukah, he said government had understudied the Malaysian educational system and decided to take a critical look at teaching and teacher education. He, however, sounded a note of warning that teachers across all levels must register with the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) before the end of this year or risk being sent out of the system. The minister noted that Malaysia in the quest for greatness had reorganised its educational sector for effective development of human resources to take it to the present position. He said: “What they did was to bring down the whole system and resuscitated the...

DMW Boss David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has pledged to help a boy who sang his song. Utibe, who was spotted singing Davido's hit singer 'IF' by an Instagram user, @Shamrock80 has been given scholarship for life by Davido. The boy Mother is paralyzed and she can't afford to send the poor 5 year-old boy to school. Shamrock and his friends sent the boy to school and bought some provision for his Mother. Davido got to see the video and the story by @Shamrock08, he said he was touched by the 5 year-old boy.. especially where he sang "30 billion for my country oh." and offer to sponsor Utibe for life. davidoofficial Follow 65,495  likes 20h davidoofficial OBO GOT YOU FOR LIFE KID!!! NOTHING MAKES ME MORE THAT U FINALLY GET TO START SCHOOL!! 30 billion for ur account oooo!!!! 🙏 WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS!!

-His Excellency Governor Rochas Okorocha Rejects the Appointment. The attention of the Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has been drawn to the publication listing one of the daughters, Mrs. Uju Rochas Anwuka as a member of the Board of the Federal College of Education (Tech), Omoku. And it is important to swiftly state, with every sense of concern, that the governor had read about the appointment like every other Nigerian because he was never consulted or briefed on the appointment and that is why the whole thing looks suspicious. To the governor, the appointment was obviously not done in good faith. Whoever was the brain behind the appointment did so out of unbridled mischief. Otherwise, the person behind the appointment would have had the courtesy of either informing the father or the mother. The truth of the matter is that the governor’s daughter does not need the appointment. The governor has therefore asked whoever was behind the appointment to withdraw it s...

Nigerian Air Force Men attacked the University of Osun students and some members of the school staff on tuesday, May 23. Following the Air Force men, 11 students and 2 workers were injured. The school authority has shut down it institution for a week, the students are expected back on campus on Wednesday, May 31st, 2017.

A Nigerian Lady has bagged a PhD in Nuclear physics abroad. The Brother of the unidentified lady disclosed this via his twitter handle @slimstalk. The lady was said to have attended Mayflower School in Ogun state and the prestigious University of Lagos, before bagging a PhD in a foreign land.  @slimstalk also added that the lady is less than 30 years old. 🐆 retweeted 🐆 @ SLIMSTALK May 10 My sister bagging her P.hd ^_^ pic.twitter.com/KSz72cRwNo View photo   ·        

You can check JAMB results through the JAMB portal. Note, that checking JAMB results is absolutely free. You need to use a scratch card only if you have checked your JAMB results 2017/2018 more than five times. JAMB Requirements for checking results   1. Your PIN  2. Your registration Number or your serial Number. To check your result visits JAMB /UTME portal  Read more: https://www.naij.com/1099466-how-check-jamb-result-scratch-card-20172018.html Please comment below and Share this post

A Bill to abolish discrimination between HND and BSc passes second reading in the House of Representatives today tuesday April 11. In Nigeria holder of Higher National Diploma (HND) are inferior to their Bachelor of Science (BSc) counterparts. The degree holders are placed on Grade level 8 while the diploma holders are placed on Grade level 6or 7. The bill to abolish such discrimination was sponsored by PDP's Ali Isa representing Balanga/Billiri constituency in Gombe state and Edward Pwajok representing Jos South/East constituency in Plateau state. Contributing to the debate, Rep. Pwajok said a research he carried out on both certificates, showed that the discrimination had no moral justification. He also said that the unfortunate situation would make the international community to look down on the status of educational institutions in the country. The lawmaker said that it was unfortunate that such discrimination existed in a critical sector required for national developm...

The Joint Admissions And Matriculation Board has extended the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination by two weeks. The announcement was made on Saturday April 8. The registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB Professor Ishaq Oloyede made the announcement at a press conference in Abuja. He also confirmed that Mock Examination is on hold indefinitely and that new date will be communicated to the candidates. Prof Oloyede said that the mock which had been expected to hold nationwide were to prepare the candidates who paid for the Mock Exam for the actual Examination. According to the report, the organisation also said it had rescheduled the UTME to between May 13 and 20.