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UTME 2025: JAMB announces date for mop-up examination

Nigeria, June 22 -- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced Saturday, 28 June, for the conduct of the 2025 UTME mop-up examination. The board had earlier announced it would ... Read More


EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian college undertakes illegal academic programme. This university is helping to certify it

Nigeria, June 21 -- A Nigerian federal university, the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State, is about to issue certificates for a postgraduate programme that the country's education ... Read More


Yiaga Director, Itodo, 15 others join Global AI Advisory Group on Elections

Nigeria, June 14 -- The Executive Director of Civil Society Organisation Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, has been inaugurated as a member of the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Group on Elections (AI AGE... Read More


Nigeria will not become one-party state - Tinubu

Nigeria, June 12 -- President Bola Tinubu said on Thursday that Nigeria will not become a one-party state, addressing a rising concern by opposition figures that the ruling All Progressives Congress (... Read More


Nigerian govt disowns textbooks containing controversial Yoruba history

Nigeria, June 12 -- The federal government has disowned a history textbook alleged to contain distorted information about the origin of the Yoruba people, saying it was never approved for use in publi... Read More


Ghana bars use of honorary doctorate, professorship titles in public

Nigeria, June 10 -- Ghana has officially barred citizens from publicly using honourary doctorate degrees and professorship titles. Ghana's Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) said it would begin nam... Read More


UPDATED: Jibril Aminu, former education minister, dies at 85

Nigeria, June 5 -- A former Minister of Education, Jibril Aminu, is dead. Mr Aminu, a professor, who turned 85 on 15 August 2024, died on Thursday in Abuja, PREMIUM TIMES gathered. He served as the ... Read More


JUST IN: Jibril Aminu, former education minister, dies at 85

Nigeria, June 5 -- A former Minister of Education and respected scholar, Jibril Aminu, a professor, has died aged 85. Mr Aminu, who turned 85 on 15 August 2024, died on Thursday, PREMIUM TIMES gather... Read More


INEC swears in, deploys six RECs

Nigeria, May 30 -- The Chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has sworn in six Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and assigned them to their states o... Read More


INEC announces date for Ekiti, Osun off-cycle elections

Nigeria, May 30 -- Nigeria's electoral commission, INEC, has announced dates for the off-cycle governorship elections in Osun and Ekiti States. INEC Chairperson Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Frida... Read More