By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Federal Ministry of Education has refuted baseless online rumors claiming that the 2025 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations were canceled due to widespread malpractice, urging the public to ignore such misleading reports. In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by Mrs. Folasade...
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By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – NNPC/Heirs Energies Joint Venture has introduced the OML 17 University Scholarship Programme (USP) to foster educational growth in its host communities. The program is managed by the OML 17 Host Communities Development Trust (HCDT). In a statement released on Sunday in Lagos, Osa Igiehon,...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Yobe State University has commenced an indefinite strike action over the government’s failure to meet their demands. The union’s chairman, Dr. Ahmed Karage, announced the strike at a news conference in Damaturu on Friday, citing the government’s prolonged neglect of their demands....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has issued a warning to beneficiary institutions that fail to properly utilize funds allocated for intervention projects, saying such institutions risk being delisted. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja during a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja– National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the Results of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, confirmed this in a statement issued to NATIONAL ACCORD on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr. Sani said no fewer than one...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that the Lagos State University (LASU), University of Lagos (UNILAG), and University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) are the most preferred Nigerian universities for the 2025 admissions. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has raised concerns about the authenticity of the result of Chinedu Okeke, the top scorer in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Okeke scored 375, the highest score in the examination, and applied for Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos. According...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to shelve its planned strike over the delay in the payment of June salary to its members. NANS made the appeal in a statement signed by its National Vice...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced new cut-off marks for admission into various tertiary institutions in Nigeria. According to JAMB, the minimum admissible scores for the next academic session have been set at 150 for universities, 100 for polytechnics, 100 for colleges of...
In commemoration of the 2025 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, A New Thing International Foundation held the grand finale of its School Outreach for Better Education (SOBE) Inter-School Quiz Competition on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Jefla Event Centre, Minna, Niger State. The event marked the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a major steps to modernise Nigeria’s public universities through digital innovation, the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), on Tuesday July 1, 2025, formally launched the Blueprint-ICT-Dev Project in Abuja. The initiative, backed by a €38 million credit...
House of Representatives Committee on University Education has invited Minister of Education, Dr. Morufu Alausa, to address allegations of indiscriminate sacking of university vice chancellors and dissolution of governing councils. Committee Chairman Rep. Abubakar Fulata announced the invitation, citing petitions against the minister, which highlighted concerns over the stability...
The Malala Fund has pledged $50 million to tackle barriers hindering girls’ access to education worldwide, with a significant portion allocated to Nigeria. According to Nankwat Dakum, Communications Manager for the Fund in Nigeria, the funding is part of a new five-year strategy titled “Strengthening Rights and Securing Resources...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, on Wednesday reaffirmed his administration’s unwavering commitment to strengthening basic education during a working visit to the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) headquarters in Abuja. Speaking during the visit, Governor Mohammed emphasized the critical importance of foundational learning,...
A professor of English Grammar and Applied English Linguistics, Roseline Adejare, has disclosed that Nigerian teachers commit grammatical errors every 16 minutes in a particular classroom. Speaking at Lagos State University’s 107th Inaugural Lecture, Adejare lamented the declining standards of English language teaching. “The standard is getting lower, and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja– The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has apologize to Nigerians over candidates performances in 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as it admitted that the error that it was due to technical glitches.. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known...
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has pledged N15 billion for various capital projects in the Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology (ADUSTECH), Wudil, Kano State. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Dangote, who is also the Chairman of Dangote Group and Chancellor of ADUSTECH announced...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja –. Over 41,000 underage candidates, out of the 2.03 million registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), participated in the examination. However, NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the hurdle between them and admission is, they must score at least 70 percent in both UTME,...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has summoned the chairmen of FCT area councils and leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), FCT Wing, for a meeting. The meeting was to find lasting solutions to the lingering primary school teachers’ strike over unresolved welfare...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has released the results of the 2025 Mock UTME, conducted on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Spokesman of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, who made this known in a statement on Sunday, advised candidates to check their results by...