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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that candidates for its Direct Entry examination will be subjected to cognitive and verbal reasoning tests beginning in 2024. This was revealed by JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, during a virtual meeting with the commissioners of education in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.…

Government owned universities across the country may experience industrial action in 2024 due to the small budget allotted to the education sector and poor remuneration, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has said. Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, Prof. Emmanuel Oshodeke, explained that during the campaign and election earlier this year,…

The Nation Newspaper Parents and residents of Osogbo were thrown into panic as 18 pupils from St. James Primary School B, Owo-Ope, were hospitalised due to food poisoning linked to the government’s free school feeding programme. The Nation gathered that pupils of the school developed complications after eating rice and egg prepared for them by…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended processing charges placed on cash deposits exceeding N500,000 for individual accounts and N3,000,000 for corporate accounts until April 30, 2024. This directive, seen by Peoples Gazette, was issued in a letter to all banks, financial institutions, and non-bank financial institutions, dated December 11 and signed by the…

Daily Trust The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has explained the reasons behind scarcity of naira notes in the country. This comes following a series of complaints by some bank customers on the scarcity of naira notes at the counters, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), Points of Sale (PoS), and Bureaux de Change (BDCs). In a…

A 100-level female student of the Nasarawa State University (NSUK), Keffi, Maikeffi Redemption Sarah has reportedly committed suicide, by consuming a poisonous substance. Sarah, 21 years old, fourth and last born of the family, and an undergraduate of Microbiology was said to have killed herself due to deep emotions and depression. The incident was said…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the federal government to set aside allocations for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) as distinct from Nigeria’s overall annual budget. Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the union, said this will ensure the effective implementation of TETFund projects. Osodoke was at the TETFund Alliance for Innovative Research…