When the Federal Government announced that by 2026, all candidates taking the WAEC and NECO examinations would have to do so through Computer-Based Testing (CBT), many Nigerians welcomed the idea. After all, digital transformation is a global trend, and education should not be left behind. However, scratch the surface, and a different story begins to
Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) in Awka, Anambra State, has said the man who died after jumping from a three-storey building in Ifite-Awka is not one of their students. Reports say the man, Kenneth Oyeaka Rapuchukwu, jumped from the Seat of Wisdom Lodge on June 5, 2025, after taking an illegal substance. However, the university, through
The Times has released its ranking of the top 25 universities in Nigeria for 2025. At the top of the list is Covenant University, located in Ogun State, followed by Ahmadu Bello University, Landmark University (Kwara State), the University of Ibadan, and the University of Lagos (also known as UniLag). At the bottom of the
Some education experts have said that Nigeria is not yet prepared to entirely switch to Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for WAEC and NECO examinations. This comes after the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, in April ordered both examination bodies to adopt CBT fully by 2026. According to the Minister, WAEC and NECO will begin using
Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester have established an experimental quantum communications network connecting their campuses with two optical fibres. In a new paper published in Optica Quantum, the team details the Rochester Quantum Network (RoQNET), which uses single photons to transmit information over 11 miles of fibre-optic lines
The Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) has fulfilled its promise by donating an Accounting Research Centre to the University of Africa, Toru-Orua (UAT), Bayelsa State. The centre was officially commissioned on April 14, 2025, by ANAN’s 13th President, Dr James Ekerare Neminebor, alongside other members and fellows. Dr Neminebor said the project was
The Federal Government has acknowledged that Nigeria may not be adequately equipped with the infrastructure required to implement Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) by November 2025. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Wednesday while monitoring the ongoing WAEC CBT examinations in Abuja. He stated that although the
The Minister of Education, Dr Moruf Alausa, has called on universities and colleges to train students to become job creators, not just job seekers. He said that graduates with entrepreneurship skills are crucial for Nigeria’s progress. Alausa added that, despite Nigeria having approximately 200 million people and many talented youths, the country still faces a
The Chairman of the Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers, King Bubaraye Dakolo Agada IV, states that Nigeria’s poor leadership and growing public anger are attributed to a faulty education system inherited from colonial times. King Dakolo spoke during the 2025 Feast of Barracuda held in Yenagoa. The National Association of Seadogs organised the event—Pyrates
A lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Dr Clara Chinwoke Ifeanyi-Obi, has taken a big step toward improving agricultural policies in Africa by creating a new tool that ensures both men and women benefit equally from farming programmes. Dr Ifeanyi-Obi, who heads the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, is a fellow
