New Academic Session: Parents face hurdles as fees, cost of books, others escalate The current economic situation in the country has pushed many parents and guardians to the edge, as they contend with hike in tuition fees, high cost of books and even increase in hostel accommodation for their children and wards. Checks by our…
Breaking Hon. Charity Aiguobarueghian the Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly has donated the sum of N1,000,000 to the funding of Independent electricity plant to the UNIVERSITY OF BENIN. This day 30/08/2025 I am an alumnus of this school and the school is under my constituency, it gives me joy to donate…
JAC, ASUU MEET HON. JONATHAN IBHAMAWU OVER THE WEEKEND, SEEK URGENT ACTION ON AAU CHALLENGES. The Executive Members of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of Ambrose Alli University (AAU) met with the Honourable Member representing Esan West Constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Jonathan…
BREAKING: WAEC releases 2026 WASSCE results The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates. WAEC announced the release in a post on its official X handle on Wednesday. “UPDATE: 2026 WASSCE (SC) results have been released. Generate your PIN at http://waec.org and…
Segun Aina unveils five-year plan for JAMB, outlines seven tech-driven reforms Segun Aina, the new registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has unveiled a five-year development agenda aimed at improving the board’s efficiency through 2031. The 40-year-old professor of computer engineering assumed office on Monday, succeeding Ishaq Oloyede, the immediate former JAMB…
Kano assembly passes bill to limit private school fee increase to 10% The Kano state house of assembly has passed a bill seeking to regulate tuition fees charged by private schools, including a provision limiting any fee increase to 10 percent. The legislation, titled the Kano State Private and Voluntary Institutions Board (Amendment) Bill, 2026,…
Nigeria’s first Professor of Linguistics, Ayo Bamgbose, dies at 94 Nigeria’s first professor of linguistics and scholar, Emeritus Professor Ayọ Bamgbose, is dead. The 94-year-old professor of linguistics, who was credited with establishing linguistics as an academic discipline in Nigeria, passed away in the early hours of Saturday, ending an era of groundbreaking work in…
Kogi varsity expels two students over gay practice, rusticates four for fighting The Management of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, has expelled two students for alleged involvement in gay practice and rusticated four others for one academic session over a campus fight. According to a statement issued on Friday by the university’s Information…
UI appoints Peter Olapegba as vice-chancellor The governing council of the University of Ibadan (UI) has appointed Peter Olapegba, a professor of psychology, as the 14th vice-chancellor of the institution. A statement on Wednesday by Adebisi Akande, pro-chancellor of the university and chairman of the governing council, said Olapegba’s appointment follows the council’s approval of…
