Education

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), has officially handed over four renovated classroom blocks comprising 13 classrooms and distributed critical learning materials to benefit 2,400 internally displaced children at the Abagena IDP

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2026 Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for school candidates. WAEC said 1,200,514 candidates, representing 61.54 per cent, obtained credit passes in at least five subjects, including English

​The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) announced on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, that candidates sponsored by state governments owing outstanding registration fees for the 2026 Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) will not be able to access their results until

By Agbafo Ijeoma The Chairman of Lagos Island Local Government, Mr Taiwo Oyekan, has presented bursary awards to 200 indigent students to support their tertiary education. Oyekan, represented by the Vice Chairman, Mr Arulai Folami, presented the awards at the council secretariat

Michigan State University historian Nwando Achebe has been elected a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, one of the world’s most prestigious organizations dedicated to advancing historical scholarship. Founded in 1868, the Royal Historical Society is the United Kingdom’s foremost learned society for historians. Fellowship

In a major policy enforcement aimed at curbing campus-linked insecurity, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has instructed vice-chancellors, rectors, and provosts of all federal and state higher institutions to enforce immediate expulsions for students linked to kidnapping networks. ​ The

Law students from Hensard University, the first private university in Bayelsa State, have won a host of awards and cash prizes at the LegalBee Competition, organised by Spelling Bee Bayelsa State in collaboration with the Niger Delta chapter of the Law Students’

The Conference of Registrars of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology (COREG) has intensified efforts to establish a professional association for polytechnic and colleges administrative standard and professional development. ‎The Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, Mr Gabriel Adeyemi, disclosed this

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has rewarded two outstanding indigenes of the state who emerged as the overall best and second-best graduating students at the 2026 Nigerian Law School graduation ceremony, presenting them with ₦5 million each and pledging to sponsor their

The Federal Government has reiterated that no qualified Nigerian student will be denied access to higher education due to financial hardship, citing student-focused policy reforms and over ₦1 trillion in funding allocated across tertiary institutions. ​Speaking during a meeting in Abuja on