Education

The West African Examinations Council has come under increased scrutiny for temporarily shutting down its result checker webpage on Wednesday evening, which it claimed was due to “technical issues”. The statement, made via WAEC’s official X feed, @waecnigeria, provoked more criticism as many Nigerians remain outraged by their dismal performance in the 2025 West African…

The Federal Government has established the Federal University of Agriculture, Ako-Nike, Enugu State. The bill establishing the University was signed into law on Tuesday by President Tinubu. This came after it’s passage by the 10th National Assembly. Member representing Enugu East/Isi Uzo Federal Constituency, Prof Paul Nnamchi is behind the bill. In a statement issued…

•Conducting WASSCE at night can’t produce good results — School proprietors •WAEC prevented cheating — Investigation Strong reactions against the mass failure of candidates in this year’s Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, continued yesterday, with parents and some groups calling for the cancellation of some of the papers, especially English Language. This is even…

WAEC hereby informs the general public that the result checker portal @waecdirect.org is temporarily shut down due to technical issues. However, the Council is working assiduously to ensure that candidates are able to access their results in the next 24 hours. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused you. Thank you

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Wednesday, inaugurated a committee to oversee the process of admissions for underage candidates. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed at the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the committee members in Bwari, FCT. Oloyede said that the committee would decide the modalities for determining `specially gifted candidates’….

This is to inform the general public that, in line with the policy of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Kwara State University of Education (KWASUED), Ilorin is not admitting Direct-Entry (DE) Candidates for 2025/2026 Academic Session. For now, the University is considering only UTME Candidates. Please note that this supercedes the earlier advertisement…

This is to intorm all candidates who applied tor admissions into Bayero University, Kano in the 2025/2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (UTME) that there will be an Online Screening from Monday, 4 August, 2025 to Sunday, 24 August, 2025

The West African Examinations Council revealed a sharp decline in performance compared to the previous year, following the release of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results for school candidates. Out of a total of 1,969,313 candidates who sat the examination across 23,554 schools, only 754,545 candidates — representing 38.32 per cent —…

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced the temporary shutdown of all its examination portals due to scheduled maintenance. The notice, published on the Council’s official website, affects candidates and institutions accessing examination-related services. The announcement posted on the NECO website reads: “All our examination portals will be temporarily unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. We…

The Head of National Office (HNO), Dr. Amos Dangut, disclosed that 754,545 candidates out of 1.9 million obtained five credits, including English Language and Mathematics. He noted that, prior to the release of the 2025 WASSCE results, four states had outstanding exam fees. Dangut confirmed that, as of Monday morning, August 4, 2025, two of…