The Ogun State Government has declared an outbreak of Lassa fever following the death of a 25-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member from Ondo State According to the Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker, the corps member fell ill in Ondo and was admitted to a secondary health facility in Ijebu North Local Government Area on 18 March but later died the same day. In a statement shared with journalists on Wednesday, Dr Coker announced that Ogun State has confirmed a Lassa fever case and declared an outbreak. Index case “The index case is a 25-year-old female NYSC member who…
Author: Sodiq Mojibola
The Lagos State Government has decried the continued poor performance of students in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and other external examinations, despite heavy investments in education. The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education Ministry, Tolani Alli-Balogun, expressed this concern during strategic meetings held across the six education districts in the state. Alli-Balogun noted that the students’ results in external examinations have failed to reflect the state’s investment and commitment to education. This came just before the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) announced on its X account (formerly Twitter) the release of results for the 2025 first…
The decision of the Federal Government to exclude part-time Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) mobilisation has sparked widespread outrage. According to a statement by Boriowo Folasade, spokesperson of the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, on Thursday, said only full-time HND graduates will be eligible for the NYSC programme. This decision has been met with fierce criticism from affected graduates, who expressed displeasure on social media. Background In August 2024, the NYSC rejected polytechnic graduates without Industrial Training (IT) certification from participating at the orientation exercise. According to the policy introduced at the time,…
The death toll from Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has hit 103 in 2025, with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 18.3 per cent. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) record indicates that this is slightly lower than the CFR of 18.9 per cent recorded during the same period in 2024. In epidemiological (epi) week 10 of 2025, between 3 and 9 March, the number of new confirmed cases dropped slightly from 29 in the previous week to 28. These cases were reported across Bauchi, Ondo, Edo, Plateau, Delta, Anambra, Kogi, and Taraba states. Breakdown As of 9, March,…
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here has been disquiet over the closure of schools for Ramadan in some northern Nigerian states, as educationists, clerics, and other stakeholders express divergent views.
Nigeria currently operates the 6–3–3–4 education system, which requires that a child spends six years in primary school, three years in junior secondary school (JSS), three years in senior secondary school (SSS), and four years in a tertiary institution.
Two JAMB CBT centres were suspended due to a significant procedural breach that jeopardises security measures designed to prevent infractions.