Education News — NaijaToday

Latest Education news and updates from Nigeria.

• How to Check Your JAMB Admission Status on CAPS (2026 Guide) — Post-UTME is done — now the real waiting begins. Here's exactly how to check, accept, or reject your admission on JAMB CAPS before you lose your spot.
• Post UTME Screening Guide 2026 — Dates, Requirements and How to Prepare — A real, no-nonsense comparison of MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9mobile (T2 Mobile) data prices in 2026 — plus the "Awoof" codes networks don't advertise loudly.
• How to Check WAEC Result 2026 — Complete Step-by-Step Guide — Everything Nigerian candidates need to check their WAEC result 2026 safely — official portal, SMS method, scratch card vs token, and what to do if your result is withheld
• Nigeria Hits Record 24 Universities in Global Rankings — Plus 7 Students Just Won ₦35m for Academic Excellence — Nigeria just posted its best-ever performance in the Times Higher Education World Rankings with 24 universities now globally recognised, while JAMB and Rite Foods reward seven brilliant undergraduates with ₦5 million each. Here's the full story.
• They Left School Too Early. Now They Are Going Back — and Nothing Will Stop Them. — It was not a decision she made. It was a decision that was made for her — by poverty, by tradition, by the arithmetic of a family that could afford to educate its sons or its daughters but not both, and by a community that had, over generations, developed an elaborate set of reasons why girls' education could wait, or did not matter, or would eventually be superseded by marriage anyway.
• The Elephant: Earth's Greatest Living Giant — and Why Nigeria Is Losing Its Last Few — Somewhere deep in the forests of Cross River State, on the 22nd of May 2025, at precisely 4:37 in the afternoon, a camera trap mounted between the trees captured something remarkable.
• The Secret World Beneath Our Feet: The Extraordinary Life of Ants — Every time you walk across a patch of red Nigerian soil — through a compound in Ibadan, along a dusty road in Kano, or beside a garden in Port Harcourt — you are stepping over one of the most sophisticated civilisations on Earth. Ants. Tiny, often ignored, occasionally cursed at when they invade the kitchen sugar. But beneath the surface of their small bodies and even smaller reputation lies a world of breathtaking complexity, ruthless efficiency, and biological wonder that puts many human institutions to shame