You may have heard that the federal government is reviving vocational education and that the government is planning to pay N45,000 as monthly stipend to each of the beneficiaries of TVET. This article sheds light on everything you need to know about TVET, application process, duration of training, monthly stipend, and what may hinder your […]
There are some courses whose cut-off marks are 230 and above, depending on the number of candidates who scored above the benchmark. Some of these courses are often regarded as highly competitive. They include Medicine and Surgery, Law, Engineering, and Nursing, among others. However, you should not lose hope just because you are not among
If your mark in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is low and falls below the cutoff mark for your preferred course of study, you can change your course to another one that accepts lower marks. Here is the step-by-step guide on how to change your course and institution on the JAMB portal: We
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of under-age candidates who participated in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement on Sunday, May 25, 2025, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, clarified that the released results do not qualify the candidates for admission if they performed below the
It’s exactly one year since the application portal for the student loan scheme known as the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) opened for undergraduates in public institutions across Nigeria. Applications for the loan began on May 24, 2024. To mark the one-year anniversary, the management of NELFUND says it has disbursed over ₦56.85 billion, comprising
Two graduates of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State—Ojo Babajide (31) and Olajide Nathaniel (35)—have been sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping Atana Emmanuel, a student of the same institution, on March 23, 2022. An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Thursday handed down the judgement, with each of the
The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has conveyed an emergency meeting to address the latest report indicting 51 institutions across the country over illegal deductions from the student loans disbursed by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) on behalf of their students. The meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, May 6, 2025, will be attended by
Prof. Adamu Ahmed collected the baton of leadership as the new Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, from Prof. Kabiru Bala on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at the Senate Building of the institution and resumes office the second day (May 1, 2025). Summary Adamu Ahmed, who hailed from Bauchi State, isn’t just an academic who
The latest embarrassing revelation that over 50 universities across Nigeria illegally and fraudulently deducted institutional loans they received on behalf of beneficiaries of Nigeria’s student loan scheme has further cemented the popular belief that corruption pervades every sector of the Nigerian economy. A few weeks ago, the National Orientation Agency (NOA), relying on discoveries by NELFUND,
Earlier, we told you that the University of Abuja, also known as Yakubu Gowon University, has joined the train of universities offering HND to BSc conversion programmes in Nigeria. Whether it’s called a degree upgrader, top-up, conversion, or HND/BSc programme, they all mean the same thing. Here is everything you need to know about the
