The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released a detailed breakdown of the 2025 UTME admission exercise, showing that 1,009,044 candidates were admitted out of 2,007,312 applicants across Nigerian tertiary institutions. The data, presented at the 2026 National Policy Meeting…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the list of top-performing candidates in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, featuring some outstanding candidates who scored between 367 and 372 marks. The list was presented at the 2026 Policy Meeting…

Lagos State University has declared that its emergence as Nigeria’s most subscribed university for the second consecutive year confirms its status as the country’s “University of First Choice” and reflects its rapid rise as one of Africa’s fastest-growing institutions. The…

The Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council, Dr Amos Dangut, has said female candidates have outnumbered their male counterparts in the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. Dangut disclosed this on Monday during…

Lagos State University has emerged as the most preferred university by candidates in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination first-choice applications, according to statistics released at the ongoing policy meeting organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Abuja…

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, on Monday announced that the Federal Government has retained 16 years as the minimum age for admission into tertiary institutions across Nigeria. Alausa made the announcement during the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions to…

The Nigerian Teachers Community has launched an online platform to help educators across the country earn from their expertise and achieve financial independence. The initiative, unveiled during a workshop in Lagos on Saturday, aims to stem the exodus of competent…

Kwara State University, Malete, has announced plans to discontinue its Top-Up/HND Conversion programme from the 2025/2026 academic session in compliance with directives from the National Universities Commission. The institution disclosed this in a public announcement on Monday, signed by the…

The management of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Kogi State, has intensified disciplinary measures against student misconduct, expelling four undergraduates and rusticating one student over offences ranging from alleged lesbianism, physical assault, and cyber-related misconduct. The sanctions followed…

The Federal Government has approved N4bn for the payment of allowances to Nigerian students studying abroad under the Bilateral Education Agreement. The approval follows outcries from the beneficiaries who had lamented that they were being pushed into forced labour and…

The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, has announced the commencement of registration for the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates, Second Series. WAEC, in an announcement on its X handle on Friday, said, “Registration opened on…

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has warned students and members of the public to disregard a purported resumption notice currently circulating on social media, describing it as fake and unauthorised. In a statement issued on Friday, the institution’s…

The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Allied Health Sciences, Enugu, Prof. John Emaimo, has said the institution has unveiled 27 academic programmes, including Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Software Engineering, as part of efforts to position the university at the…

Six schools emerged as winners, clinching a total of N2.85m in prize money at the grand finale of the Agriquest Lagos Student Competition held on Wednesday. The quiz competition organised by Paradise Dynamic Farms Limited saw both Junior Secondary and…

Special Adviser to the Minister of Education, Dr Adetola Salau, has stressed that Nigeria must urgently reform its education system to shift classroom learning away from rote memorisation towards critical thinking, innovation and problem-solving. Salau made the call on Wednesday…