A 26-year-old student of the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos State, Udochukwu Prisca, is in urgent need of N30m to undergo a kidney transplant at the Gbagada General Hospital. Gifting Volunteer Network, a non-profit group supporting indigent medical patients, in a statement sent to PUNCH Metro, on Tuesday, stated that Prisca,
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has fully accredited all the programmes presented by Kwara State Polytechnic and also approved several new ND and HND programmes for the 2025/2026 session. These include ND in Law, Medical Imaging, Chemical Engineering, and HND in Agribusiness, Journalism, Mechatronics, and more. NBTE praised
The Students’ Union Government of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has appealed to the Oyo State House of Assembly to stop Governor Seyi Makinde’s plan to rename the institution. In a letter signed by the SUG President, Comrade Oladipupo Olamide D, the students said changing the name would erase the school’s history,
The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, has explained that the agency suspended its foreign scholarship programme for lecturers due to rising costs and the growing number of scholars who fail to return to Nigeria after studying abroad. He noted that the sharp fall in the naira meant spending nearly
The Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) is pleased to announce the commencement of the State of Origin Verification Exercise (SOVE) for the 2025/2026 admission exercise. This exercise is specifically for candidates of Lagos State origin who chose LASUSTECH as their first choice in the 2025 Unified
Ondo State-owned tertiary institutions remain grounded following the 14-day warning strike declared by the Joint Action Committee of the state tertiary institutions beginning midnight on June 19. The affected institutions are the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko; Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology; University of Medical Sciences, Ondo and the
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a list of new universities candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can apply to for admission. JAMB explained that the new universities were established after the 2024 UTME registration. The examination body added that the universities are willing
The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has advised 2025 Batch A Stream II corps members in Osun State to complete their service year fully and avoid rushing out of the country. Speaking at the orientation camp in Ede, he emphasized the importance of discipline, patriotism, cultural integration, and
LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO [LASU] RELEASES UTME/DE ADMISSION SCREENING FORM FOR THE 2025/2026 ACADEMIC SESSION Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the Lagos State University 2025/2026 Admission Screening Exercise (Regular Students), for candidates seeking admission via UTME (100 level) and DIRECT Entry. This ONLINE screening exercise is
The Nigeria Union of Teachers, All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, and the Association of Primary School Head Teachers of Nigeria, on Thursday, faulted the planned return of schools to missionaries by the Edo State government. Governor Monday Okpebholo had on June 16 announced the plan when Bishop