•WAEC candidates The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates. WAEC announced the release in a post on its official X handle today. “UPDATE: 2026 WASSCE (SC) results have been released. Generate your PIN at http://waec.org and check your resu...
As implementation of the Federal Government-Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) agreement kicks off on a shaky note, there are concerns over the fate of some federal schools and 57 state-owned universities nationwide. Some federal-owned universities, such as the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the University of Ibadan (UI), the Universit...
•Education minister Tunji Alausa The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has directed vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts across Nigeria to dismiss any student found culpable, after due investigation, of involvement in kidnapping or other related crimes. A statement signed by the minister’s Special Adviser, Media and Communications, Ikharo...
•Kano House of Assembly The Kano House of Assembly has passed the Kano State Private and Voluntary Institutions Board (Amendment) Bill, 2026, with recommendations aimed at strengthening the regulation and management of private and voluntary educational institutions across the state. The bill was passed during yesterday’s plenary after lawmaker...
•AAUA main gate The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) chapter, has said that about a week after Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa approved N1.1 billion as a special intervention fund to end the ongoing strike at the university, lecturers and other members of staff have yet to recei...
•Youth Corps members The National Youth Service Corps has warned prospective corps members that they will not be mobilised for national service without obtaining clearance from the National Electronic Registration Database (NERD). The warning comes as the scheme continues preparations for the mobilisation of a fresh batch of prospective corps ...
•UNILORIN Main gate The University of Ilorin has scheduled its 2026/2027 Pre-Admission Screening exercise, popularly known as the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, to hold from August 13 to August 15, 2026. The university disclosed this in a statement issued by its Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun. According to the st...
•Kogi State Polytechnic main gate No fewer than 60 lecturers across Nigerian universities and polytechnics have been suspended, dismissed, had their appointments terminated or been prosecuted over allegations of sexual harassment and other forms of sexual misconduct in the last five years. An analysis of disciplinary actions publicly announced...
•Segun Aina and Ishaq Oloyede Professor Ishaq Oloyede has bowed out as Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), paving the way for Professor Segun Aina to step in. Recall that President Bola Tinubu had announced the appointment of Prof. Aina as JAMB Registrar on May 21, 2026, reports Daily Independen...
The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), under the Federal Ministry of Education, has announced a final extension of the deadline for the submission of textbooks and other instructional materials for the 2026 Phase I assessment, reassessment, and ranking exercise. The Council said publishers, authors, and other eligib...
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