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Education Minister denies loan misuse, unveils student loan reforms
The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, has dismissed claims of illegal deductions from student loans disbursed by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), stating that investigations revealed no evidence of misappropriation. Speaking on May 14, 2025, at a meeting in Abuja with university Vice Chancellors, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), and NELFUND officials, Dr.…
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2025 UTME: Students demand probe, JAMB Registrar’s resignation
By Adejayan Gbenga The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has called for the resignation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, following nationwide outrage over mass failures in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), attributed to technical errors by the examination body. The JAMB Registrar acknowledged the glitches and apologized to…
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NOA lauds JAMB’s transparency, urges further action on UTME errors
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has lauded the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for its exceptional transparency and accountability in addressing the challenges that followed the recently concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Agency in a statement issued on Thursday by the Deputy Director, Media & Communication, Paul Odenyi, described JAMB’s open acknowledgement of its lapses as…
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Kwara shuts two schools over student unrest in Ilorin
By Oluwatoyin Hawal Momolosho The Kwara State Government has ordered the immediate closure of Government High School and Government Day Secondary School, Adeta, in Ilorin West Local Government Area, following a wave of student unrest. The directive was issued on Tuesday by the State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr. Lawal Olohungbebe, during a press briefing at the…
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2025 UTME: ASUU threatens to sue JAMB over massive failure
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Nigeria Nsukka branch, has threatened to sue the Joint Matriculation Board over the massive failure recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam. The Chairman of ASUU-UNN, Óyibo Eze, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Nsukka on Wednesday. Oyibo said the massive failure, which mostly affected candidates from the South East,…
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BREAKING: JAMB admits errors as 379,997 candidates affected by glitches in 2025 UTME
A total of 379,997 candidates in the five states of the South East geographical zone and Lagos were affected by the glitches in the 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination. JAMB Registrer, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed in a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. “206,610 in 65 centres were affected in Lagos and 92 centres in Owerri zone comprising of…
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Bill seeking to convert Yabatech to university scales second reading in Senate
A bill seeking to convert the Yaba College of Technology in Lagos State into a full-fledged university has scaled the second reading in the Senate, marking a significant step toward upgrading the institution’s academic status. The proposed legislation, titled a ‘Bill for an Act to establish the Yaba Federal University of Technology and Vocational Studies, Lagos State’, was debated during…
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Mass failure: JAMB engages top IT experts to probe alleged technical glitches
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has engaged top IT experts and educational assessment professionals to investigate alleged technical glitches that marred the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. In the results released by JAMB, 1.5 million out of the 1.9 million candidates who sat the exam scored below 200 out of the total 400 marks. Popular education advocate and Chief…
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JAMB orders immediate review of 2025 UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered an immediate review of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) following a wave of public complaints alleging technical glitches, incomplete questions, and unusually low scores. The Board, in a statement issued by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, acknowledged what it described as an “unusual volume of complaints” since the…
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Chris Piwuna emerges as new ASUU President after contested election
Chris Piwuna, a professor of medicine and consultant psychiatrist, has been elected as the new president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). His emergence follows a four-day election held from May 8 to 12 during the union’s 23rd National Delegates Congress at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in Edo State. Piwuna, who previously served as the national vice…
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