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The Edo State government has ordered the immediate closure of three secondary schools in Akoko Edo Local Government Area after receiving credible intelligence of a planned mass abduction of students by suspected bandits. A circular issued by the State Ministry of Education and signed by its Permanent Secretary, Mr Enodolomwanyi Otamere, directed the shutdown…
Nigeria’s education sector faces renewed pressure from armed group attacks on schools, with the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Malick Fall, urging stronger collective commitment to safe, inclusive and violence free teaching and learning environments. Mr Fall made the call after meeting a delegation from the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre…
The Council of Legal Education has published an updated list of 117 Nigerian universities approved to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme, warning that graduates from unaccredited institutions will not be admitted into the Nigerian Law School. In a public notice shared via its official Facebook page on Thursday, the council…
All private schools across Oyo State are to remain closed on Friday, June 5, 2026, as a solidarity measure following the abduction of pupils and teachers in the Oriire area of the state, an umbrella body of private school owners has announced. The Coalition of Non-State Schools, which comprises the Association of Private School…
Nigeria’s total public investment in education stands at only 2.14 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2026, falling well below the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recommended benchmark of four to six per cent for developing countries, according to a new analysis presented by former Aviation Minister Osita Chidoka….
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has scheduled Saturday, June 13, 2026, for the conduct of the mop-up examination for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, in a move designed to close out one of the most logistically complex examination cycles in the country’s recent history. The announcement was made on Monday by the…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. Aina will succeed Professor Is-haq Oloyede, whose second term ends on 31 July 2026. At 39 years old, the computer engineering academic will become the youngest registrar to run the nation’s tertiary admissions body. The presidency…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released 279 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results that had been withheld following suspicions of examination malpractice, offering relief to a fraction of candidates caught in the board’s post-examination verification dragnet. The board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, confirmed the development on Thursday via a post on X, stating…
Academic activities have resumed at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, following the expiration of a three-week mid-semester break declared by the institution last month after student protests over a newly introduced transportation system. An internal memorandum addressed to all faculty deans by the university’s principal assistant registrar, I.B. Aronkola, on Sunday, indicated that the school’s…
Nigeria is turning to mid-twentieth-century technology to solve its twenty-first-century literacy crisis. The Federal Government will soon launch a dedicated radio station to broadcast lessons for adult and non-formal education learners nationwide. Dr John Edeh, director at the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, announced the plan following approval from the Minister…
