By Jemimah Wellinton, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE WEST African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released revised results for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) following the discovery of a technical glitch that affected the grading of serialized papers. According to the Head of Nigeria’s Office of WAE...
By JKNewsMedia THIRTY EXCEPTIONAL young Nigerians have been named as the first recipients of Sterling Bank’s N2billion Beyond Education Scholarship, a nationwide initiative launched to fund university education for 600 students and connect them to careers in key development sectors. The Bank said the programme represents a strategic investmen...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE WEST African Examinations Council (WAEC) has suspended access to the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates following the discovery of technical issues. In a statement issued on Thursday, Moyosola Adesina, Acting Head of Public Affairs, confirm...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT OF the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Yomi Otubela, has criticised the conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) during nighttime hours in some parts of the country, warning that such conditions cannot produce commendabl...
By JKNewsMedia TRAVELLING BACK campus after a court externship break, six Nigerian Law School students were seized along a dangerous stretch between Benue and Nasarawa states, with their abductors now threatening to execute them if a revised ransom demand of ₦50 million per person is not paid. The incident occurred on Saturday 26 July as [&he...
By JKNewsMedia LIGHTNING SOLUTIONS are reshaping classroom access across Nigeria, as Fidelity Bank Plc donates 1,000 solar-powered school bags to pupils in public primary schools across Ogun State under its new “Lighting Young Minds” initiative. Unveiled in Abeokuta on 4 July 2025, the initiative addresses the persistent issue of limited elec...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NAME of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) in Ijagun remains unchanged, the Ogun State Government has confirmed, dismissing circulating claims of a rebrand to honour the late Awujale of Ijebuland. Clarifying widespread speculation, the government explained that the institution has not...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FALSE REPORTS claiming the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) had been cancelled have been firmly debunked by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, as the body moves to release candidates’ results by Thursday, August 4. The widely circulated hoax, ...
By JKNewsMedia A WAVE of condemnation has greeted the University of Ibadan following the suspension of three students who publicly opposed a dramatic increase in school fees during a campus gathering last year. The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has denounced the university’s action as a brazen act of victimi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MORE THAN 8,266 students at the Federal University of Kashere (FUK) have received financial lifelines through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), with total disbursements exceeding ₦1,073,966,500. The intervention, described as the most impactful educational support programme in decades...
