The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has created 11 centres for Persons With Disability (PWDs) for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). Prof. Sunday Ododo, Chairman, JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) for the Abuja Centre, announced this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. Ododo commended the leadership of JAMB headed […]
The South West Youth Parliament (SWYP) has conferred an award of ‘Excellent Leadership’ to Mr Omotade Ayodele Folorunsho, the Director, Corps Welfare and Health Services of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The SWYP is the apex body governing the youth of South West region in Nigeria. The award presentation took place at the NYSC National […]
The International Women’s Society (IWS) has pledged to continue empowering the disadvantaged in the country, particularly women and children. The President of IWS, Mrs Izabella Abia-Okon, said this during the association’s April meeting and cultural exchange programme, on Tuesday in Lagos. IWS held the meeting in collaboration with the Nigerian-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce. Abia-Okon recalled […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde, Akure …..To train 27 young Africans in Akure The International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) has approved a grant award for Dr Stephen Adeniyi Adefegha, an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA, to host 27 young aspiring neuroscientists. This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations […]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given full accreditation to nine academic programmes of the Al-Hikman University, Ilorin, Kwara State. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Noah Yusuf, announced this at a news conference on Friday in Ilorin. Yusuf said the university had in 2020, secured accreditation for 22 of its academic programmes and 11 others in 2021. […]
Two National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have died, while three others will repeat their service year for allegedly absconding from duty in Sokoto state. The NYSC Coordinator in the state, Alhaji Usman Yakubu-Yaro, announced this at the presentation of certificates to 2022 Batch ‘A’ Stream II Corps members in Sokoto on Friday. Yakubu-Yaro said that […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Medical Science University (UniMed), Ondo State, are collaborating to boost research. NAFDAC resident media consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, announced the collaboration in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement, received by The NewsZenith on Thursday, said the collaboration would formally commit […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended, until further notice, the ongoing 2023 Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise, which started on Monday, Feb. 20. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Affairs and Protocol of JAMB stated this in a statement in Abuja. The suspension, according to the statement, is to enable the deployment […]
The Federal government has ordered the closure of universities across the country to enable students to take part in the 2023 general elections. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu gave the directive in a letter addressed to the National Universities Commission (NUC) on Thursday in Abuja. The NewsZenith reports that the general elections are […]
The authorities of the Kaduna State University (KASU) has began a three-day retreat to reposition the institution for global competitiveness. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdullahi Musa, disclosed this at the opening of a retreat, on Tuesday, in Kaduna. Musa said that the goal was to enable the university to solve societal challenges through research. “A Teaching […]