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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
Nigeria faces another shutdown of its public universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities threatens to resume its suspended nationwide strike without further notice. Union president Christopher Piwuna issued the warning on Friday morning following an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council at the University of Abuja. Lecturers point to the incomplete implementation…
Degrees remain highly valued, but employment pressures, accessible training and entrepreneurship are encouraging some young Nigerians to acquire practical skills before, during and after university. For generations of Nigerian families, the route to a respectable future appeared clear: complete secondary school, gain admission to a university, earn a degree and secure a professional job. That…
From answering homework questions to writing essays and explaining difficult subjects, artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly accessible study companion for students. But as AI finds its way into education, a bigger question is emerging: are students learning more, or simply learning how to ask a machine for the answers? For generations, the familiar…
The controversy surrounding Prof. Isa Ali Pantami’s elevation to the rank of professor has resurfaced, with fresh arguments over academic procedures, institutional accountability and the standards expected in Nigeria’s higher education system. The debate, which began after the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) appointed Pantami as Professor of Cybersecurity in 2021, has again…
Nigeria’s student financing landscape is undergoing one of its biggest transformations in decades as the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) expands access to tertiary education through a government-backed loan scheme that has attracted more than 1.6 million applications. The programme, launched to reduce financial barriers facing students in public tertiary institutions, has so far…
The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has dismissed as false and unauthorised a circulating notice instructing newly admitted students to sign the matriculation list on 23 September 2026. In a statement signed by the Registrar, Mrs Olayinka Balogun, the university management stated that the institution is currently on break and that no Faculty…
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board has opened another registration window for Nigerians seeking business and technical qualifications, but the significance of the 2026 November/December examinations extends beyond the September deadline. At a time when government and development partners are placing renewed emphasis on technical and vocational education, the growing attention to NABTEB raises…
The controversy surrounding the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results is no longer simply a dispute over whether some students performed below expectations. It has become a test of whether Nigeria can move millions of secondary school candidates into computer based examinations without weakening confidence in the results. Fresh allegations by a…
Thousands of candidates seeking admission for the 2026/2027 academic session are facing a new O’Level verification arrangement by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, but the change does not invalidate results already uploaded to the Board’s platform. JAMB recently introduced a system that allows candidates to verify and upload O’Level results remotely, beginning…
Secondary schools across Nigeria will lose the freedom to upload and amend students’ Continuous Assessment scores at will from the 2026/2027 session, following the Federal Government’s release of new operational guidelines that tie every candidate’s records to a national identity trail and fixed national deadlines. Under the guidelines, examination bodies including the West African…