The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Cross River (UNICROSS) chapter, has commenced an indefinite strike following unresolved issues relating to staff welfare, unpaid entitlements, and alleged breaches of agreements by the institution’s management. In a statement signed by the branch chairman, Dr Patrick Ushie, the union demanded the immediate implementation of the…
The National Universities Commission has signed a $65 million performance contract with six universities under the World Bank-backed SPESSE project to strengthen procurement, environmental, and social governance standards in Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja, NUC Executive Secretary Abdullahi Ribadu said the project would deepen capacity building, expand specialised academic programmes, and improve transparency in public service delivery. The programme, launched…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University chapter, has threatened to embark on another industrial action if the Kaduna State University (KASU) management and government fail to meet its outstanding demands before the end of May 2026. Speaking on behalf of the union, ASUU media committee member, Dr. Usman Sadiq, said several agreements reached with the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities remains 150 for the 2026/2027 academic session. The decision was announced during its policy meeting in Abuja, where it was agreed—following consultations with vice-chancellors—that the benchmark would remain unchanged. According to JAMB, the approved minimum scores…
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of non-teaching staff unions in Nigerian universities has resumed negotiations with the Federal Government following the suspension of its indefinite strike action. The committee comprises the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions. The unions had embarked on an indefinite strike…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced new deadlines for the completion of the 2025/2026 admission exercise for tertiary institutions across Nigeria. The decision was reached during the 2026 JAMB Annual Policy Meeting on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions held in Abuja on Monday. According to resolutions adopted at the meeting, all public universities are expected to conclude their admission…
Lagos State University has retained its position as Nigeria’s University of First Choice, emerging for the second consecutive year as the most subscribed university in the country during the 2026 admission exercise conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. According to the latest UTME application statistics released by JAMB, LASU recorded an impressive 84,326 first-choice applications,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has retained 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2026/2027 academic session. The decision was announced on Monday during JAMB’s annual policy meeting held in Abuja. According to the examination body, the benchmark was approved following a vote by vice-chancellors and other stakeholders present at the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that candidates applying for Education programmes and Agriculture-related non-engineering courses will no longer be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The announcement was made on Monday through the board’s official X handle during its ongoing 2026 admission policy meeting. According to JAMB,…
Panic has once again swept through the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ibogun campus, after armed hoodlums reportedly invaded student hostels for the second time in less than two weeks. The attackers, said to be about seven in number, stormed the hostels occupied by students of the College of Engineering in the early hours of Friday,…
