25 July 2026
CSR in Education

Promasidor Reaffirms Commitment to Youth Empowerment with Career Guidance Initiative

Promasidor Nigeria has restated its commitment to education and youth empowerment through its flagship career guidance initiative, Harness Your Dream, held recently in Lagos. The programme, aimed at helping junior secondary school students make informed career choices, brought together government officials, educators, and industry professionals for a day of mentorship and motivation. Representing the Lagos

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Universities

2025 Post-UTME: UNILAG Dismisses Claims of Withholding Applicants’ Results

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has denied claims of withholding aspirants’ results from the recently concluded 2025 Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post UTME). This clarification followed a pre-action petition addressed to the Vice-Chancellor by Hon. Kene Kennedy of F.K. Nnadi and Co., which alleged that some results were being withheld and demanded their release.

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States

Taraba Finance Commissioner Tied to ICAN Examination Malpractice

The Commissioner for Finance in Taraba State, Sarah Enoch Adi, has been linked to an alleged impersonation case during the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) examinations. A video published online showed examination supervisors questioning a woman identified as Leavitt Felix, who admitted to sitting the test under Adi’s name. Records confirmed Adi was

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Professional Institutes

AFIT Sets Resumption of New Academic Session

The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna, has announced that undergraduate students will resume for registration of the 2025/2026 academic session on Monday, 15 September. According to the academic calendar, lectures for both new and returning students will begin on 29 September. The institute reminded students that the mandatory 75% attendance required to qualify

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Universities

LASU Orders Staff to Resume Work

Lagos State University (LASU) has directed staff to resume work on Monday after a more than a week-long strike. In a statement on Friday, the university’s spokesperson, Mrs Thomas-Onashile Oluwayemisi, said the decision followed an agreement between the Lagos State Government and the Joint Action Committee of staff unions. The dispute centred on the payment

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Ministries

Federal Government Denies Raising JSS1 Admission Age to 12

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

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States

Ondo Reschedules SS2 Examinations Over Public Holiday

The Ondo State Government has postponed three SS2 promotion examination papers that were scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. This decision was made due to the public holiday declared by the Federal Government to mourn former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in a London hospital on Monday. According to Olaoluwa Meshack, Head

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Examination Bodies

JAMB Conducts 2025 UTME in Seven Countries

JAMB has held the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in seven countries outside Nigeria. The examination was conducted on July 12, 2025. This move is part of JAMB’s plan to encourage Nigerians living abroad and international students to apply for admission into Nigerian universities. The countries where the examination was held include the United

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Universities

UNILORIN Launches Anti-Corruption, Transparency Unit

The University of Ilorin has launched its Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU), in collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), as part of its efforts to strengthen the fight against corruption within the University system. The inauguration ceremony was held last Monday (June 30, 2025) at the University Auditorium Basement.

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Universities

18-Year-Old UNILORIN Student Aces Professional-Stage ICAN Examination

Temilola Blossom Arise, an 18-year-old student at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), has successfully passed her professional stage examination of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). The management of the UNILORIN announced Blossom’s feat in a recent statement on X. The statement described the young lady, who is in her third year at

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