Eight universities may deny 143,000 student placements

Worsening infrastructural challenges, regulatory conflicts between the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and universities, inadequate teaching aids and the unavailability of adequate manpower, among others, may join forces to deny more than 143,000 applicants placement in eight universities in the ongoing 2017-18 academic session, write Iyabo Lawal and Ujunwa Atueyi for The Guardian Nigeria. More...