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The Federal Government has fixed 15 December 2026 to complete a national ranking of Nigeria’s universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, with universities to be scored on 22 indicators. The details were disclosed by Prof. Peter Okebukola, chairman of the Nigerian Tertiary Education Ranking Advisory Committee, in a presentation dated 30 September 2026 on…
Kano State has recorded the highest number of candidates who obtained at least five credits, including English Language and Mathematics, in the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination, according to state-by-state figures announced by the National Examinations Council. NECO’s registrar, Professor Dantani Wushishi, said Kano returned 74,413 candidates who met the benchmark, ahead of Lagos…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board fired a staff member on Monday, 21 September 2026, after an internal inquiry proved the worker extorted money from teenage applicants. The examination body revealed the summary dismissal in its weekly bulletin, warning that rank will not shield corrupt insiders from immediate prosecution. The disciplinary action exposes the dark…
Organised labour has called off its nationwide industrial action over the planned concession of King’s College, Lagos, after the Federal Government agreed to a two-week review of the arrangement, according to a statement issued by the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria. The union said the decision followed an emergency high-level meeting with…
UI Sets Fresh Rules, Penalties For Uncollected Certificates The University of Ibadan has announced that certificates left uncollected for more than 10 years will be shredded, part of a set of new rules that also introduce graduated penalties for graduates who delay picking up their academic documents. The guidelines were contained in a special bulletin…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commenced an indefinite strike across three universities owned by the Lagos State Government, grounding academic activities at the institutions. The affected universities are the Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), and Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH). The Lagos State Government-owned…
The Federal Government moved on Monday, 15 September 2026, to calm one of the fiercest disputes yet over its education reforms, giving a firm assurance that no worker at King’s College, Lagos, would lose their job because of a controversial arrangement handing management of the 117-year-old school to its alumni association. The Minister of Education,…
Nine months after the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities signed a renegotiated agreement that both sides described as the end of decades of industrial conflict, the union is once again threatening to shut down public universities, warning that its suspended strike could be reactivated without further notice. The warning followed the…
Nigeria’s Federal Government has fixed 1 October 2026 as the start date for a scheme that will give students in public senior secondary schools and public tertiary institutions 100 megabytes of free internet data every day to reach approved educational websites and learning platforms, with about five million learners expected to benefit in the…
The Nigerian Communications Commission rolled out a national plan on Thursday to grant zero-rated data access to students using approved digital learning platforms. Under the initiative, roughly five million students across public senior secondary schools and tertiary institutions will receive 100 megabytes of free daily data starting on 1 October 2026. Telecommunications operators will swallow…