Individuals seeking to get admitted to the Nigerian Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, and other open distance learning centres across the country are now mandated to register through the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB The candidates are also expected to register with their unique National Identification Number, NIN, the new policy directs.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed a partnership with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the provision of a customized Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) for the registration of candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination going forward. The Board in its Weekly Bulletin stated that the use of the customized SIM which will be introduced in 2025 is aimed at addressing the perennial challenges of theft or missing SIM. The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a visit of a delegation of the West Africa Civil Societies Forum (WACSOF) to his office. According to the Registrar, the customized SIMs would only be used for UTME registration and would be accessible to only parents with an expiry date of five years.

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has just approved the disbursement of its first trench of student loan to successful applicants. NELFUND held its inaugural board meeting on yesterday, Wednesday marking a milestone in its mission to support students with financial aid as part of the renewed hope agenda. Chairman of the board, Mr Jim Ovia, approved the immediate disbursement of student loans to successful applicants after careful consideration of qualified students.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has resume protest calling on Federal Government to fulfil its promise to remove its members from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. Chairman of ASUU, Federal University, Lokoja, FUL chapter, Dr Joshua Silas, made the call today during a protest organised by members of the union at FUL campus in Felele, Lokoja.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has issued a three weeks ultimatum to Federal Government to resolved outstanding demands to avert shutdown. This was revealed by the Jigawa State Branch Chairperson, Salim Ahmed, at the emergency press conference held at Federal University Dutse (FUD), Dutse. The forum observed that the present administration deliberately ignored the leadership of the Union since its inception on 29th May, 2023.

The Federal Government (FG) is considering relocating Ikoyi correctional centre, Lagos and some other correctional centres from urban areas to other areas in the country which was made known on Thursday by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo during the Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today. He said, “Under this administration, we’ve not had any jail attack, what we have had was force majeure which was Suleja because that particular correctional centre was built in 1914. It’s about 110 years old.