•WAEC candidates The Oyo State government has decried the delays that disrupted the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the state. The government said the development subjected students and parents to avoidable stress and risk, reports NAN. The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olusegu...
•UNIPORT main gate Former Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Professor Princewill Chike, has been appointed the 10th Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). His appointment follows the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent Vice Chancellor, Professor Owunari Georgewill, who is scheduled to leave office on July 13, 2...
•Textbooks The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has launched a sweeping overhaul of Nigeria’s textbook approval process, directing publishers and other stakeholders to submit school textbooks for a fresh round of assessment, re-assessment, and ranking under a newly introduced quality assurance framework. In a publi...
The National Executive Council of National Association of Proprietors of Private School (NAPPS) has decried the continued detention of the teachers and pupils kidnapped from public schools in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State and other parts of the country. In a statement by its National President Hajia Samira Jibir and National Secreta...
•WASSCE candidates The ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has been disrupted by significant delays, forcing candidates in some centres to write examination papers late into the night. The development has sparked concern among parents, school administra...
For the third time in two months, there was a gas leak at Our Lady of Apostle Secondary School in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, leaving scores of students and staff hospitalised. The first incident reported in April led to admission of about 30 students for medical care while about 100 students were reportedly hospitalised after […]
•A fire outbreak A late-night fire has razed sections of the female hostel at Bayelsa Medical University (BMU), Yenagoa, destroying valuables and raising fresh concerns over repeated fire incidents allegedly linked to electrical faults in the institution. It was gathered that no life was lost in the incident. However, several students, who spo...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic Ngodo-Isuochi chapter, Abia State, has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the institution’s management over alleged non-implementation of staff welfare demands and breach of statutory obligations. The ultimatum was contained in a letter addressed to the Rector Dr. Pdi Ndubuisi, dat...
•Terrorists The Chairman of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Taiwo Adegoroye, has ordered the immediate closure of all public and private schools within the council area over security concerns. Announcing the directive during a press briefing with journalists, Adegoroye described the move as a precautionary measure to safeguard pupi...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State Wing, has directed all public primary and secondary school teachers across the state to embark on an indefinite strike beginning today, Monday, June 1, 2026, over the continued abduction of teachers and pupils. The union said the industrial action became necessary following the failure to secure t...
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