Category: Education

Hybrid Workshop Invitation: Exploring the State of Knowledge and Action for Optimizing Soil Carbon in Africa | May 26–28, 2025

May 21, 2025 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

We are pleased to invite you to a three-day hybrid workshop titled: “Exploring the State of Knowledge and Action for Optimizing Soil Carbon in Africa”, taking place from May 26 to 28, 2025, and hosted from the Golden Tulip Hotel, Nairobi. Register to join via https://bit.ly/3F30PWy to participate with us virtually. [cid:7c6746c1-ad36-43ce-bcd8-a82ea99a7a10] This important event is…

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Direct Entry (DE) candidates to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) alongside other candidates says the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)

May 18, 2023May 25, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

Direct Entry (DE) candidates seeking admission to Nigerian universities will now be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) alongside other candidates, according to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The move is aimed at ensuring that DE candidates justify the possession of their A’level certificates. The decision was made at…

Education

Buhari unveils N1bn TETFund projects in Ekiti varsities

May 12, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on Friday, inaugurated six Tertiary Education Trust Fund [TETFund] projects worth about N1 billion to boost teaching and learning in three universities in Ekiti State. Beneficiaries of the projects are the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti; Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti; and Federal…

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Outrage As Substandard Schools Increase In Imo State

May 9, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

–Parents, Guardians Accuse Govt, Media Of Complicity Parents and guardians of secondary and primary students in Imo State have decried the nosedive in academic, mental, moral and sporting standard of their children and wards occasioned by the unprecedented eruption of schools at every nook and cranny of the State. The parents accused both the government…

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UPDATED: UK-based Nigerian student escapes jail for assaulting wife

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

A Nigerian student at Bangor University, North Wales, United Kingdom, John Nwadiaju, escaped jail by the whiskers after a court handed him a suspended sentence for violently attacking and abusing his wife, Kosisochukwu Echem. According to North Whales Chronicle, on Friday, the 34-year-old was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment, suspended for one year, which included…

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Suit: FG accuses ASUU of not “showing good cause”

May 2, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

The Federal government on Tuesday, accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), of not “showing good cause” in the pursuit of its suit before the National Industrial Court. Mr J.U.K Igwe SAN, counsel to the Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Education who are the claimants in the suit made the accusation…

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Day 2: 947,000 sit for UTME – JAMB

April 27, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

…Says results to be released soon The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says about 947,000 candidates have so far sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination within the last two days. The head of public affairs of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin made this known after monitoring the ongoing UTME alongside the Registrar of…

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NECO reschedules 2023 Common Entrance test

April 27, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled 2023 National Common Entrance Examinations (NCEE), ordinarily billed for Saturday, April 29, for June 3. It said the test was rescheduled to allow states with low registration to capture more candidates. Head, Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, who made the disclosure yesterday, advised candidates, parents, guardians, schools…

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BREAKING: FG begins payment of 40% salary rise arrears

April 22, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the 40 per cent pay rise arrears for civil servants, Saturday PUNCH has reliably learnt. Our correspondent who spoke to some federal civil servants on Saturday learnt that workers started receiving bank alerts of the arrears on Saturday, April 22, 2023. A high-ranking civil servant who spoke…

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University Of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo Holds 2nd Matriculation Ceremony

April 19, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

The University of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Umuagwo, in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State held its 2nd matriculation ceremony on Friday, April 14, 2023 in grand style. The event where a total of 462 new intakes were administered with the oath of matriculation, while reminding them of the need to focus on their…

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Rivers State University matriculates 8,441 students

April 19, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

The management of the Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworokwo, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, matriculated a total of 8,441 candidates who satisfied the minimum requirements for admission into the various programs offered in the institution. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Nlerum Okogbule, disclosed this in his address at the 41st matriculation of the university in Port Harcourt on Wednesday….

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Nigeria Varsities get N951bn direct intervention funds in five years

April 18, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions received N951bn as direct intervention funds in five years. This is according to an analysis of media reports showing amounts disbursed by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund from 2019 to 2023. The funds approved by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), for beneficiary institutions every year, were to support academic…

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79 bag first class as Ekiti varsity graduates 5,963

April 18, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti will officially churn out 5, 963 fresh graduates during its 27th convocation ceremonies slated to hold on Wednesday and Thursday, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Edward Olanipekun, has said. Olanipekun said the institution would be awarding 74 diploma certificates; 5, 602 first degree; 80 MBBS and 207 postgraduates certificates. The VC, who…

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Kwara varsity wins N12.5m TETFund research grant

April 18, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

Researchers at Kwara State University, Ilorin, have won a N12.5 million naira research grant from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. The research will be conducted by a team led by Dr Olayinka Yusuf on “Influence of Cultural and Demographic Attributes on the Spread and Containment of Coronavirus Pandemic in Nigeria.’’ The varsity’s Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof….

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Ikpeazu orders immediate reversal of hiked ABSU fees

April 18, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

The Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has ordered an immediate reversal of the tuition fee for Abia State University, Uturu, which was hiked by over 350 per cent. He gave the order to the management of Abia State University led by Prof. Maxwell Ogbulu. According to the invoices given to some new ABUS students…

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JAMB, NUC threaten to sanction varsities for Irregular Admissions

September 7, 2022May 26, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the three regulatory agencies for tertiary education in the country – the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) – have said they will sanction institutions that sell application forms for the conduct of the…

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FUTO Vice-Chancellor Calls On New Imo Commissioner of Police

September 2, 2022March 5, 2023 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Mrs Nnenna N. Oti, on Friday, 2nd September 2022 paid a courtesy call on the new Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde in his office situated in Owerri. Speaking during the visit, the VC commended the Commissioner of Police (CP)…

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Continued #ASUUStrike Underscores the Need to Revisit Nigeria’s Tertiary Education Financing

September 1, 2022 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

The inability of the Federal Government and ASUU to come to a compromise, even after President Muhammadu Buhari gave members of his team a clear implementation timeline underscores the point that has been long emphasized. Which is that Nigeria’s tertiary education funding model has to be revisited. I agree with ASUU that their working conditions…

Education, Politics

Africa – No One Left Behind: Getting Out-of-School Children Back to School

August 31, 2022 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

OOSC supports enrolment and retention of out-of-school children in quality basic education. JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, August 31, 2022/ — The Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) has developed its new 2030 transformation strategy and identified Human Capital Development as a core pillar for poverty reduction. On 8th of August 2022, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) President and Group…

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President Buhari appoints Dr. Lemchi as Provost of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri

July 23, 2022August 29, 2022 thTV Admin, Owerri No Comments

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Stella Ngozi Lemchi as the Provost of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, for a tenure of four years. Dr. Stella Ngozi Lemchi becomes the 13th substantive Provost of the College and the second female Provost of the institution since its inception. In the letter…

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