25 July 2026

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Features

The Complex Web of Levies Draining Nigeria’s Private Schools

When Mrs Funke Adedayo, owner of a modest private school in Ogbomoso, received her tenth tax notice of the year, she broke down in tears. “Every week, someone comes with one paper or the other, local government, fire service, environment, signage, education board, even vehicle inspection,” she lamented. “If I pay everyone, I will have

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Professional Institutes

Licence Revocation: NAPPS Threatens Legal Action

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Katsina State chapter, has threatened to institute legal action against the state government for revoking the operational licenses of its members. The state government, through the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, has terminated the operational licenses of all private and community schools in the state

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2025 WASSCE:  NAPPS Describes Results as Worst Since 2015
Examination Bodies

2025 WASSCE:  NAPPS Describes Results as Worst Since 2015

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has raised alarm over what it described as the “worst performance in a decade” in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, NAPPS National President, Dr Yomi Otubela, lamented that only 38% of candidates passed, a drop from

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States

Kano State to Begin Quality Assurance Visits to Private Schools as Education Reforms Gain Momentum

Comrade Baba Abubakar Umar, the Executive Secretary of the Kano State Private and Voluntary Institutions Board (KSPVIB), has announced plans to begin monitoring, evaluation, and quality assurance visits to private schools across the state next week. He announced the Kano Sterling Schools Connect Tour Programme, organised by the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools

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