Education

Abuja, Nigeria — The House of Representatives has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to appear before it, following growing concerns over alleged irregularities in the ongoing Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). The directive came on Thursday from Hon. Oboku Abonsizibe Oforji, Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Education […]

Abuja — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a fresh wave of appointments into the governing councils of several federal institutions across Nigeria, with new members assigned to universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education nationwide. This announcement was made by Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, in an official statement released […]

Children’s Day – As Nigeria marks 2025 Children’s Day celebrations, Awoyomi Damilola, team lead of the Strom Foundation has said a tailored empowerment is key to bridging Africa’s $3.3 trillion annual skills gap. He disclosed this in a statement to mark this year’s Children’s Day. Speaking at a programme at the Government Junior Secondary Apo Resettlement, […]

  Happy Children’s Day! Today, we celebrate the joy, innocence, and wonder of childhood. At DNI, we believe that every child deserves love, care, and opportunities to grow and thrive. As we celebrate Children’s Day, let’s take a moment to reflect on the importance of nurturing and supporting our young ones. They are the future […]

Abuja, Nigeria — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit, revealing a startling statistic: more than 99% of candidates scored below 200 marks, with only a handful achieving scores slightly above that threshold. The resit exercise was conducted for candidates who sat […]

Nigeria — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2025 UTME resit for candidates affected by technical issues during the main exam. Out of the 336,845 candidates rescheduled for the exam, 21,082 (about 7%) were absent. While no specific reasons were provided for their absence, JAMB has granted them […]

Gusau, Zamfara State — In a major push to revive the state’s education sector, Governor Dauda Lawal has cleared longstanding debts owed to national examination bodies, paving the way for the release of previously withheld results of students in public secondary schools. The announcement, made through a statement by the governor’s media aide Sulaiman Bala […]

Abuja, Nigeria — The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a strong call for immediate intervention by the Federal Government over what it described as chronic neglect of past agreements aimed at revitalizing Nigeria’s university system. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, newly elected ASUU President, Professor Chris Piwuna, criticized the government […]

Abuja, Nigeria — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that it will release the results of the recently rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) today, Wednesday. The rescheduled exams, held between last Friday and Monday, were organized in response to widespread dissatisfaction over the initial UTME outcome, which saw over 1.5 million […]

Abuja, Nigeria — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of results for 379,000 candidates who participated in the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), slated for Wednesday, May 20. This was made known by the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, following the completion of the makeup exams conducted between […]