The Federal Ministry of Education has dismissed reports claiming that the minimum age for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1) has been increased to 12 years. In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, the Ministry’s Director of Press, Mrs Folasade Boriowo, clarified that the age benchmark remains 10 years. The clarification followed online
The Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Professor Clement Adebooye, has urged Nigerian youths to channel their creativity into building successful careers at home rather than chasing uncertain opportunities abroad. Speaking at the 2025 Entrepreneurship Studies and Innovation Training Programme, recently held at the university’s Osogbo campus, Adebooye described Nigeria as a land full of
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has appealed to corps employers to be more generous in their treatment of corps members, saying such support would motivate them to remain in their states of posting and perform better at their primary places of assignment. NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, appealed the 2025 NYSC/Corps Employers’ Workshop
No fewer than 931 candidates from the South-West region have been screened for the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) overseas scholarship programme in Ibadan, Oyo State. PTDF Zonal Team Leader Masud Mohamed made this announcement on Thursday at the screening venue, the Faculty of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Ibadan. He said 749 candidates
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has released the names of 57 lawyers who have been approved for elevation to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, Kabir Akanbi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday after the committee’s 169th plenary session.
Chinedu Okeke, the top scorer in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has shared the discipline, consistency, and sacrifices that earned him a remarkable score of 375. Okeke, 20, a graduate of St. Jude’s Private School, Festac, attributed his success to early preparation and structured learning. “I read almost every day from 4 pm
At 71, Dr Olusegun Fredrick Bolaji has shown that age is no barrier to learning. The former banker and lawyer was among the 217 graduands awarded doctorate degrees at Babcock University’s 2024 convocation. Speaking after the Doctoral Hooding ceremony at the university’s Amphitheatre, Bolaji said he returned to school to inspire younger generations. “There is
A public primary school in Badagari, Kaduna State, is in a dire state, with only one teacher handling all classes and lacking basic amenities such as toilets, furniture, doors, and windows. This sad condition was revealed by civic tech group, Monitng. The group called the LGEA Primary School in Badagari a “national disgrace” and blamed
Nasarawa State will host the 5th edition of the Federal Education Sector Games (FEDUGAM) from August 4 to 10, 2025, in Lafia. The announcement came during a visit by a delegation from the Federal Ministry of Education to the State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Kwanta Yakubu. The two-member delegation, comprising Consultant Okeyinka Matthew and
The Kogi State Government states that it has spent over ₦1 billion in just one year to cover the cost of external examinations for students in public primary and secondary schools. This was revealed by the Governor’s Media Aide, Hon. Ismaila Isah, at the 2025 Blueprint Impact Award event in Abuja. Governor Ahmed Ododo was
