HOSTELS at Rivers State University (RSU) have become sources of fear and distress, with a series of unsettling incidents plaguing Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Students of the affected hostels, A and C, lamented that they were facing a series of robberies and attacks. In Hostel A, a recurring problem of theft has reached […]
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday listed conditions for screening of exceptional Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates who are still under the age of 16 years, for the 2025/2026 admissions. The board said that to qualify for consideration, under-16 candidates must have a minimum UTME score of 320 out of 400 […]
THE West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has temporarily shut down its result check portal. The shutdown of the result checker portal was due to technical issues that will be resolved within the next 24 hours. The Head of Public Affairs unit of WAEC Nigeria, Mrs. Moyosola Adesina, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday evening. […]
THE West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld the entire results of the May/June 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for students of Kings College, Lagos, due to alleged examination malpractice. According to Daily Sun, between Monday and Tuesday 4 and 5 August, several students and parents who checked the results on WAEC’s […]
By MUHAMMAD NASIR BASHIR THE Federal University Dutse (FUD) Alumni Association, has congratulated the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdulkarim Sabo over the Nigerian Universities Commission’s (NUC) approval of 26 new academic programmes for the institution. This is contained in a statement by Mr. Bashir Kassim, the President of the association, and made available to […]
By IJEOMA OLORUNFEMI READLAND Global has called for increased participation of young girls in hands-on technology and innovation programs to help them build careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The appeal was made by Dr. Temiloluwa Adeshina, Co-Founder of Readland Global, during an interview on Tuesday. Readland Global is a leadership and learning […]
THE Akwa Ibom State Government has faulted reports on the prevalence of out-of-school children and poor performance of the state in the 2025 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) results. The State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Idongesit Etiebet, in a statement issued in Uyo, yesterday, described the reports as misleading, mischievous and politically motivated. Reports had […]
THE West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has officially released the results of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates, while withholding results of 192,089 candidates over alleged cases of examination malpractice. Announcing the release at a press briefing in Lagos on Monday, WAEC’s Head of the Nigeria National Office, Dr. […]
THE management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will release the results of the May/June 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) on Monday, August 4, 2025. The school examination was taken by 1,973,253 candidates from 23,554 approved secondary schools. WAEC Head of National Office (HNO), Dr. Amos Dangut, will announce the release […]
By IGE ADEKUNLE PROFESSOR Tunde Akanni, a don, has commended the Federal Government for reintroducing the 16-year age limit for admission into the country’s universities. Akanni gave the commendation while speaking on the sidelines of the Graduation and Prize Giving Ceremony of Adedokun International Schools on Saturday at Iyana-Iyesi, Ota. According to Akanni, a Professor […]