No fewer than 20 school officials, allegedly aiding and abetting examination malpractice, have been arrested by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in its ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates. The council said that the arrests were made in various parts of the country. On the sidelines of a monitoring exercise he carried out in some …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has accused corps-producing institutions in Nigeria and outside the country of manipulating data to allow part-time graduates enrol for service. The organisation restated its determination to prevent unqualified graduates from being enlisted for national service. At a meeting of the corps management with the registrars of corps producing institutions in Nigeria yesterday in Abuja, …

Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin has approved the immediate withdrawal of Higher National Diploma certificate of AbdulRasheed Zubair Olatunji of Public Administration Department for his involvement in cultism, contrary to the matriculation oath he sworn to. In a statement by a Deputy Registrar, Mr. Olayemi Olatomi disclosed that the decision was based on the report of the Polytechnic’s Students’ Disciplinary Committee. …

Fuji heavyweights — Wasiu Odetola (well known as Pasuma), and Akorede Babatunde Okunola (better known as Saheed Osupa) — are over the moon with joy as their children recently graduated from different schools in the United States. Pasuma’s son, Jibola, made his family proud as he emerged as the best-graduating student from Harlan Community Academy High School, United States of …

Stricter measures will be put in place to ensure that underage candidates are denied admission into Unity schools. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Andrew Adejoh, made this known in Abuja on Saturday while monitoring the 2023 common entrance examinations into Unity Schools. The examination was organised by the National Examination Council (NECO). A total of 72,821 candidates sat …

The Head of the Department of Management and Accounting, Faculty of Administration at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. Grace Akinola said on Friday that plans were ongoing for the establishment of OAU Business School. She said the school was being processed alongside the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme and would commence after Senate approval. Leading …

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun is to commission an ultra modern hall built and donated by some old pupils of Saint Barnabas Primary School, Okun-Owa in Odogbolu Local Government Area on Tuesday, 6th June. In a statement, the President of the Old Pupils Association of the school, Chief Sina Ogunbambo explained that the hall was built by 14 members, …

The House of Representatives has called on the Teacher Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) to publish details of unqualified teachers in Nigeria, stating that only persons registered, certified and licensed should teach in schools. This was as the House noted that: “The low remuneration of teachers encourages them to migrate from one place to another”. It, therefore, declared that “there …

Fifteen-year-old Michelle David has scored 99 per cent in Mathematics at the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) examination, according to a statement by her school. Michelle, who hails from Delta State and said her ambition is to study Software Engineering, is a Fountain Heights Secondary School, Surulere, Lagos State. In all, she scored 334 out of 400 in …

The Head of Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr. Patrick Areghan has said that 56 roadside operators were apprehended over their involvement in examination malpractice in the ongoing May/June Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. While on an inspection tour to some schools in Abuja, Areghan said that about 15 others – students, school proprietor and teachers …