Mr Mohammed said enrolment dropped significantly, with 15,290 candidates registering for the examination compared to 29,260 candidates recorded in 2025.
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says Nigerian universities must become centres of innovation, enterprise and industrialisation to accelerate economic growth.
Mr Fenemigho, however, warned that without deliberate preparations, the initiative could remain an ambitious idea rather than a project.
The state government said in a statement on Monday that it remained fully committed to ensuring the victims’ safe return to their families.
He said the implementation of the education intervention was being carried out in batches, with the first phase covering Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba, Kogi and Kaduna states.
Nnani Adaobi Merian, a graduate of Kharkiv National Medical University, who was injured in a Russian strike, has died.
Eight members of the Scripture Union abducted along the interstate boundary between Imo and Anambra on June 14 while returning from a national conference are freed.
The inauguration attracted billions of naira in cash donations and project commitments.
The registrar maintained that protecting the institution’s land is vital to safeguarding its mission of education, research, and service to the nation.
The commander urged students to embrace discipline, hard work, and academic excellence as essential foundations for success in life.
