Education

Gov. Buni approves ₦209m tuition fee for 608 college students

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has approved the sum of 125 million naira for over 608 students in federal science and technical colleges, as well as 84 million for students in state-owned technical colleges to cover their tuition fees ahead of their final exams.

The Executive Secretary, Yobe State Science and Technical Schools Board, Dr Mohammed Dauda Attiyaye, made this known on Tuesday, while briefing journalists in Damaturu.

He stated that Governor Buni has taken full responsibility for the tuition, other registration fees, and the costs for WAEC, NECO, and NABTEB examinations for the benefiting students studying at various Science and Technical Colleges.

He revealed that some of the benefiting students are from Federal Science and Technical College, Hadejia, Jigawa State, Federal Science and Technical College, Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Federal Science and Technical College, Ganduje, Kano State, and Federal Science and Technical College, Dayi, Katsina State.

Others are from Federal Science and Technical College, Doma, Nasarawa State, Federal Science and Technical College, Zuru, Kebbi State and Federal Science and Technical College, Jalingo, Taraba State, among other science and technical colleges across the country.

He noted that this laudable gesture has not only lightened the financial burden on
parents but also paved the way for a brighter future for the youths by ensuring easy access to quality education.

“As beneficiaries of these impactful gestures, I call upon our students and
their parents to show their appreciation by praying for His Excellency, Governor Buni.

“May his efforts continue to succeed, even amid economic challenges, as he remains dedicated to uplifting education in Yobe State and Nigeria as a whole,” he said.

Education

Tinubu declare free education in technical schools

The Federal Government has declared that students in technical colleges, Federal and State, will henceforth enjoy free education.

The Government explained that the package includes free tuition, accommodation, and feeding and a monthly stipend of N22,500 to students in the colleges.

Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced the development at the launch of Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) in Abuja on Friday.

The Minister said the gesture was designed to attract more young people to TVET, incentivise them so they could use the opportunity to acquire relevant skills that would make them useful to society.

Education

JAMB releases rescheduled 2025 UTME results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday morning released the results of the 2025 UTME resit examination for candidates at centres affected by technical issues.

According to the board in a statement issued by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, 21,082 were absent out of the 336,845 candidates rescheduled for the examination.

No explanation was provided for the significant number of candidates who did not attend the rescheduled examination.

“Of the 336,845 who were eventually scheduled after isolated good sessions of the affected centres were excluded and their previously unverified candidates were added, 21,082 were absent,” the announcement reads.

Education

UTME: 20 arrested for hacking 2025 results

20 suspects have reportedly been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force for allegedly hacking the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results.

According to AIT, the suspects are part of a syndicate consisting of over 100 persons with a speciality in hacking computer servers of examination bodies like the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Examinations Council (NECO).

Per the report, security sources disclosed that the suspects have confessed to sabotaging the CBT system in order to discredit JAMB.

The hacking was also done to discourage students from using CBT for future examinations to be conducted by NECO and the West African Examination Council (WAEC).

“The syndicate would install an attacking software on the examination body hardware. The software, in turn, would remotely hack JAMB servers at any targeted CBT centre,” a source shared.

It was also gathered that the hacking process was to get high scores for special candidates who paid between N700,000 and N2 million.

Preliminary investigations further revealed that several members of the syndicate own private schools and colleges, and make huge sums of money from their special centres.