For the students, who are members of the Press Club of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) Abeokuta, Ogun State, Wednesday August 5, 2026, was a day when the classroom gave way to the newsroom, textbooks gave way to real-life journalism, and lessons in theory became encounters with the people and institutions shaping the profession. What…
A Nigerian mother has captured the hearts of social media users after turning her son’s final-day signing-out ceremony into an unforgettable celebration by presenting him with a live goat as a special gift. The heartwarming moment, captured in a video that has been making the rounds online, showed the proud mother arriving at the school…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has warned students, parents, teachers and school authorities to disregard a viral document claiming that the examination body withheld the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results of candidates from 50 Secondary Schools across Nigeria. WAEC described the circulating document as fake, stressing that the letter did…
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 recording credits in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. The figure represents 61.54 per cent of the 1,950,726 candidates who sat for the examination, according to…
The United Kingdom Government has announced the opening of applications for the 2026 Chevening Scholarship programme, giving eligible Nigerians and professionals from other participating countries an opportunity to pursue a fully funded one-year master’s degree at Universities across the UK. Applications for the prestigious scholarship will officially open on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, and close…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has introduced a fresh requirement for prospective corps members, making clearance from the National Electronic Registration Database (NERD) compulsory before they can be mobilised for the national service programme. Global Mirror News gathered that the directive was issued as the NYSC intensifies preparations for the mobilisation of another batch…
A remarkable reunion between a former secondary school biology teacher and his ex-student has captured attention after the pair unexpectedly found themselves working together in the same hospital abroad years after their teacher-student relationship ended. The heartwarming encounter, shared in a video circulating online, shows how the paths of education and professional success can cross…
Professor Is-haq Oloyede has officially concluded his 10-year tenure as Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), declaring that the sweeping reforms introduced under his leadership have restored transparency, accountability and public confidence in Nigeria’s tertiary admission system. Speaking during his handover ceremony on Friday July 31, Oloyede reflected on a decade marked…
The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, has confirmed that five students were abducted by suspected armed bandits during an attack on a private off-campus hostel on Wednesday evening, while dismissing widespread reports on social media describing the incident as more devastating than it actually was. In a statement issued on Thursday,…
Nigerian graduates have emerged as the international students most likely to remain in the United Kingdom after completing their education, despite stricter immigration policies and proposed reforms aimed at making permanent residency more difficult. A new briefing on International student migration revealed that about 78 percent of Nigerians who entered the UK on student visas…
