By ISHAQ ZAKI PARENTS of 88 stranded Zamfara students studying in Cyprus have appealed for urgent intervention from Zamfara State Government to settle their debts in the country’s institutions. Chairman of the Cyprus Students’ Parents Association, Zamfara State, Mr. Ibrahim Tudu, in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday, noted that the students had been […]
THE Head, National Office, West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Dr. Amos Dangut, has announced the release of reviewed results for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Dangut explained at a media conference on Friday that during an internal post-examination review, WAEC discovered that a wrong serialised code file was used in printing […]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has temporarily withdrawn the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates. The move follows the discovery of technical issues during the result release process. The announcement was made by Moyosola Adesina, Acting Head of Public Affairs, on Thursday, 7 August 2025. Why the Results […]
STRONG reactions continue over the mass failure of candidates in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), with parents and education groups demanding the cancellation of certain papers, particularly English Language. The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) criticized the conduct of exams during nighttime hours, calling it “unacceptable and detrimental” […]
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 […]