Education

SSANU and NASU extend ultimatum on Strike

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7 months ago

September 24, 2025

The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions has extended the strike ultimatum issued to the government by two weeks.

Recall that both unions earlier gave the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum over unresolved welfare issues, warning of a looming nationwide strike.

In a joint letter signed by SSANU President, Muhammed Ibrahim, the unions decried the “unjust disbursement of the earned allowances to staff of universities, non-payment of outstanding allowances, among others.”

Ibrahim recalled that the Joint Action Committee of NASU and SSANU had, in a letter dated June 18, 2025, drawn the attention of the government to unresolved labour matters. That letter, he noted, led to a meeting with the minister on July 4, 2025.

In a fresh letter addressed to chapters of the unions nationwide on Tuesday, the leadership of the union noted that the decision to extend the ultimatum followed a meeting with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Abel Enitan, on Friday, September 19, 2025.

“The leadership of JAC of NASU and SSANU, arising from a meeting held on Monday, 22nd September, 2025, decided to keep you updated on the current status of our agitations forwarded for resolution to the Federal Government.

“You will recall that in our last correspondence, we intimated to you about our letter addressed to the Minister of Education, calling for urgent intervention in outstanding labour matters affecting NASU and SSANU members in the universities and inter-university centres by giving the government an ultimatum of seven days, failing which members will embark on a series of legitimate industrial actions.

“It is important to inform you that the government, on receiving our ultimatum, constituted a joint consultative committee to look into our agitations.

“The committee met on Friday, 19th September, 2025, and the meeting was chaired by Mr Abel O. Enitan, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, while the following stakeholders were also at the meeting; the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC); the Director, Tertiary Education, Federal Ministry of Education; the Director, Trade Union Services and Industrial Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, alongside a few other staff of Federal Ministry of Education.

“The meeting’s deliberations focused on our demands, but concrete resolutions of our requests have not been met, necessitating the continuation of discussions,” the letter read.

The unions said the leadership resolved to extend the ultimatum by an additional two weeks, effective from Tuesday.

“In view of this, the JAC of NASU and SSANU has resolved to extend the ultimatum by an additional two weeks, effective today.

“This extension provides the government with an opportunity to initiate the requisite processes to address our demands.

“If the government fails to do the needful within this extended period, the JAC will summarily proceed with a series of legitimate industrial actions upon expiration of the extension,” the letter concluded.

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Education

Tinubu appoints NECO, NBTE chairmen, names poly rector, renews library DG tenure

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5 hours ago

April 22, 2026

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President Bola Tinubu has approved new appointments across key education agencies, including the National Examinations Council and the National Board for Technical Education.

According to a statement on Wednesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the appointments are part of efforts to strengthen institutions under the Federal Ministry of Education.

The President appointed Prof. Modupe Adeola Adelabu as Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Examinations Council, while retaining the Registrar, Prof. Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi.

He also named Prof. Babatunde Salako as Chairman of the National Board for Technical Education, while earlier reappointing the Executive Secretary, Prof. Idris Bugaje, for a second and final term of five years.

In the polytechnic sector, Tinubu appointed Dr Bongfa Binfa as Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, N’yak-Shendam, Plateau State, for a single term of five years. Binfa succeeds the pioneer rector, Dr Mukaila Zakari Ya’u, whose tenure ended in March 2026.

Until his appointment, Binfa was the Deputy Rector (Academic) at the Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas, Bonny, and previously lectured at the Federal Polytechnic, Idah.

The President also renewed the tenure of Prof. Chinwe Veronica Anunobi as Director-General of the National Library of Nigeria for a final term of five years.

Anunobi, who was first appointed in September 2021, has led “several institutional reforms aimed at repositioning the National Library as a modern technology-driven knowledge institution” including the development of digital platforms such as the National Repository of Nigeria and the National Virtual Library.

The statement noted that Adelabu, a former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State and ex-chairman of the NBTE, brings extensive experience in educational administration, while Salako is a former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research.

It added that the renewal of Anunobi’s tenure is expected to ensure continuity in ongoing reforms and the completion of the National Library headquarters project in Abuja.

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Education

JAMB releases Monday’s UTME results

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2 days ago

April 21, 2026

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who sat the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Monday, April 20.

Its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday, directing affected candidates to the board’s standard result-checking channels.

“The results for Monday, 20th, have been released. Candidates can view their results using the usual process,” the statement read.

Candidates can access their scores by sending “UTMERESULT” to 55019 or 66019 via SMS, using the phone number with which they registered for the examination.

Monday’s release is the latest in a series of daily result announcements that JAMB has been making since the 2026 UTME commenced on Thursday, April 16.

The exercise, which involves over two million candidates sitting computer-based tests at centres across the country, has seen the board publish results in batches corresponding to each examination day.

The board started the process by releasing results for Thursday’s candidates, followed by a combined batch covering Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18.

The Friday-Saturday release, however, came later than candidates had expected. JAMB had initially indicated the results would be available on Saturday but failed to meet that timeline, drawing frustration from candidates who waited through the night.

The board subsequently apologised, attributing the delay to the absence of its chief executive, who was occupied with an official engagement.

The results were eventually published on Sunday, April 19, before the board moved on to process and release the Monday batch.

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Education

JAMB releases over 1.8 million UTME results nationwide

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3 days ago

April 20, 2026

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of results for candidates who sat the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18.

In a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, the board said 1,264,940 results from the two days had been processed and made available for candidates.

“The results of candidates who sat the examination on Friday, 17 April and Saturday, 18 April 2026 have now been released.

“A total of 1,264,940 results from these two days are available for candidates to check/view,” the statement read.

The board noted that this latest batch follows an earlier release of results for candidates who wrote the examination on Thursday, April 16.

“The board had earlier released 632,752 results of candidates who sat the examination on Thursday, 16 April 2026. This brings the total number of results released so far to 1,897,692,” it said.

JAMB urged candidates to access their results through its designated SMS channels, maintaining its standard result-checking procedure.

“To view their results, candidates should send UTMERESULT to 55019 or 66019 using the phone (SIM) number they used to register for the 2026 UTME,” the statement added.

The examination body further explained that the results released so far represent outcomes from the first three days of the nationwide exercise.

The UTME, which commenced nationwide on Thursday, is expected to have over two million candidates participating across various computer-based test centres.

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