The Federal Government has announced a nationwide ban on the admission and transfer of students into Senior Secondary School three (SS3) in both public and private secondary schools, citing rising concerns over examination malpractice. The directive, issued by the Federal Ministry of Education, was contained in a press release dated December 14, 2025, and signed by Boriowo Folasade, Director of Press and Public Relations. According to the Ministry, the decision follows “growing concerns over the...

…Study Exposes Double Standards in Nigeria’s Data Protection Enforcement Nigerian digital rights lawyer and legal researcher Solomon Okedara has been named one of only four African researchers selected for the Data Governance in Africa Research Fund, launched by the Data Governance in Africa Initiative. Okedara’s project, titled How Unequal Enforcement of Data Protection Laws in Nigeria Impacts Public Trust in Data Governance, was chosen from an overwhelming pool of more than 240 applications submitted across...

The Nigerian Academy of Education (NAE) has criticised the Federal Government’s decision to scrap the National Language Policy, calls on the Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, to reverse his decision. A statement by the president, Emeritus Professor Olugbemiro Jegede,  described the policy reversal as a grave disservice to Nigeria’s educational progress, warns that discontinuing mother tongue instruction without rigorous evaluation amounts to permanent recolonisation and the loss of Nigeria’s future and pride. It faults...

The shutdown of schools and deboarding of many boarding institutions over the growing number of attacks on schools across the country has been described as a major setback to national development. The Christian Reformed Church–Nigeria, CRC-N, stated this in a communiqué issued at the end of its 161st General Church Council (Synod), held at CRC-N No. 1 Takum, in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. The communiqué signed by CRC-N President, Rev. Dr. Isaiah...