The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono has revealed that about 137 students sponsored abroad for studies by the fund have absconded. He made this revelation on Tuesday when he appeared before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged mismanagement of N2.3tn tertiary education tax by TETFund.

The Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yusha'u Ahmad, has urged corps members currently undergoing their orientation exercise in the 2023 Batch 'B' stream One to ensure they acquire adequate vocational skills through the initiative of the Scheme's Acquisition and Development program. The DG said the Scheme's objective is to tackle the difficulties of getting a white-collar job by the corps members after their youth service in the country with a very good alternative.

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced the release of the results of the 2023 National Common Entrance Examinations results. This was made known on Wednesday in Abuja in a statement issued by Andrew Adejo, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education.

The House Representative has yesterday directed the National University Commission, NUC, to immediately suspend the implementation of tuition fee hike across the public universities nationwide. This follows the adoption of motion moved by member Hon. Aliyu Madaki (NNPP, Kano) at the plenary. It was learned that recently, there have been complain from parents across the country over a coordinated tuition fee hike by public universities across the country which is threatening school drop out by student occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy, as many families are financially facing difficulties.

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) through its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin has restated its claims noting that the result of Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme was falsified, hence slamming her three years ban from sitting for the board's examination. After the conclusion of a high-level investigation by the Board, Mr. Benjamin disclosed in a statement early this morning insisting that the Enugu-born Anambra base pupil result was forged. He said, “In the meantime, the management of the Board, after considering the weighty infraction committed by Ms. Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, and in line with its established procedures, has withdrawn her 2023 UTME result and also barred her from sitting the Board’s examination for the next three years.

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in a statement by its Head, of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin revealed on Sunday that the Board has withdrawn the result of one Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, a candidate of the just released Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results over falsification of scores. The board said she scored 249 in the examination as against the 362 she has been parading and would be squarely dealt with for tempering its result. The board warned Nigerians to be careful of applicants parading high scores in the UTME.