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For every post-primary school leaver, getting a university place is life or death. Here’s how to win without tears. Nothing is as crucial as gaining a university place for a Nigerian post-primary school leaver. One exam. One portal. One year gone if you miss it. But most students fail before JAMB starts. They fail at strategy. The 5 Steps That Decide Your Fate Know Your Strength, Not Your Dream You want Medicine with 180 in UTME. That’s not a dream; that’s a delusion. Check last year’s cut-off for your course in that school . If you’re 40 marks below it, change your course or change your school now. Pride doesn’t give admission. Understand Catchment and ELDS Every federal university favors its catchment area and Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS). You’re from Edo applying to UNILAG for Law? You need 280+. Someone from Lagos with the same score might need only 260. Play the geography. It’s legal. Use Your Second Choice Like a First Choice Plan B is not shame. Your second-choice ...

 50 UNIVERSITIES. SOME FORMS CLOSE THIS WEEK. ACT NOW. Port Harcourt   :  CampusDialog is alerting all 2026 UTME candidates and parents that Post-UTME forms for 50 Federal and State Universities are currently on sale. Several application deadlines fall within June 2026. Delay could mean losing an entire academic year. CRITICAL: CLOSING IN JUNE 2026 As of 22nd June 2026, the following universities will close their Post-UTME application portals within days. Interested candidates are advised to apply immediately: UNIZIK  - 21st June 2026 RSU  - 21st June 2026 LASU  - 23rd June 2026 IMSU  - 25th June 2026 NMU  - 29th June 2026 AAU  - 30th June 2026 UNIDEL  - 30th June 2026 (Extended) AE-FUNAI  - 30th June 2026 DELSU  - 30th June 2026 ALREADY CLOSED UNIPORT  - Closed FUET  - Closed on 15th June 2026 NDA  - Closed on 15th May 2026 JULY 2026 DEADLINES Institution Deadline PAAU 1st July 2026 FUKASHERE 1st July 2026 FUTA ...

From Eidenu-Irrua to Europe and America: Rt. Rev. Dr. Matthew Akhaze Okpebholo has made private nursing education a global game changer. After nine parts exposing the rot, it is time to spotlight a revival. 1. Location as an Advantage St Matthew’s Royal College of Nursing Science is located in Eidenu-Irrua , a rural community in Edo State. No traffic. No chaos. Just a serene and conducive environment for learning. In an age when city campuses battle noise, congestion, and insecurity, rural education is becoming the new elite standard . 2. Facilities That Put Many City Schools to Shame The college's facilities are second to none: Spacious classrooms  : where students can breathe, think, and learn comfortably. Well-equipped laboratories  : science is not merely taught; it is practiced. State-of-the-art Nursing Practical Bay  : providing a real hospital environment for hands-on skills development. Attached Specialist Teaching Hospital  : enabling practical training a...

  SSS warned of mass kidnappings. Schools shut down. Then a mad man walked into a school in Iruekpen. If that's not complicity, what is incompetence? The facts are piling up, and they stink. 1. The Memo That Shut Schools Recently, the State Security Service (SSS) issued a memo to the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo State Command. The subject was: Impending Mass Kidnapping of School Children in Edo State, Especially in Edo North. The result? Schoolchildren and teachers were directed to stay at home for now. 2. The Man from Edo North Ernest Ugbomoiko, 42, the same man the Edo State Police Command arrested for allegedly spreading false kidnapping alarms, hails from Edo North the exact zone flagged in the SSS memo. Coincidence or coordination? 3. The Mad Man in Iruekpen Shortly afterward, a "mad man" was reported to have entered a school in Iruekpen. Panic spread. Rumors of kidnappers invading schools caught fire once again. The Questio...

  When insecurity lasts more than 24 hours, ask who benefits. A quote widely attributed to General Sani Abacha already points us toward the question. The Edo State Police Command's press release says a lot, perhaps without intending to. The police arrested Ernest Ugbomoiko, 42, for allegedly spreading false reports of the kidnapping of students in Afuze, Ehor, Otuo, Agbede, and Igueben. Commissioner of Police Monday Agbonika insists that no child was abducted and that schools remain safe. But here is the question nobody seems to be asking: Why did people believe him? Inaction Breeds Rumour When security agencies and government fail to curb the kidnapping of schoolchildren, a vacuum is created. Into that vacuum flow rumours, speculation, and misinformation. False alarms spread faster than official statements. Kidnapping is real. Rumour-mongering is real. Attempts to exploit insecurity for political, economic, or criminal gain are even more dangerous. The Chibok Precedent The Chibok ...

  Professor Gbenga Ibileye of the Federal University Lokoja has just given every Nigerian university the one rule that can kill bureaucracy. I watched the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Lokoja, Professor Gbenga Solomon Ibileye , speak. No big grammar. Just a simple principle that should be framed in every Vice-Chancellor’s office. His admonition to his management team was direct and clear: “Registrar, Bursar, University Librarian, DVCs if a memo stays on your table for more than 24 hours, consider yourself a failure.” The same applies to Deans, Heads of Department, Directors, and every officer down the line. No Face, Just File No one should look at faces when considering and processing a memo. Whether the answer is yes or no, the memo must move promptly. The staff member waiting on a promotion file, the student pursuing a transcript, and the contractor awaiting payment their faith in the system lives or dies on that table. A delayed memo is a delayed life. Why Memos Bury Men...