A final-year student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has been found dead at his off-campus residence in Osun State, with the Nigeria Police Force commencing investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. The deceased was identified as Oluwole Oluwasegun, a student of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Confirming the incident in a…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to shut down public Universities across Nigeria again if the Federal Government and State authorities fail to address outstanding welfare issues and fully implement the 2025 agreement reached with the Union. The Union warned that it may reactivate its suspended industrial action “without any further notice”…
The Federal Government has stepped up plans to digitally integrate education records with the National Youth Service Corps to combat certificate racketeering, improve qualification verification and ensure that genuine graduates are not denied National service or employment opportunities because of discrepancies in their academic records. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on…
Global Mirror News gathered that the Plateau State Government has ordered the immediate temporary closure of all primary and secondary schools across the state following a diphtheria outbreak that has claimed at least 23 lives, with 148 suspected cases recorded by health authorities. The directive was issued on Saturday, September 5, 2026, by Plateau State…
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has raised fresh concerns over the integrity of Nigeria’s examination system, alleging that National Examinations Council (NECO) examination questions were previously obtained and sold to candidates for as little as N3,000 before the examinations. Alausa made the disclosure on Thursday, September 3, 2026, during a meeting with the…
Candidates seeking admission into Nigerian Tertiary Institutions will no longer be required to pay multiple verification fees for their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) or O’Level results, following a new arrangement announced by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). Under the new arrangement, admission seekers…
The Senate of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, Kogi State, has expelled six students over examination misconduct after they were found to have rewritten an examination at the private residence of their lecturer. The students, who were identified as 100-level students of the Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, reportedly paid ₦10,000 each to…
The controversy surrounding the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results has deepened following fresh allegations of technical glitches and irregularities by an official of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). Olanrewaju Fadehan, Head of Examinations at the WAEC office covering Anambra State, made the allegations in a video that has gone viral,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced a new digital innovation that will allow candidates to verify and upload their O’Level results from the comfort of their homes, reducing the need to visit Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres for the exercise. The development, which is part of the Board’s ongoing digital transformation agenda under…
The Anglican High School Old Students Association (AHSOSA) 96 Set, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has marked three decades of friendship, unity and shared memories with a colourful 30th Anniversary celebration that also witnessed the formal transfer of leadership from the immediate past President, Chief Aremu Bamgboye, The Ajikiolu of Ijejeland, Abeokuta, to the newly elected President,…
