ABUJA, Nigeria — The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says its new multidisciplinary research laboratories will allow Nigerian researchers to conduct all forms of research locally, ending the costly need to send samples abroad for analysis. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sunny Echono announced on Monday that six state-of-the-art laboratories are being established nationwide. Four are…
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria has recorded a major leap in digital education, with 21 state-of-the-art smart schools now fully operational across the country, according to the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). Executive Secretary of UBEC, Aisha Garba, announced the achievement on Monday in Abuja at the closing ceremony of the $10 million KOICA-Nigeria Smart Education…
ABUJA, Nigeria – The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Nigeria has admitted to a grave grading error in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), following a discovery that incorrect serialised answer keys distorted students’ performance data. At a press briefing held in Lagos on Friday, the Head of WAEC Nigeria, Dr. Amos…
ABUJA, Nigeria – The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has halted access to the recently released 2025 WASSCE results after detecting technical bugs affecting the accuracy of candidates’ scores. In a statement issued on Thursday, WAEC’s Acting Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adesina, announced that a comprehensive review of the results is currently underway to…
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Association of Professional Counsellors in Nigeria (APROCON) has called on federal, state, and local governments to establish well-equipped counselling centres in schools to address rising social and psychological challenges across the country. Speaking at the opening of APROCON’s 9th Annual International Conference on Wednesday, the association’s president, Osorochi Obi, emphasised the…
Dennis Gabriel Abuja, Nigeria — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) introduces rigorous new measures to screen exceptional candidates under 16 seeking university admission in the 2025/2026 academic year. At a virtual meeting with vice-chancellors on Wednesday, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, declared an end to the “academic abuse” of psychologically unprepared minors being…
Abuja, Nigeria – The Federal Government has secured a $25.35 million concessionary loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to support over 100,000 out-of-school children in Kaduna State, northern Nigeria. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Director of Information and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mohammed Manga, the…
KANO, Nigeria – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has empowered 95,556 adolescents with vital vocational skills, financial literacy, and safe spaces in Katsina State, under its REACH (Reaching and Empowering Adolescent Girls in North-West Nigeria) programme. The initiative, implemented across six local government areas — Katsina, Kafur, Kankara, Rimi, Baure, and Mani —…
Dennis Gabriel ABUJA, Nigeria — The Federal Government has approved ₦4.2 billion in grants for 158 research projects across Nigerian universities and polytechnics, under the 2024 cycle of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund (NRF). The fund, aimed at fostering high-impact, homegrown research, comes under the Renewed Hope Agenda of…
Thousands of state-sponsored students remain in academic limbo as the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) withholds their 2025 WASSCE results over unpaid exam fees by two state governments. The Head of WAEC’s National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut, confirmed on Monday that although 1.9 million candidates sat for the May/June West African Senior School Certificate…
