Educational

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has disclaimed admission cut-off marks circulating in social media, asking higher institution admission seekers to disregard them. The board said it was yet to release the cut-off marks for 2020 admissions, saying the ones in circulation were from fraudsters who in their usual ways,were out to dupe unsuspecting admission seekers. JAMB also said ...

Eminem’s daughter Hallie is all grown up and he’s proudly revealed that she’s just graduated from university. Hallie, who the rapper shares with ex-wife Kimberly Scott, is now 23-years-old and has finished her studies at Michigan State University alongside her long-term boyfriend Evan McClintock. The notoriously private star, 47, opened up about his personal life on Mike Tyson’s Hot Boxin’ ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has handed over 180 candidates in the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) to the police for prosecution over alleged involvement in examination malpractices. It said 70 per cent of the candidates have been arraigned, while others are undergoing investigation. JAMB’s Head of Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this yesterday ...

As Britain desperately tries to contain the coronavirus outbreak, all schools across the whole of the United Kingdom will be closed after Friday. This was revealed by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson while speaking with MPs on Wednesday afternoon. Williamson stated that schools will shut from Friday “until further notice” for all children – except to those of key workers and ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results of about 312,000 candidates who sat for the UTME on March 14, the first day of the examination. According to the board, the results were released on Sunday. It directed candidates to check their profiles for the results. “The results of Saturday’s examination have been released. ...

Angelina Jolie has revealed two of her young daughters have been hospitalised for surgery this year. She wrote about their battles with their health in an essay for International Women’s Day, where she said the two girls “fought to survive and heal”. Zahara, 15, went into hospital for a reason not specified by Angelina, but she revealed one of her ...

A teenage girl who grew up in poverty and had no space to do her homework has been offered a place at Oxford. Thamima shared a cramped council house with her parents and three siblings which was so overcrowded she struggled to do her schoolwork. But the youngster was determined to educate her way out of the poverty trap and ...

  4-year-old Abdulahi Umar, is unique and talented. Despite being armless, the young Nigerian schoolboy writes with his toes, as he remains determined to get educated. Abdulahi Umar was born without hands, and according to reports, he resisted attempts by his parents to carry him in a wheel barrow to beg for alms, insisting on going to school. With the ...

As the virus continues to spread around the world, the UK Government has now taken it upon it self to educate people and how the virus can be contacted and most importantly how to avoid it. Announcing measured to help its citizens cope with the outbreak, after 40 brits tested positive, the plan announced could see big events like sports ...

Gombe State Government on Tuesday said it has enrolled 214, 000 children into public schools in the state between September 2019 and January 2020, with 70,000 of them being the Almajiri kids. Gov. Inuwa Yahaya, made the disclosure at a ceremony for the distribution of uniform and instructional materials to pupils in Jalinga village, Funakaye Local Government Area of the ...

An Ilorin, Kwara state based private tertiary institution, Al-hikmah University management has warned its new students not to attend any ‘unholy gathering’ during their stay in the institution. Management specifically, cautioned “any student from attending a fresher’s night being put together by some useless elements,” it was gathered. The university added that it was aware of a surreptitious move by ...

  There are three kinds of women an African man wouldn’t want to marry. 1: A woman who acts like a man/boss. A man while growing up was used to taking instructions from his dad/mom, uncles, elders, and when he grows up, he started taking instructions from his lecturers, pastors…… He gets a job, he takes instructions from his boss. ...

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has dismissed 19 of its workers for forging their certificates. Their dismissal was approved by the Governing Board of NECO after vetting the report of a Staff Certificate Verification Committee setup by the council at its 52nd regular meeting. The Head, Information and Public Relations Division of NECO, Azeez Sani, disclosed this in a statement ...

  No responsible woman will spend 3hours watching ZEE WORLD.   David ibiyeomie said this in the 6th service on sunday 23th February 2020,in quote ”No responsible woman will spend 3hours watching ZEE WORLD ”   He said women should spend their time on personal growth,but didn’t condemn the watching of ZEE WORLD but is against women who burn their pot watching ZEE WORLD

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the release of all the five Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) staffs kidnapped along the Obajana-Kabba road, over a week ago. Also, all the five personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) that were kidnapped around Ajegwu, along the Ayingba road have secured their freedom. The police command, in ...

Nigerian high-life singer, Adekunle Gold has given his opinion on parenting. The 33-year-old who is expecting his first child from wife, Simi condemned the bias that comes with parenting the male child. He wrote; “Boys will be boys” is a lazy parenting strategy. If you have a child, you have a responsibility to raise them properly”.

Proud parents from across the world have been left out of pocket after the University of London postponed a graduation ceremony over coronavirus fears. Many loved ones are due to fly to the capital this week and were only told of the cancellation two days ago, leaving no time to cancel flights and hotel bookings. Some students say they weren’t ...

  The Students’ Union President of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Adegboye Olatunji, who was arrested for alleged involvement in cult activities, has gained his freedom. It was gathered that Olatunji and one other suspect, Taiwo Olanrewaju, were released on Tuesday after perfecting the bail conditions given to them by an Ogun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ifo. Olatunji ...

  The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has warned candidates sitting for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to desist from malpractices, as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board holds mock UTME today. The minister added that the government detested corrupt practices such as admission racketeering, while warning universities and other tertiary institutions to abide by the rules of the ...

  According to a Twitter user, @aqualady6666, men should stay far away from ladies who are jobless but have got the taste for flashy lifestyle and taste. She explained that her best friend who is dating a jobless girl was given a list of expensive gifts she wants him to buy to satisfy her high taste for Valentine. Her request ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has so far registered over 1.9 million prospective candidates for its 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with a few hours to the end of the exercise. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head of Media and Information, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, ...

  A man has advised newly married couples to stay away from spending their first night together in hotels. According to him, couples who spend their first night in hotels sleep on thesame bed with those who some men use to sleep with prostitutes which is not a good place to sleep with your partner.     He shared; Dear ...

  For many people, education remains one of the most important tools to navigate life. This explains why a lot of people go through a lot to see their kids through school.   A young boy in Enugu state recently went viral online following his refusal to attend classes even after his father had paid his school fees.   However, ...

A photo of five Nigerian sisters who are all doctors have made the rounds on social media. According to a social media user, @Fattybold the ladies are from the same parents and their medical specialties include Neuro-surgery, Gynecology, plastic surgery, family health and public health.

  Celebrity politician Hon Eghosa Agbonifo has taken to his social media page to advise men to desist from taking drugs to impress women on bed. In a post he specifically posted on Instagram, the politician wrote that it does not make any good sense doing that, as the repercussions are grave and the girls the man was is trying ...