Category: Education

The Unspoken Power of Umuada: How Igbo Women Maintain Order and Enforce Discipline

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The Umuada represent a power conundrum at the core of Igbo civilisation. Being daughters of the land, they have the right to return after getting married and speak with a voice that frequently surpasses that of men. Their influence is still felt throughout the Igbo landscape, sometimes as a sword that slashes at rights and dignity and other times as a shield for tradition. GODFREY GEORGE, however, questions whether they are enduring guardians of identity or have turned into tools of exclusion and abuse as the conflict between culture, law,…

NECO revises English exam, reduces questions from 100 to 80

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The English Language Paper III of the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination Internal will have fewer objective questions, according to a statement released by the National Examinations Council (NECO). Starting with the SSCE Internal exams in 2026, there will be 80 questions instead of 100. The new paper structure has six divisions, according to an official notification signed by Sunday K. Bolaji, the State Coordinator for Osun State, and made available on Wednesday. The notification was dated September 1, 2025. Grammatical Structures (30 questions), Cloze Text (10 questions), Antonyms (10 questions),…

FG Introduces Nationwide Curricula to Reform Education

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In order to prepare Nigerian students for the future, the Federal Government claimed to have finished a thorough review of the basic, senior secondary, and technical education curricula. This was revealed in a statement released to journalists on Sunday and signed by Boriowo Folasade, the Ministry of Education’s Director of Press and Public Relations, on Friday. Speaking in Abuja, Folasade claimed that Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, the Minister of State for Education, has unveiled the curriculum on behalf of Dr. Maruf Alausa, the Minister of Education. In cooperation with important education…

Why young people are coming down with stroke – Doctors

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According to medical professionals, a growing number of young Nigerians are experiencing strokes as a result of unhealthy lifestyle choices, environmental hazards, and undiagnosed medical issues. Given that stroke currently affects more young adults in their 20s and 30s and frequently occurs suddenly, the doctors emphasised the critical necessity for early screening. In an exclusive interview, the specialists named a number of contributing reasons to the trend, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, smoking, stress, poor diet, inactivity, and excessive intake of processed foods and alcohol. They…

FG, ASUU to meet; Alausa leads talks to resolve issues.

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A high-stakes meeting is anticipated in Abuja today as the federal government is expected to present a counter offer to university teachers in an attempt to turn years of stalled renegotiations into tangible, implementable commitments with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, or ASUU, in an effort to finally close the chapter on the lingering 2009 ASUU agreement. According to informed sources, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, will meet with ASUU leaders in Abuja along with the Minister of Labor, representatives from the National Salaries, Incomes and…

NECO Releases Hall Requirements for November 2025 CBT Exams

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NECO Releases 2024 Internal Examination Results

The old paper-pencil approach will be phased out, according to confirmation from the National Examinations Council (NECO). A fully computer-based method will now be used for all exams, starting with the November/December 2025 SSCE External. In July, the Federal Government announced that by 2026, all CBT centers, including those run by private companies, would be used to administer the school-based SSCE. By 2026, the FG will move all Waec Neco Exams to the CBT. “The National Examinations Council (NECO) has concluded arrangements to migrate from paper pencil to computer-based examination,…

Crisis looms in varsities over salary structure review

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There are compelling signs that the federal government’s purported plan to renegotiate with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) without include the other three university-based unions could cause disruptions to the academic calendar. The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) are the three unions. According to trustworthy sources, the Federal Government has set up a meeting with ASUU on August 28 in order to present a revised agreement with the…

Hackers Reveal How They Breached CBT Exam Servers

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There have been allegations of widespread malpractice during the most recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME  against certain operators of computer-based test CBT centres  approved by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. According to investigations, the operators gave tech-savvy people technical information, and those people subsequently broke into servers and changed how the test was conducted. Technical issues that JAMB encountered in May caused the 2025 UTME to be a huge failure, with 1.5 million of the 1.9 million candidates who took the test receiving scores below 200 out of…

NIQS and Lekki Gardens Partner for Sustainable Development

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This was the result of a working visit by the Executive Council of NIQS, under the direction of its President, QS Kene Nzekwe, to Dr. Richard Nyong, the CEO of Lekki Gardens Estate Limited. At the meeting, when they talked about possible areas of cooperation and reciprocal advantages, Nzekwe stated, “We are confident that a collaboration between Lekki Gardens and the NIQS will be a formidable force for positive change in Nigeria’s built environment.” They came “not just as colleagues in the industry, but as admirers of the revolutionary impact…

Oyo NIQS chairman: ‘No Major Project Can Happen Without Us’

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Qs Oluwode Kolawole, the chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Oyo State branch, has advocated for increased public understanding of the vital role that quantity surveyors play in Nigeria’s building sector. Qs Kolawole, who started his position as Chairman in 2024 and has over 30 years of professional expertise, clarified in an exclusive interview that many individuals mistake quantity surveyors for land surveyors. He pointed out that quantity surveyors specialise in cost management for building projects, whereas land surveyors concentrate on mapping and land borders, and estate…