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JAMB REMOVES UTME FoR SOME COURSES
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that candidates seeking admission into Education programmes and Agriculture-related non-engineering courses in College of Education and Polytechnics will no longer be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The board disclosed this in a post shared on its official X handle on Monday during its ongoing policy meeting on admissions.
At the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions held in Abuja, Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa,however, stressed that such candidates must still register with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.
Alausa added that the exemption would also apply to candidates seeking admission into National Diploma programmes in non-technology agricultural and agriculture-related courses.
SOWORE BACKS AISHA YUSUF FOR FCT SEAT br> Activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has backed the senatorial ambition of fellow activist Aisha Yesufu, who is contesting the FCT seat in the 2027 general elections, while criticising her party choice.
Sowore made the remarks on Monday during an interview on Channels Television, where he said activists should not stay out of politics.
While expressing support for her ambition, he said she was aligned with the wrong party and should have joined his own platform.
He added that political participation remains a key form of activism, saying, “The business of politics is actually the biggest activism that has to be done to save society.”
APC GRAND ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES SCREENING SCHEDULE
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has announced the screening schedule for aspirants seeking to contest Senate, House of Representatives and state Assembly seats ahead of the party’s primary elections.
In a statement issued on Sunday in Awka, by the APGA’s National Publicity Secretary, Ejimofor Opara, the party said the screening for Senate and House of Representatives will hold on Monday, May 11, 2026, at the APGA’s national headquarters in Abuja.
According to the statement, the screening will commence at 10am on both days.
ASSU FIRES AT FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has issued a blistering attack on the Federal Government over what it described as the distorted implementation of the 2025 FG-ASUU Agreement, warning that growing frustration among lecturers could trigger a fresh wave of industrial unrest across Nigerian universities.
Rising from its National Executive Council, or NEC, meeting held at the Modibbo Adama University, Yola, the union accused both federal and state governments of failing to honour critical aspects of the landmark agreement signed in December 2025, despite promises to restore stability to the nation’s tertiary education system.
Addressing the media after the meeting, ASUU president Prof. Christopher Piwuna said the momentum generated by the agreement was “fast waning” due to the government’s failure to properly implement key welfare and funding provisions.<
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that candidates seeking admission into Education programmes and Agriculture-related non-engineering courses in College of Education and Polytechnics will no longer be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The board disclosed this in a post shared on its official X handle on Monday during its ongoing policy meeting on admissions.
At the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions held in Abuja, Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa,however, stressed that such candidates must still register with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.
Alausa added that the exemption would also apply to candidates seeking admission into National Diploma programmes in non-technology agricultural and agriculture-related courses.
SOWORE BACKS AISHA YUSUF FOR FCT SEAT br> Activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has backed the senatorial ambition of fellow activist Aisha Yesufu, who is contesting the FCT seat in the 2027 general elections, while criticising her party choice.
Sowore made the remarks on Monday during an interview on Channels Television, where he said activists should not stay out of politics.
While expressing support for her ambition, he said she was aligned with the wrong party and should have joined his own platform.
He added that political participation remains a key form of activism, saying, “The business of politics is actually the biggest activism that has to be done to save society.”
APC GRAND ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES SCREENING SCHEDULE
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has announced the screening schedule for aspirants seeking to contest Senate, House of Representatives and state Assembly seats ahead of the party’s primary elections.
In a statement issued on Sunday in Awka, by the APGA’s National Publicity Secretary, Ejimofor Opara, the party said the screening for Senate and House of Representatives will hold on Monday, May 11, 2026, at the APGA’s national headquarters in Abuja.
According to the statement, the screening will commence at 10am on both days.
ASSU FIRES AT FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has issued a blistering attack on the Federal Government over what it described as the distorted implementation of the 2025 FG-ASUU Agreement, warning that growing frustration among lecturers could trigger a fresh wave of industrial unrest across Nigerian universities.
Rising from its National Executive Council, or NEC, meeting held at the Modibbo Adama University, Yola, the union accused both federal and state governments of failing to honour critical aspects of the landmark agreement signed in December 2025, despite promises to restore stability to the nation’s tertiary education system.
Addressing the media after the meeting, ASUU president Prof. Christopher Piwuna said the momentum generated by the agreement was “fast waning” due to the government’s failure to properly implement key welfare and funding provisions.<