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FG Approves Age 18 as Age Limit for WAEC and NECO

YNaija August 27, 2024

FG voices concern over the low number of convictions for exam malpractice

The Federal Government has expressed concern over the low number of convictions in cases of examination malpractice. On Friday in Abuja, during a one-day sensitization workshop on exam malpractice in…

YNaija May 31, 2022

NECO extends 2022 SSCE registration period; Nigeria records 21 cases of Monkeypox | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Nigeria records 21 fresh cases of Monkeypox, one deathNECO extends 2022 SSCE registration periodAir fares surge 52% 'Fuel Subsidy may hit ₦6trn in 2022'Former Imo Gov, Okorocha, docked, remanded in…

Temidayo Taiwo-Sidiq July 6, 2021

JAMBITE: Prof ‘Dibu Ojerinde and the alleged N900m fraud | The #YNaijaCover

Do you remember sometime in February 2018, when Philomina Chishe, an official of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) shockingly claimed that a snake swallowed N36million belonging to the…

Toluwanimi Onakoya August 12, 2020

Uber, Bolt drivers to pay 10% service tax on each passenger transaction | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Lagos Ministry of Transportation has released regulatory documents for operators of e-Hailing Taxi Services entitled 'Guidelines For On-line Hailing Business Operation Of Taxi In Lagos State.' According to the new…

Chinedu Okafor May 22, 2020

Sack of NECO Registrar provokes argument on ‘usefulness’ of examination body

It's unfortunate how corruption always manages to find its way into every sector in Nigeria. Practically every tier of government in Nigeria (federal to local) is enmeshed in some degree…

Bernard Dayo October 10, 2019

5 Things that Should Matter Today: UNILAG has set up a panel encouraging more students to speak out on #SexForGrades

Following the allegations of sex-for-grades against two of its lecturers, the management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has set up a panel to investigate the scandal. Boniface Igbeneghu, a senior…

Omoleye Omoruyi November 28, 2018

The YNaija Cover – the 28th of November

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Omoleye Omoruyi November 28, 2018

Just In: President Buhari reduces cost of UTME, SSCE, BECE forms

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, has reduced the cost of the forms for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME); Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and Basic Education Certificate…

Omoleye Omoruyi September 14, 2017

NECO announces release of SSCE results, records 1% improvement

The National Examination Council (NECO)Thursday, in Minna announced the release of the 2017 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination results. The registrar of the council, Charles Uwakwe said that 1,055,988 candidates registered…

Tolu July 22, 2017

N31 million ransom for Igbonla six, $793.2 million illegal cash in banks | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

1.2 million - The National Examination Council (NECO) said out of the 7,410,030 candidates that sat for the Senior School Certificate Examination between 2010 and 2016, a total of 1,283,485…

Oludolapo Adelana July 21, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 21st of July

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Azeez July 21, 2017

1.2 million candidates cheated in seven years – NECO

The National Examination Council (NECO) has said 1,283,485 candidates committed examination malpractice during the Senior School Certificate Examination from 2010 to 2016. The examination body said about 7,410,030 candidates sat…

Azeez January 25, 2017

JAMB, WAEC, NECO, NABTEB harmonise examination timetable

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reached an agreement with other examination bodies on a harmonised timetable. The West African Examination Council, National Examination Council, National Business and…

Roqeebah September 18, 2016

So who do we praise for Ekiti students NECO exam success?

The recently released NECO examination results which proclaimed Ekiti state with the best result for 2016 with 96.31% success has left people of Ekiti in the most celebratory mode. Especially…

Oludolapo Adelana September 16, 2016

88.5% obtain 5 credits and above in NECO exams

88.51 per cent of students who sat for the 2016 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) obtained five credits and above, including English Language and General Mathematics. This was made known on…

Mazi Emeka July 19, 2016

FG cancels common entrance interview test into unity schools

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Monday, announced the scrapping of interview test for National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Government colleges. According to a statement by Bem Goong,…

Isime Esene September 10, 2014

NECO releases results, candidates improve in Maths & English

by Isi Esene There has been a significant improvement in the performance of candidates in the just released June/July National Examinations Council (NECO) 2014 results. According to the results released…

August 17, 2013

Opinion: Ibrahim Babangida – Eulogizing a colossus at 72

by Hassan Muhammad Jallo Your glorious image as an excellent God-fearing leader, father, peacemaker, diplomat and a living legend of our time, remains positive in the minds and memories of…

June 5, 2013

Opinion: How thirst for paper qualification underdeveloped Nigeria’s education sector

by Chukwuemerie Uduchukwu In a desperate mood to acquire a very good certificate or result....some candidates in collaboration with their parents or guardians involve in various kinds of malpractices and…

April 19, 2013

Expensive sh-t — and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Baba Suwe must have a lot of faith to still go back to the same judiciary which has proven time and again, that it has no bite…

April 13, 2013

Opinion: NECO and JAMB – Looking beyond the recommendations of the Oronsaye committee report

by Theophilus Ilevbare The implication is that our entire oil earnings for the year cannot pay the salaries and allowances of politicians, public sector workers and their overheads. Inspite…

April 9, 2013

Don’t scrap JAMB examination: Non-academic Staff of Universities Union, others warn FG

by Isi Esene The report of the Steven Orosanye led committee on restructuring of the Federal Government Agencies and Parastatals which recommended the scrapping of the Joint Admission and Matriculation…

April 6, 2013

Keep us alive: NECO workers plead with FG to revoke scrapping examination body

by Rachel Ogbu The news that the federal government plans to scarp the National Examination Council, NECO has obviously not gone down well with its workers. Following the news breaking…

April 4, 2013

Opinion: The end of NECO and JAMB exams – It’s not all rosy

by Ogunyemi Bukola NECO has not outlived its usefulness; it never had any in the first place. Apparently the Federal Government has concluded arrangements to scrap and merge some agencies…

April 4, 2013

Sentimental rubbish – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze One of the main benefits of the scrapping of JAMB and that other waste, NECO, is that it would begin the process of (hopefully) cutting the massive…

April 3, 2013

Good news? NECO and JAMB admission exams to go – FG

by Rachel Ogbu The National Examination Council, NECO and the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME are to be scrapped soon. Based on the recommendations of the Stephen Oronsaye-led Presidential Committee on the…

January 16, 2013

In pursuit of unrealistic expectations – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze A lot of schools, probably based on the prompting of eager parents, do a lot to encourage the phenomenon of examination malpractice. Hello, apologies to Uka for…

December 14, 2012

“Don’t go into relationships, boys only want sex” – Sandra Anazor, NECO best candidate

by Akan Ido Sandra Anazor can only be described as a genius, the 18-year-old girl from Umuawulu in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, emerged the best overall…

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