2025 UTME: Impossible to attribute 60% failure to lack of intelligence – Ezeilo
Professor Joy Ezeilo, a respected legal expert and former UN Special Rapporteur, has said that the failure of many students in the 2025 UTME exam is not because they are not intelligent. She praised the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for taking responsibility for the poor results. Ezeilo, who also served as Dean at […]
Final year student of Michael Okpara University slumps and dies
A heartbreaking event has occurred at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture in Umudike, Abia State. A final year Mechanical Engineering student named Nwachukwu Omiko has sadly lost his life. The university shared this news in a statement released on Wednesday, May 15. According to the Chief Public Relations Officer, Ubadire Agua, the incident happened while […]
BREAKING: 2025 UTME: There were errors – JAMB finally admits
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially admitted that there were mistakes made in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This admission was made by JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. Prof. Oloyede shared that the mistakes had turned what was meant to be a […]
Dont blame JAMB for your failures – MURIC tells candidates
There has been a lot of frustration from students and parents after many candidates failed the 2025 JAMB exam. Some people are even planning to take legal action against JAMB. But a group called the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has spoken out, asking students to accept their results and stop blaming the exam body. MURIC’s […]
Tears As 39-year-old UNIZIK Associate Professor Dies In Motor Accident
The entire Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) in Awka is in mourning after the shocking death of one of its youngest Associate Professors, Dr. Fidelis Okechukwu Ezeokoli. He was a respected lecturer in the Department of Building under the Faculty of Environmental Sciences. He had also served as the department’s former head. News of his death […]
2025 UTME: JAMB invites expert to investigate mass failure
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked an education expert, Alex Onyia, to help find out what went wrong during the 2025 UTME. Onyia is the CEO of Educare and has a strong background in using technology in education. Many students and parents have complained that the 2025 UTME had several problems. Some […]
Kano University shuts female hostel over immorality
The management of Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria (MAAUN) in Kano has decided to shut down two privately owned female hostels due to reports of immoral activities. The two hostels, Al-Ansar Indabo and Hotoro, are located near the university campus and had previously been approved by the school for off-campus housing. In an official […]
ASUU gets new president, Prof Piwuna as fresh strike looms
Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has chosen a new leader. Prof. Chris Piwuna, a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, is now the president of the union. Prof. Piwuna also works as the Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos. He takes over from Prof. Victor Osodeke, who […]
Meet Mmesoma Okonkwo Who Emerged Worldwide Best In English Cambridge Exam
In 2023, Mmesoma Okonkwo, a young Nigerian student, achieved an outstanding academic feat. She won the British Council Outstanding Cambridge Learner’s Award for scoring the highest mark globally in English as a Second Language during the Cambridge IGCSE exams held in 2022. Mmesoma, who hails from Nnewi in Anambra State, resides in Lagos. At the […]
Girl sues JAMB over hijab removal during UTME
A teenage girl, Lawal Hameedat Adenike, has taken the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and a test centre named PEFTI to court. She claims they forced her to remove her hijab before she could take the 2025 UTME exam. The case was filed by her mother, Basirat Ojo, who is also acting as her […]