The National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education (NCAOOSCE) yesterday disclosed that 700,000 out-of-school children in Nigeria have been identified. This was revealed by Dr. Muhammad Idris, Executive Secretary of NCAOOSCE, at the inaugural Benue Basic Education Summit in Makurdi, which was organized by the Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in association with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), the NCAOOSCE, and Universal Learning Solutions (ULS).

The Students of Federal University, Lokoja, on Friday, 30th January, 2026, were urged by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olayemi Akinwumi, to attend lectures consistently, warning that those with less than 75 percent attendance in class would be barred from sitting for any examinations at the university.

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has extended the deadline for loan applications for the 2025/2026 academic session to February 27, 2026.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will commence on Monday, January 26, and end on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at only approved Computer-Based Test (CBT) centers across Nigeria.

The Nigerian Government has unveiled plans to grant polytechnics the authority to confer degrees, aiming to end the protracted Higher National Diploma (HND) divide in the education sector. This significant reform is expected to realign technical and vocational education, marking a turning point for national growth.

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has announced the beginning of applications for the 2026 Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Overseas Scholarship Scheme, which will provide the opportunity for Nigerian postgraduate students to study in the United Kingdom (UK), Germany, France, and Malaysia.