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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Federal Government has suspended its proposed increase in registration fees for the 2027 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination, following widespread public concerns. The Federal Ministry of Education announced the suspension in a statement on Monday, withdrawing a June 18, 2026 letter…
A single decision by the Federal Ministry of Education has reopened one of Nigeria’s most sensitive debates, pitting the government’s argument about the rising cost of running national examinations against the harsh arithmetic confronting millions of households already stretched to breaking point. The Ministry, in a memo dated June 18, 2026 and signed by…
Three years after her name dominated national headlines and split public opinion, Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma is once again free to sit Nigeria’s most consequential school examination. The three year sanction the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board imposed on the Anambra teenager in July 2023, following one of the most talked about examination fraud controversies…
A long-running dispute over religious dress in one of Nigeria’s oldest secondary schools has taken a decisive turn, with the Court of Appeal in Ibadan ruling that female Muslim pupils of the International School, University of Ibadan, cannot wear the hijab as part of their uniform. The three-member appellate panel delivered the verdict on…
The Oyo State Ministry of Education has formally rewritten its public academic calendar to absorb the shock of a recently suspended teachers’ strike. Public primary and secondary schools across the state will now officially resume a full teaching schedule on Monday, July 6. The permanent secretary of the ministry, Mrs B.T. Oyinloye, detailed the emergency…
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has drawn a firm line between his agency and Nigeria’s established examination councils, insisting that the board exists to place candidates in tertiary institutions rather than to test them, and cautioning that the national obsession with high Unified Tertiary Matriculation…
The Federal Government plans to end the separation of Junior Secondary Schools from Senior Secondary Schools to combat Nigeria’s primary education dropout rates. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, announced the decision in Abuja while inaugurating a basic education monitoring committee. The current administrative split has failed to ensure a seamless transition for local learners….
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has restated its commitment to the 16-year minimum age requirement for admission into tertiary institutions, insisting that the policy rests on existing education laws and on evidence linking maturity to academic success. The board’s Public Communication Adviser, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the position known on Thursday during a…
More than 186,000 pupils who completed Nigeria’s nine-year Basic Education programme now have a clear path into senior secondary school, after the National Examinations Council released the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination results on Thursday and approved a date for candidates who fell short in core subjects. A total of 186,291 candidates registered for…
Nigeria’s colleges of education are set for their deepest overhaul in decades, as the National Commission for Colleges of Education prepares to roll out a competency-based, fully digitised curriculum aimed at producing a generation of technology-ready teachers and restoring the battered prestige of teacher training. The Executive Secretary of the NCCE, Dr Angela Ajala,…