According to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday 8, September 2019 released the admission statistics of Nigerian tertiary institutions for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), indicating that 443,624 candidates out of a total 1,662,762 candidates got admission into various Nigerian universities.

According to the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (DG-NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, youth Corps members would soon receive 30, 000 monthly allowances expected in September 2019 once-monthly allowance would be increased as soon as the Federal Government starts the payment of the new minimum wage to all public servants nationwide.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it is partnering with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to use the National Identity Number for the conduct of the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Sunday condemned the reduction of budgetary allocation to the education sector, accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of demonstrating hatred for education.

No fewer than five people have been confirmed killed while several houses were burnt during an attack by unidentified gunmen at Zangan village in Attakar Chiefdom of Kaura local government of Kaduna State.

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has on Wednesday 28th August 2019 disclosed that steps are being taken to improve the quality of teaching and learning in Almajiri schools across the country.
According to the Executive Secretary of UBEC, Hamid Boboyi, at the opening of a five-day training programme for 135 Master Trainers to improve the quality of teaching in the Integrated Quranic Tsangaya Education (IQTE), taking place in Kaduna, Kaduna State.