This is the young adult literacy rate in Nigeria. The data presented here are based on figures made available to EduCeleb.com by the Federal Ministry of Education (FME). These figures represent the state of things regarding literacy of Nigerians between the ages of…
Over 70% of candidates who wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in four years scored below 200 despite the desire of a majority of them to study highly competitive courses that require more than that. This is deduced from the statistics of…
Nigeria won Iceland 2-0 in the World Cup on Friday. Beyond the exciting victory, we decided to compare the education system in both countries. Is the Nigerian education system better than that of Iceland? Find out with these infographics. Our parameters for…
Leaked nude photos of a Nigerian professor and former Vice Chancellor has stirred up a fresh sex scandal controversy. The professor who teaches in the Department of English at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has been identified as Victor Olusegun Awonusi. This…
Obafemi Awolowo University is one of the few full-fledged tertiary institutions established by the Nigerian Federal Government in 1961 but commenced classes in 1962. Everywhere you meet OAU students, you can clearly see the pride they have about their university. The decision…
The media has been abuzz with the alleged sex for grades scandal involving one Professor at Obafemi Awolowo University and a student. People who had listened to the audio already would have heard that the lady was identified as Enitan and the…
In this post, EduCeleb.com presents you actions that constitute examination malpractices as stated in extant rules and regulations of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). This also includes the consequences of such actions regarded as irregularities. 1. Bringing Foreign Material …
This is a continuation of the series on the ban on Post-UTME by a Nigerian law court. In part one, we traced the origin of the exam while identifying its nature. In case you missed that, click here. Conflicting stances by defendants…
A Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday, 2nd March, declared the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post- UTME) conducted by universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in Nigeria as illegal. According to it, there was no extant law authorising the exercise. The court…
On Monday, 19th February, 2018, a group of gunmen stormed the Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi in Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State. The kidnap is suspected to have been orchestrated by terrorist group, Boko Haram though the group is…
