The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of an additional 531 results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), bringing the total number of released results to 1,842,897. This comes after the board had initially withheld the results of 64,624 candidates for investigation. In a statement made available to Africa…
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has identified the location-based inability of some learners to access quality education as a major challenge affecting the implementation of Universal Basic Education (UBE) in Nigeria. Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, the Executive Secretary of UBEC, highlighted this issue during the launch of a training program for 1,480 rural teachers aimed…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has refuted claims of discussions between the Federal Government of Nigeria and foreign countries regarding the siting of foreign military bases in the country. In a statement to the Africa Health Report on Monday, the minister stated, “The Federal Government is not in any such discussion…
Experts in the education sector have demanded a critical examination of existing laws governing the National Examination Council (NECO) to reflect technological advancements and evolving needs of the educational landscape. The call was made on Monday at a one-day retreat organized by NECO titled “Legislative Functions: The Imperatives of Achieving NECO’s Mandate and the Challenges…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken legal action against the governors of the 36 states of the Federation and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over their failure to account for and publish the agreements of the N5.9 trillion and $4.6 billion loans obtained by their states and the…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced the digitization of the recruitment process for Examination Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal and External. According to a statement by the Acting Director, Information and Digital Communication, NECO, Azeez Sani, on Sunday, the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has initiated a mass vaccination campaign in Niger’s Niamey region to combat an ongoing meningitis outbreak. According to the WHO, more than 2,000 cases were recorded in one week last month, resulting in 123 deaths. In a statement made public on the organisation’s website on Friday, stated that the recent…
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has announced plans to host the inaugural HIV Prevention Conference in Nigeria. The conference, themed “Accelerating HIV Prevention to End AIDS through Innovations and Community Engagement,” aims to open a dialogue on optimizing innovative HIV prevention approaches towards achieving HIV epidemic control. The event, scheduled to…
The President of Save A Life Foundation, Dr. Richard Okoye, has warned that the Federal Government’s decision to increase electricity tariffs in Nigeria would have devastating effects on the country’s healthcare system. Dr. Okoye expressed his concerns after receiving a staggering N25,300,000 electricity bill for his hospital in Rivers State, attributing the increase to the…
In a bid to foster excellence in the nation’s tertiary education system, the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, has announced that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) will defund any non-performing Centre of Excellence it established eight years ago. The minister made this known in Abuja on Friday while receiving two reports of TETFund’s…
