About 13,700 candidates participated in the May edition of the Teachers’ Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) conducted nationwide by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) on Saturday. Acting Registrar of TRCN, Stella Maria Nwokeocha, disclosed this while monitoring the exercise at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) CBT Centre in Wuse II, Abuja. “We…
The death by suicide of a 19-year-old Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, Opesusi Faith Timilehin, in Lagos State brings to number three Nigerian students who have been dispatched to their early graves for ‘failing’ UTME in seven years. This was revealed by Africa Health Report (AHR) investigation. AHR Fact Check students taking their lives…
…2025 Records 3rd-Worst Performance Since 2016 Hussaini Kafi in Kano The shocking mass failure in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results has triggered nationwide protests ever witnessed since the inception of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the body statutorily authorised to conduct university admission for candidates. Africa Health Report AHR, reports that…
“It was a combination of human error and technology. We are sincerely sorry,” JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said on Wednesday. Prof Oloyede while admitting to error announced that about 379,997 candidates in the just concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would retake the examination. Oloyede, stated this at a press conference in Abuja….
On Tuesday, the Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria (MAAUN) in Kano state shut down two female hostels with the management justifying its decision on ‘high immorality’. Africa Health Report correspondent, Hussaini Ibrahim Kafi in Kano dived into investigations and uncovered untold facts of the controversial closure. Please find in this special report the strange…
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), in partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), has launched a workshop in Abuja to develop a national framework for micro-credentials aimed at tackling youth unemployment and skills gaps. Speaking at the event on Tuesday, NOUN Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olufemi Peters, described micro-credentials as “no longer optional but urgent,”…
Nineteen-year-old Opesusi Faith Timilehin on Monday took ‘Push Out’ rodent poison for scoring 190 in the just-released Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result. Timilehin, from Abeokuta, lived at Odogunyan in Ikorodu, Lagos State, with her elder sibling. The Guardian Newspaper learnt that neighbours and residents mourned Timilehin, whom they described as “gentle and humble.”…
The management of Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria has ordered the immediate closure of Al-Ansar Indabo female students’ hostels located at Hotoro and UDB Road in the Kano metropolis over safety and disciplinary concerns. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday, by the university’s Vice President, Campus Life, Dr. Hamza Garba. The…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has elected a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Prof. Chris Piwuna, as its next president. Piwuna, who is also the Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos, takes over from Victor Osodeke, a Professor of Soil Science from the Michael Okpara University of…
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