WAEC pass rate drops by 2.26% The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates, with 1,200,514 candidates obtaining credits in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.Announcing…

…and injuring at least three others. The incident forced the institution to postpone examinations as authorities moved to improve security in the area.

…introducing their children and wards to criminal behaviour by helping them cheat during examinations. He added: "They are introducing their wards and children to the world of crime. I think most of the candidates are not problematic. They are not the problem. The problem is the parents."Oloyede said confronting the rea…

…recorded improvements in electronic correspondence, digital service delivery, online examinations, merit-based processes, payroll integrity, digital performance management and capacity-building programmes. It stressed that digital governance remains critical to improving service delivery in strategic sectors, including…

…July 31. The department also said immigrant visa applicants could complete their medical examinations in their home country where a panel physician was available, or at their designated hub if not.

…activities between August and September 2025, when it conducted joint risk-based examinations of 17 banks with “moderate” and “low” composite risk ratings, alongside three financial holding companies, using their risk profiles as of 30 June 2025. The report also disclosed that the CBN examined three credit bureaux duri…

…Aina has also served as a consultant to examination bodies, including the National Examinations Council and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board, particularly on ICT systems and examination integrity. The Presidency further described him as one of Nigeria's youngest professors of Computer Engineering,…

…in Glasgow. Their home was surrounded by detectives and officers carrying out forensic examinations. They closed off all the surrounding roads. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "An investigation is ongoing into the de@ths of a 35-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man in the Houston area. "Around 7.50am on Monday, 27…

…provided at different schools would impact how students will be able to perform in those examinations. “And you can’t say JAMB should like create different examinations for everyone, but the cut-off for certain institutions, I believe they exist there for a reason,” she said. She argued that reducing admission cut-off…

…female candidates sitting the Basic Education Certificate Examination to write their examinations. The announcement was contained in a statement issued by the Director of Media and Publicity to the Alaafin, Bode Durojaiye. Oro Festival is a patriarchal Yoruba traditional practice observed to appease deities, enforce co…

…Yusuf has commended the Federal Government for suspending the increase in the National Examinations Council examination fees. This is contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mustapha Muhammad, on Wednesday in Kano. Muhammad said that Yusuf made the commendation while distributing appointment lette…

The National Business and Technical Examinations Board on Monday announced the commencement of the 2026 selection and placement of qualified candidates into state and technical colleges nationwide. The Registrar and Chief Executive of NABTEB, Dr Mohammed Aminu, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja. Recall that 15,290 cand…

…trends, both exam bodies would rake in about a trillion naira for conducting qualifying examinations for our kids. For me, that is morally unjustifiable. Yet it is on top of these billions that the two bodies want an increase of 82 per cent. Yes, it is true that conducting examinations for such a large number of studen…

…worth more than £26,000 and cryptocurrency assets. According to investigators, forensic examinations of digital devices uncovered extensive evidence of the conspiracy. The force said Ikenwe and Nwamma pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to defraud and money laundering offences, including four counts of converting cri…

…Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, receiving the school principal, a National Examinations Council official and two students following their rescue. The governor was joined by heads of security agencies in the state as he welcomed the victims at the Government House. The victims were rescued during a coordinated s…

…— commonly called Junior WAEC — is the national assessment conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO) for students completing their final year of Junior Secondary School (JSS 3).The BECE is Nigeria's national exit exam for JSS3 (Grade 9) students. It certifies completion of the 9-year Basic Education program…

…Odo-Ekina, four students and one NECO ad hoc staff member during the ongoing National Examinations Council examination in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. PUNCH Metro reports that the incident occurred on Tuesday at about 5:25pm, when the school came under attack while students were writing the examination.…

…Area of Kogi State, abducting four students, the school principal and a National Examinations Council (NECO) ad hoc staff member while students were sitting for their examinations. The attack occurred at about 5:25 p.m. on July 14, 2026 throwing the school into panic as the armed assailants stormed the premises during…

…the 2027 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), following outcry from Nigerians against the new increment. In a letter to WAEC and NECO dated June 18, 2026, the Ministry of Education directed the examination…

…that the case be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions after pending forensic examinations and additional statements are completed. The report noted, however, that at the time it was prepared, investigators were still awaiting the formal statement of the complainant’s representative and specimen signatures f…

…increase in West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination, registration fees. The fee for each examination was increased to N50,000. WAEC candidates currently pay ₦27,000, while NECO candidates pay ₦30,000. The increment dr…

…approval of the Federal Government to raise the registration fee for the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, to N50,000. A statement by the group’s Secretary, Francis Odiir, described the decision as insensitive to the economic hardship confronting millions of Nigerians…

…let us not forget that over 40 students abducted in Borno State during their NECO examinations around the same period are still being held captive. This highlights the need for equal security attention across regions," he said. The analyst called on the Federal Government to immediately deploy similar intelligence-led…

…fee for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations from 2027. The former vice president warned that the policy could deny millions of Nigerian children access to education, describing it as an additional financial burden on families already stru…

…her school fees had been diverted, leaving the child’s fees incomplete just weeks before examinations. According to the man, his wife informed him that their daughter’s school fees were ₦180,000. He said he immediately transferred the amount to her because she planned to pay the fees on her way to work and later sent h…