NECO Releases 2025 BECE Results, Announces Re-sit Dates

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has officially released the results of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to a statement issued by the Council’s Acting Director on information and public relations, Azeez Sanni on Wednesday, a total of 179,201 candidates registered for the examination which was conducted in 12 subjects between 12th and…

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Air Force Institute Tops Nigerian Varsities in 2025 JAMB Admission Merit Awards

The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna, has emerged 4th place out of 172 universities in the 5th Edition of the National Tertiary Admissions Performance-Merit Awards (NAPTAP-M), held on Tuesday in Abuja. This has demonstrated its rising profile as one of Nigeria’s leading tertiary institutions, earning top honours and underscoring excellence and standard. The…

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JAMB Releases Mop-Up UTME Results, Clears 1,532 Candidates in Fake Admission Scandal

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of results for its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Out of 96,838 candidates scheduled for the exercise, results for 11,161 candidates who sat the exam have been released. In a statement released by the public communication advisor,…

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FG Inaugurates Ministerial Committee to Commercialise Research Outputs

The Federal Government has inaugurated a Ministerial Research and Innovation Commercialisation Committee (RICC) to bridge the longstanding disconnect between Nigeria’s research institutions and the industrial sector. The inauguration ceremony, held on Wednesday at the Minister of Education in Abuja, was presided over by the Minister of Education, Dr Morufu Olatunji Alausa. The Minister described the…

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FCT Teachers’ Strike: Students to Protest School Closure, Accuse Government of Negligence

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has announced plans to stage a mass protest in Abuja on Wednesday, 2 July, over the prolonged closure of public primary schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The protest, which will see students donning black in symbolic mourning for what they described as the “death of basic…

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US-based Nigerian Scientist Pioneers Virus Therapy to Combat Antibiotic Resistance

Korede Abdullah in Lagos A Nigerian researcher at Florida State University’s Department of Mathematics, Zainab Dere has recorded a phenomenal feat by offering a promising alternative: using viruses to combat drug-resistant bacteria, as antibiotic resistance threatens global health. Her study, recently published in the Mathematical Biosciences Journal, focuses on bacteriophages—viruses that target and infect bacteria….

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