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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that the National Identification Number (NIN) would become mandatory for registration for its school certificate examination from 2022. The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr. Patrick Areghan, made this known at a news conference on Tuesday, in Lagos. The WAEC boss said that the ... Read more

The Kogi State Polytechnic, on Tuesday, announced the expulsion of Mr. Tope Atolagbe, HND II student of the Department of Library Science (2017/HND/LIS/134), for tendering forged documents. The Polytechnic equally withdrew the provisional admissions of 217 students of the institution for poor academic performance. In a statement issued to DAILY ... Read more

The management of Taraba State Polytechnic has placed a ban on all tribal associations in the school The action as observed by DAILY POst, is coming following the bloody clashed that erupted in the school premises during the just concluded matriculation exercise. The bloody clash, which was between the Jukun and Kuteb ethnic groups, was ... Read more

The Bayelsa State Government has appealed to labour unions in the state-owned tertiary institutions not to embark on their planned strike, saying efforts were underway to address their demands. The Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the appeal during a meeting with the representatives of the various unions under the aegis of the ... Read more

LAGOS – The National President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Otunba Yomi Ortubella, has warned that the unresolved issues between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may jeopardise the relationship between the students and society. Otunba Otubela said ... Read more

LAGOS – The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has inducted 900 graduates of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze, Anambra State into the teaching profession. The inductees were among the successful candidates that sat for the 2021 professional qualifying examination held in the institution by the TRCN. ... Read more

Brampton Manor Academy, London, is celebrating a Nigerian student who graduated from the institution with the highest grades in her A-Level exams. Oluwagbemileke Moyosoreoluwa Oduwole has been admitted to study Medicine at Univeristy of Manchester United Kingdom after scoring the highest grade A* in all the courses she sat for. Gbemi sat for Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics exams and ... Read more

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has made it mandatory for candidates who want to sit for the exams in Nigeria from next year to have been enrolled for a National Identifification Number (NIN) with the National Identification Management Commission. The head of national office of WAEC Nigeria, Mr Patrick Areghan, made this ... Read more

The West African Examinations Council on Tuesday revealed that 1, 573, 789 million candidates will write the May/June 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), beginning on Monday next week. WAEC also read the riot act to schools and candidates to avoid examination malpractice. It also accused schools of shopping for ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results for last week’s Mop-Up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Over 17,000 candidates sat for the exams on Friday, at select computer-based test centres (CBT) nationwide. JAMB’s Head of Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, confirmed the ... Read more