Teachers Allegedly Flogged at a Verification Exercise: Can Payroll Clean-Ups Be Done Without Humiliating Workers? (Dignity, Accountability and Staff Verification)

15 Oct 2026

A video circulating online has caused outrage over claims that teachers were flogged during a staff verification exercise in Awka, Anambra State. It shows a large crowd outside a government building at the Jerome Udoji State Secretariat Complex, amid visible commotion and officials addressing those present. The identities of those allegedly responsible and the circumstances […]

JAMB Plans UTME Centre in Ottawa, Canada, From 2027

05 Oct 2026

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is working to set up a centre in Ottawa, Canada, to hold the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from 2027. The UTME is the entrance exam for admission into Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions. JAMB announced the plan in a statement on its X account […]

Off-Campus Hostels Are Exposing Nigerian Female Students to Repeated Attacks (Why Housing Location Keeps Putting Students at Risk)

22 Sep 2026

Hundreds of students at the Taraba State College of Nursing Sciences, Jalingo, staged a peaceful protest on Monday, September 21, 2026, after armed hoodlums broke into a female hostel located outside the college’s premises overnight. The attackers allegedly raped a student and cut off one of her fingers, and made off with phones and other […]

NDU Reverses Fee Hike After Student Protest and Strike Threat

07 Sep 2026

Niger Delta University (NDU) management has reversed its recent increase in school fees, days after students protested and their union leader threatened an indefinite strike. In an official notice, the university said the fee structure for the 2025/2026 session will now be maintained into the 2026/2027 academic year, following what it described as extensive consultation […]

Fee Increases Are Pushing Nigerian University Students Back to the Streets Again

05 Sep 2026

Students at Niger Delta University (NDU) in Bayelsa State took to the streets to protest a steep tuition increase, and the Students’ Union Government (SUG) president used the protest to announce an indefinite strike. Students say fees for new intakes jumped from about ₦110,000 to ₦319,000, and those already at higher levels are expected to […]

No More Queues at the Centre: What JAMB’s New Online Result System Means for Nigerian Students

24 Aug 2026

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced an online system allowing candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions through the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to verify and upload their O’Level results from home. The service, which initially covers results issued by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), is designed to reduce […]

ABSU Suspends Professor Over Social Media Post Comparing His Pay to a Keke Rider’s

13 Aug 2026

The management of Abia State University (ABSU) has suspended a lecturer in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, Professor Nnamdi Nwaeze, with immediate effect. The suspension followed posts Nwaeze made on his Facebook page, in which he alleged that some professors at the university earn less than ₦400,000 monthly. He also […]

IMSU Grinds to a Halt as Lecturers Strike Over an Unfulfilled Pay Agreement

10 Aug 2026

Lecturers under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Imo State University (IMSU) have embarked on an indefinite strike today, halting academic activities across the institution, including ongoing examinations. A video circulating online captured the moment students were asked to leave an examination hall as the strike took hold. One student, describing what happened, […]

NSCDC Raids Suspected Fake University in Lagos As Crackdown on Illegal Institutions Intensifies

22 Jul 2026

Nigerian security operatives have shut down a suspected fake university that was operating out of a three-bedroom flat in Lagos. More than 100 young people, many of them desperate for a foreign education, were rescued from the property. The case is now raising fresh questions about how fake schools continue to trick Nigerian and West […]

A Fuel Spill, a Crowd and a Market Fire: What the Oluku Tanker Disaster Shows About Danger, Desperation and Preparedness (Fuel Scooping and Tanker Fires)