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 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 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 Federal Government has suspended the proposed increase in registration fees for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), pending wider consultations with stakeholders. The Federal Ministry of Education announced on Monday that it had withdrawn its June 18, 2026 letter conveying the proposed…
By Yekini Alli In public policy, ideas rarely gain true legitimacy until they travel. A reform conceived in one place, tested under real conditions, and then adopted more broadly carries a certain authority—proof not just of concept, but of impact. This is the trajectory now defining Nigeria’s adoption of the Learner’s Identification Number (LIN), a…
The Federal Government has directed Secondary Schools in Nigeria to ensure their teachers are properly certified, warning that non-compliant schools will lose their accreditation to serve as examination centers for national exams like WAEC and NECO. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced this directive in a memo issued on Thursday, September 11, 2025, to…
