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WAEC to conduct three examinations in one year

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it has added one more diet in its examination for the private candidates every year. The council’s registrar, Iyi Uwadiae, announced the approval at a news conference in Lagos. “WAEC conducts its West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) twice every year, in May/June for school candidates... Read More

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WAEC confirmed Andy Uba’s result was forged, Ex-lawyer says

by Azeez Adeniyi An Abuja-based private investigator, Victor Uwajeh has said Senator representing Anambra South, Andy Uba forged his O-level certificate from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). Uba on Tuesday had petitioned Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, rating that Uwajeh was attacking him by spreading falsehood. But Uwajeh while speaking with journalists on Wednesday... Read More

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‘How Sen. Andy Uba allegedly falsified academic credentials’

Senator representing Anambra South, Andy Uba has allegedly forged his academic credentials, SaharaReporters has reported. According to the news medium, Uba whose full name is Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba, completed his secondary school education at Union Secondary School, Awkunanaw, Enugu in 1974. Uba reportedly sat for nine subjects namely English Language, Literature in English, Christian Religious... Read More

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Reduce exam registration fee, minister urges WAEC

Minister of education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has urged the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to reduce its registration fee. Adamu made the call on Monday in Abuja when he received WAEC’s governing council, led by the chairperson, Evelyn Kandakai. He said reviewing its registration fee and process will give equal opportunities to secondary school leavers.... Read More

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WAEC to reduce results release date to 60 days after exam

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it plans to release results of West African Senior School Certificates Examination after 60 days. The Head of National Office, WAEC in Nigeria, Mr Olu Adenipekun, said this at the sideline of the council’s 65th anniversary celebration which began on Thursday in Lagos. He said the waiting... Read More

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UTME to hold from May 6, 2017

by Dolapo Adelana The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the 2017 Unified Matriculation Tertiary Examinations will begin on May 6. The board said it will begin the sale of application forms on March 20 and end on April 19. The exams will end on May 20, excluding May 12 to allow candidates write further mathematics examination... Read More

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February 23, 2017

Explainer: The bribery scandal between Buhari’s lawyer and Justice Ademola

The trial of Federal High Court judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola took an interesting turn yesterday when a prosecution witness said that a former lawyer of President Muhammadu Buhari, Kola Awodein had given the judge N500,000 while the president’s certificate case was pending before Justice Ademola. Although the witness, an official of the Department of State... Read More

Bribery, Buhari, corruption, INEC, Justice Ademola, Mohammed Yunusa, Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, RIckey Tarfa, WAEC

February 9, 2017

Where is Opon Imo?

The Osun State Government has not always been known for owing salaries and involved in University shut-downs. There was a time in the not-too-distant past that the State under the same administration of Governor Aregbesola that the State was praised for being one of the progressive States in Nigeria. One of the forward-thinking policies it... Read More

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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 Technical Examination Board and JAMB took the decision during a meeting held at the headquarters of JAMB in Abuja. The decision was necessary to avoid... Read More

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December 28, 2016

How blind students cheat during exam – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), says blind candidates collude among themselves to cheat during examinations. The Head of Test Administration of WAEC in Nigeria, Mrs Frances Iweha-Onukwu, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. Iweha-Onukwu, who said the reason could be that the candidates were... Read More

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December 17, 2016

N7.28trillion budget, 38.5 per cent | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

N7.28trillion – The cost of the 2017 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. 38.5 per cent – The percentage of candidates who made credits in five subjects including Mathematics and English at the November/December WAEC exams. N471.8million – The amount released by the Federal Government... Read More

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December 16, 2016

WAEC releases NOV/DEC WASSCE, only 38% make five credits

The Head of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Olu Adenipekun has said 66,497 out of the 172,699 candidates who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates this year recorded five credits and above including Mathematics and English Language. Adenipekun, said this on Friday while announcing the release of the... Read More

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November 13, 2016

I issued Buhari, Abacha and Babangida WAEC certificates – Ex-registrar

A former registrar of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Alex Ajayi says he was privileged to issue WAEC certificates to three former Head of States – General Muhammadu Buhari, General Sani Abacha and General Ibrahim Babangida. Ajayi said this while speaking about his career in the civil service in an interview with The Punch. He... Read More

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October 13, 2016

Opinion: The quality of our education is as low as it can get

by Ibironke Oluwatobi The murky economic situation in the country is not a new topic. The realities of the economic morass have dawned on us as a nation. This has stirred reactions, with the major cause of concern being the increasing price of commodities. Nigerians have had to adjust to the situation. Some have had... Read More

economy, education, literacy, nigeria, WAEC

September 21, 2016

The YNaija Tracklist: Female IDPs engage in prostitution | Violence in Niger Delta sponsored by oil firms |Jennifer Aniston ‘finally feels satisfied’ as Brangelina split is announced

