The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the deadline for the registration of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to Wednesday, February 22, 2023, over the scarcity of naira notes. This was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday by JAMB’s, Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin adding that the exercise which was scheduled to end on February 15, 2023, had been extended by one week.

Ahead of the 2023 polls scheduled to hold on February 25 and March 11, the Federal Government (FG) has ordered the closure of all polytechnics across the country until after the elections. This was contained in a letter issued by the Federal Ministry of Education, which directed Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to convey the instruction to rectors and provosts of all polytechnics nationwide.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) disclosed that more than 1.16 million candidates have registered for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The examination body also insisted that it would not extend the February 14th registration deadline.

The National Universities Commission has directed universities and inter-university centres cut across the nation to temporarily shut down between 22nd February and 14th March 2023, to enable students to participate in the forthcoming general elections. The announcement was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki, and addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centres, the NUC noted that the directive was based on the directive of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of Rectors and Registrars for 3 federal polytechnics in the country which was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday by Ben Goong, the Director of Press and Publicity of the Federal Ministry of Education. According to the statement, the appointed Rectors and their institutions are Dr. Duke Okoro for the Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, Delta State; Dr. Paul Ndubuisi for the Federal Polytechnic, Isuochi, Abia State; and Professor Mohammed Magaji for the Federal Polytechnic, Kabo, Kano State.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Duke Okoro as the pioneer Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Orogun in Delta State. Prior to his appointment as Rector, Okoro was the Director of International Development at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State, and also has a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Analytical Chemistry from the University of Benin, Edo State.