The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised candidates scheduled to take the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in the 24 delisted centres to print their notification slips for new examination time and date.

The Federal Government has announced the approval of N18 billion as a take-off grant for 4 new universities. This was disclosed at a press conference on Monday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr. Sunday Echono.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted 25 centres scheduled to hold the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). The board said the decision to delist the centres was due to glitches recorded at the affected centres during the 2021 UTME exercise which kicked off on Saturday.

Lecturers under the aegis of The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) have announced the suspension of its nationwide strike. This was disclosed on Wednesday in a statement by the union’s National Secretary, Abdullahi Yalwa titled, “Suspension of the national strike of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics.”

The governing board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has approved the appointment of Mr. Ebikibina John Ogborodi as the Acting Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO. Mr. Ogborodi's appointment is as a result of his predecessor's death, Professor Godswill Obioma on Tuesday 1st June 2021 after battling a brief illness.

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has dismissed Boniface Igbeneghu and Samuel Omoniyi Oladipo, two lecturers caught soliciting sex from students in exchange for grades in a 2019 investigation by the BBC. The institution had earlier suspended Igbeneghu, who doubles as a pastor, and Oladipo following the investigation. It thereafter set up a panel to investigate the allegations brought against them. A statement issued on Wednesday by the university’s communication unit, corporate affairs division at the office of the vice-chancellor, said the dismissals were effective from Monday, May 31. According to the statement, the move is in line with section 18 of the University of Lagos Act 1967. It also said the dismissal followed the BBC report and findings of its senate committee constituted to probe the matter.