From the papers this morning – a Tracklist Female IDPs are engaging in prostitution for survival – CSOs – YNaija Violence in Niger Delta sponsored by oil firms – Freedom group – YNaija We would checkmate cattle rustling, animal theft – IGP Idris – YNaija WAEC introduces electronic marking, retains teachers – YNaija Disclose source... Read More

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September 21, 2016

WAEC introduces electronic marking, retains teachers

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday said it has introduced electronic marking for scoring its theory questions. This was revealed by the Head of Nigeria National Office of WAEC, Olutise Adenipekun while briefing journalists in Lagos. Adenipekun said the electronic marker will be used to mark the ongoing November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examination.... Read More

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September 12, 2016

#ChangeBeginsWithMe: Here’s how this young man kicked-off the campaign

Though he did not say say so and in fact the letter was written before Information Minister, Lai Mohammed announced the #ChangeBeginsWithMe campaign, Abolarin Akin Jephthah’s action screams everything the Presidency wants us to do. Abolarin withdrew voluntarily from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State and wrote a letter dated 5th August, 2016 to the... Read More

#changebeginswithme, education, malpractice, UNILORIN, WAEC

September 12, 2016

Student withdraws from UNILORIN, says he cheated during O-level examinatiom

A 300-level Sociology student of the University of Ilorin, Jephtaph Abolarin has withdrawn from the institution after confessing he cheated during his West African Senior School Certificate Examination, authorities have confirmed. According to Abolarin who says he is now a ‘born again’ Christian, it would be sinful to continue using the certificate for any purpose.... Read More

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Certificate suit against Buhari thrown out, lawyer says ‘my family is concerned’

The suit challenging the legitimacy of the WAEC certificate of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been struck out by Adeniyi Ademola, justice of the federal high court, Abuja. Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaiwe, the lawyer who filed the suit, issued a notice of withdrawal which was implemented on Thursday. Nwokocha-Ahaiwe had alleged that President Buhari was not qualified to run... Read More

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Jude Ndukwe: President Buhari’s WAEC certificate drama and karma

By Jude Ndukwe President Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate saga is getting messier by the day. Although a majority of his supporters who are now blaming themselves for imposing this willful and unfortunate reversal of fortunes on Nigeria after declaring in the run up to the last presidential election that even if the president presented a “NEPA... Read More

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Opinion: How we sacrificed the messenger for corruption to live

On February 20, 2016, at a press briefing, Nigeria’s Minister for Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, reportedly made an error in arithmetic. While giving a report on the findings of auditors on various boards in the country, she accused an examination bodies in Nigeria of fraudulent activities. In her presentation, while attempting to give her audience... Read More

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December 17, 2015

BREAKING: WAEC releases November/December result

Result of the November/December 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has been released by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The Head of National Office WAEC, Isaac Adenipekun announced the release of the results in Lagos, on Thursday, December 17 but did not give full details of candidates’ performance. He said, “The idea of pass... Read More

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August 11, 2015

Withheld Results: Who is to blame – governors or WAEC?

Going down the memory lane, I can still remember how, with anxiety and ecstasy, I received the news that our West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results had been released after waiting for some months. I was tense and expectant until the moment I saw it with my widely-opened eyes; ditto my friends and... Read More

August 11, 2015

A moment of silence for Osun State’s education system

Words by Simon Utsu My good friends, the moment we have all been praying against is finally here. Can we please observe a moment of silence for education in Osun state? Aregbesola’s Osun finally made the cut in the list of exam fees defaulting states released by WAEC yesterday, hence the results of all the... Read More

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‘He wanted to study Computer Science…’: Man laments after generator fire killed his son

by Chinwe Okafor A teenager sitting for the West African Schools Certificate Examinations (WASCE) in Bauchi died of severe burns after trying to start a generator set which went up in flames. According to reports by Vanguard, Mubarak Aliyu Gidado, 16, was rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching (ABTUTH) where he died two days later... Read More

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New leaf! Prison inmates receive WAEC certificates

by Chinwe Okafor Thirty-one Kuje Prison inmates who sat for the 2014 NOV/DEC Senior Secondary School Examination in Abuja have been presented their certificates in jail. The inmates were sponsored by a non-governmental organisation, NUGA BEST, which paid for their enrollment for the examinations. 38 inmates sat for the examination, and 31 results were released,... Read More

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November 4, 2014

“You are an endangered species” – House of Representatives to probe WAEC

by Ubong Nduonofit It seems as though the problems of the education sector will get worse before it eventually gets better as news broke that the House of Representatives are set to probe the West African examination council (WAEC) on grounds of misappropriation of funds. The committee on public accounts are said to be investigating huge... Read More

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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 today 72.58 per cent of candidates got a credit pass in English Language while 69.49 per cent of the candidates recorded a credit pass. While... Read More

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August 27, 2014

Opinion: We always knew WAEC mass failure would happen

by Usha Anenga After many years of witnessing a downward trend in student performance, the West African Examination Certificate (WAEC) results have hit an all time low as 70% Of Candidates failed in the May/June edition this year. Many saw it coming considering the dwindling allocation of resources to education in the country and the... Read More

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