•Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad The federal government has released the results of the 2026 National Common Entrance Examination, with 10 candidates emerging as the highest scorers after each recorded 202 marks out of a maximum obtainable score of 210. The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, announced th...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned candidates against accepting admissions offered outside its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), declaring that such admissions were illegal and may leave affected students without official recognition. The warning came as the National Universities Commissi...
The National Industrial Court today nullified the federal government’s policy requiring education directors to retire after eight years in office, ruling that teachers and education officers are entitled to remain in service until they attain the age of 65 or complete 40 years of pensionable service, whichever comes first. Justice Olufunke Anu...
•UNIJOS main gate Panic gripped the University of Jos (UNIJOS) community today after the beheaded body of a middle-aged man was discovered on farmland within the university environment. The deceased, whose identity had yet to be officially confirmed as of the time of filing this report, was found with his head severed and missing, triggering [...
•Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the President Bola Tinubu-led government over its decision to suspend the proposed increase in registration fees for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council Sen...
•Late General Ironsi and Governor Alex Otti of Abia State Abia State governor, Alex Otti, has directed the rehabilitation of Ibeama Primary School, Ndume Ibeku, the alma mater of Nigeria’s first military Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the late Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi. The governor gave th...
•Education minister, Tunji Alausa The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, will chair discussions on the achievements, reforms and challenges of Nigeria’s educational sector under President Bola Tinubu at the 2026 Education Summit. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chairman of the Education Correspondents Association of Nigeria...
•Minister of Education, Maruf Tunji Alausa and WAEC, NECO logos  The federal government has suspended its proposed increase in registration fees for the 2027 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination (NECO SSCE), following public concerns over the mov...
The National Association of Nigerian Students has alleged that a female student of a tertiary institution in Ondo State was coerced into a sex-for-grades ordeal by her Head of Department after repeatedly failing a compulsory course needed for her graduation. The President of NANS, Akinteye Babatunde, disclosed this in a statement today titled,...
•Youth Corps members and Prof Anthony Kila Renowned political economist, jurist and Professor of Strategy and Development, Prof. Anthony Kila, has criticised the federal government’s proposed reforms to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), describing them as “a wrong step in the right direction” and calling for a complet...
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