This past week has felt like a collective emotional assault for every well-meaning Nigerian. It’s been especially heartbreaking for our young people, and those idealistic, determined youths who still believe in studying hard, passing exams, and earning a spot at a higher institution that might not ghost them with ASUU strikes. But no. Nigeria, in...
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Over 8,000 Candidates to Sue JAMB In A Rare Landmark Class Action Lawsuit
Thousands of candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are going to take legal action against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), following several nationwide complaints of technical glitches and incomplete examination questions that allegedly marred the exam. The move comes just days after JAMB officially released the 2025 UTME...
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They Never Taught You This in School: 10 Ultimate Study Hacks That Actually Work
Nigeria is currently struggling with the rising failure rate among young people, especially in secondary and tertiary education. From WAEC to JAMB and even university-level exams, more students are struggling to make the grades. There has been a lot of finger-pointing and blame games. But a number of factors have been identified to be responsible...
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Nigeria’s New Change in Teacher Education
Imagine a Nigeria where every child learns from a well-trained, well-equipped teacher who is not only passionate about the classroom but also academically and professionally grounded. That vision is fast becoming a reality thanks to a groundbreaking policy recently introduced by the Federal Government of Nigeria. A New Direction for Teacher Training in Nigeria This...
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What Happened To The Unremitted Student Loans
By all indications, Nigeria’s student loan scheme, managed under the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), was designed to be a lifeline. It was an ambitious attempt to give underprivileged students a shot at tertiary education without the crushing burden of tuition. Yet, true to a now predictable pattern, the initiative is fast becoming a case...
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Forget the WAEC Scores:This Is What’s Really Killing Nigerian Education
Last week, the Lagos State Government announced that over 30,000 students failed their WAEC (West African Examination Council) exams in 2024. These were students in public secondary schools, fully sponsored by the government. According to the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, during the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing held on Thursday in Alausa,...
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The 2025 UTME Experience: Rethinking JAMB’s New Exam System
JAMB, the agency responsible for organizing Nigeria’s university entrance examination, reportedly spent 500 billion naira on the just concluded 2025 UTME. With such a staggering figure, expectations were high for a smooth, student-friendly, and technologically sound process. Instead, what unfolded was a nationwide crisis marked by confusion, exhaustion, emotional breakdowns, and unsafe conditions. This article...
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Federal Poly, Daura And Its N750M TETFund Success: Technical Education Can Get Better
Why Are Nigerians Still Underrating Polytechnics? By now, you would think Nigerians would realize that technical education is the real engine of development. But sadly, we still see polytechnics as “lesser” institutions – places you end up when the university dream doesn’t work out. It’s a mindset that’s hurting not just the students, but the...
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Student Loans in Nigeria: A Fascinating Comedy of Errors?
Is the Nigerian Student Loans Fund actually helping students like it promised, or is its rollout leaning towards a “comedy of errors”? For many students trying to access this much-needed support, it does not, in fact, feel like a lifeline; it actually feels more like trying to escape a maze. It’s ironic that the very...
Is the Study of History Now Just History in Nigeria?
History in Nigeria has become so irrelevant, it’s probably backstage at a comedy show, waiting for its turn to make a laugh. for 9 seconds. Nigerian history today is about as essential as a floppy disk at a cloud storage conference. Is history in Nigeria now merely a relic, like that outdated gadget gathering dust on...
