By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NIGERIAN Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that upkeep loan disbursements are now tied strictly to the academic session of each institution. The fund stated this adjustment in a release signed by its Director of Corporate Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, on Thursday. According t...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CONCERNS OVER the state of Nigeria’s education sector have been raised by Joseph Ayodele of Africa Brands Review, who described the situation as the “death of quality assurance.” He warned that recent technical failures in national examinations reflect deeper structural problems and highlighted...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE FEDERAL government has introduced the Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund (TISSF) to provide financial assistance for academic and non-academic staff in tertiary institutions across the country. The initiative covers federal universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and one st...
By JKNewsMedia THE WIGWE University has joined the global remembrance of its late founder, Dr Herbert Wigwe, CFR, on the occasion of his 59th posthumous birthday. The institution described the day as a solemn tribute to a visionary whose determination and leadership established what it called a citadel of knowledge and innovation. In a statem...
By Joke Kujenya THE TWO-week industrial action at Lagos State University (LASU) has been called off following an agreement between the institution’s management and the Joint Action Committee of Staff Unions (JACSU). Academic and administrative work will resume on Wednesday, 13 August 2025, with students expected back on campus ahead of examin...
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...
