By JKNewsMedia AS POLITICAL and institutional stakeholders communicate their goals and intentions about the 2027 elections, our tracking has also found that individuals, especially digitally savvy citizens and other nationals, are exploring digital platforms to gain more information about campaign and policy issues. While our previous tracking...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter INSTITUTIONS HAVE been directed to accelerate the processing of admissions for the 2026/2027 academic session after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) restored its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), following a temporary disruption. JKNewsMedia.com reports that JAMB announced...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS Council (NECO) has announced that 804,948 candidates secured five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics, in the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the figure represents 58.67 per cent of the 1,371,992 candidates w...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia BATON OF leadership at Lagos State University, (LASU), changed hands on Friday, September 18, 2026, as Distinguished Professor Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji Bello formally handed over the affairs of the university to Professor Ayodeji Olawunmi Badejo. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the ceremony, held at the Senate Cham...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter FRESH LEADERSHIP chapter has opened at Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, with Professor Ayodeji Olawunmi Badejo formally assuming office as the institution’s 10th substantive Vice Chancellor and promising to make dialogue and participation central to her administration. JKNewsMedia.com reports t...
By JKNewsMedia CANDIDATES WHO have lost access to their registered phone numbers or email addresses can now update their details through a controlled procedure introduced by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the board announced the service on Monday through its official X account, saying it comm...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia FOR FIVE years, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello led Lagos State University (LASU) through a period of expansion, institutional reform and growing financial pressure, leaving office with a record shaped by new programmes, stronger revenue generation, infrastructure projects and a renewed push for research and in...
By JKNewsMedia THE FEDERAL government is facing renewed calls to cancel its concession agreement for King’s College, Lagos, as Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) warn that transferring the school’s management to a private association would undermine the government’s responsibility to fund and administer public ed...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MONDAY MORNING, millions of Nigerian children headed back to school with the safety of their classrooms under renewed scrutiny, as widespread gaps in fencing, security personnel and other protective measures expose schools to continuing threats of attacks and abductions. JKNewsMedia.com reports that ove...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter QUALITY REMAINS the test African universities must confront if their research is to command greater global relevance, and a West African universities forum has challenged institutions to rethink how they produce, assess and apply knowledge. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the charge came during the Septemb...
