The 2025 UTME debacle left many candidates scrambling to secure university places under tight deadlines. With unusually low scores and withheld results, prospective undergraduates are weighing two main pathways: the traditional UTME route or direct entry via A-level, IJMB and merit transfers. Understand...
The Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has reaffirmed its commitment to building a transparent, accountable, and inclusive student loan scheme, unveiling key milestones and emphasising the need for inter-agency collaboration to protect the integrity of the national initiative. This was highlighted du...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has earmarked the sum of N70 billion in its 2025 budget for provision of alternative power supply to selected tertiary institutions across as part of broader efforts of the Federal Government to address energy crisis in higher education in Nigeria. Equally, th...
The Social Science Academy of Nigeria (SSAN) has strongly rejected recent comments by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, who claimed that Nigeria has produced too many social science graduates. SSAN in a statement by its president, Professor Chike Okolocha, insisted that social science discip...
The British High Commission in Nigeria has said it will engage with relevant partners in the federal government once implementation details of the UK’s new immigration reforms are made available. This follows the release of a White Paper by the UK government on Monday, outlining sweeping changes to the...
In 2023, Mmesoma Okonkwo received the British Council Outstanding Cambridge Learner’s Award (Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education Top in the World 2022) after recording the highest score in English as a Second Language in the Cambridge IGCSE examination. Ms Okonkwo is from...
