The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, FCT Wing, has commanded all primary and secondary school teachers across the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to participate in the ongoing strike action led by the Joint Union Action Committee, JUAC. The industrial action commenced on Monday, January 26, 2026. This directive was outlined in a communiqué jointly signed…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics has rejected the reviewed schemes of service for Nigerian polytechnics prepared by the National Board for Technical Education at a stakeholders’ meeting held recently in Abuja. The National President of the union, Philip Ogunsipe, said in a statement released on Thursday that the union’s rejection of the reviewed…
The University of Cross River State, UniCross, has denied allegations of tampering with the original results of graduating students, attributing reported discrepancies to the ongoing transfer of examination data from an old system to a new one. Management addressed the concerns at the NUJ Press Centre in Calabar, where they responded to questions from staff,…
The Lagos State Government has announced the commencement of the Year 2026 e-registration and payment for the Basic Education Certificate Examination for public and private junior secondary schools across the state. The exercise, which will run from Monday, January 26 to Friday, March 27, 2026, is being coordinated by the Lagos State Examinations Board and…
Parents and guardians in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State protested the alleged delisting of the area’s only Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Computer-Based Test, CBT, centre ahead of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The peaceful protest took place at the affected centre in Gembu, the administrative headquarters of the council….
By Adebayo Yusuf The Forum for Oke-Ogun Progress, FFOP is set to hold its 5th education summit on Saturday, at 10’ o clock in the morning, at Iseyin City Hall, Iseyin, Oyo State. President of FFOP, Dr. Saheed Imran in a statement made available to newsmen, said the summit will focus on discussion on issues…
The Federal Ministry of Education says it has not issued any directive for schools across the country to shut down on November 24, 2025. In a statement today, the ministry described a report circulating on social media alleging a nationwide shutdown as false and misleading. It noted that it did not originate from the Federal…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed the major obstacle to real-time election result uploads. Chairman of the Commission, Prof Joash Amupitan, SAN, while speaking at the 2025 Digital Nigeria International Conference and Exhibitions in Abuja, said despite major gains achieved through the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, poor telecommunications connectivity remains…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has alerted the public to a fraudulent message circulating online, claiming that the NELFUND Student Loan Registration Portal is open. In a post obtained from its social media handle on today, NELFUND urged students and the general public not to click on the link or provide any personal information, emphasizing that…
The Federal Government has opened the application portal for the Student Venture Capital Grant, a new national initiative aimed at supporting student-led innovation with equity-free grants of up to ₦50m. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Education and signed by Boriowo Folasade, Director of Press and Public Relations…