Contrary to reports from the office of the Minister of Education that the sum of N25 billion has been approved by the Federal Government for university lecturers as Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), the President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi has said no such funds had been released.

In what appears to be good news to members of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has disclosed that Corp members will now receive the new minimum wage as their monthly allowance.

Candidates of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations (UTME) may now have some respite as the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has released the results of 1,792,719 candidates out of the 1,886,508 who sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations in April.

In his pursuit for excellence and transformation of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) to the global best practice, the Corps Marshall Mr Boboye Oyeyemi disclosed plan by the Corp to upgrade its Academy in Udi, Enugu state to a degree awarding institution by September 2019.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced biometric verification of the 1.8 million candidates across the 36 states and the FCT, who sat for the 2019 UTME, further delaying the results of the examinations.

The Federal Government on Thursday approved N4.6billion for the construction of seven model schools to be located in the six geopolitical zones of the country.