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Reps Fault WAEC On WASSCE Conduct
THE House of Representatives has criticised the management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over widespread irregularities and operational lapses that marred the conduct of the 2025 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.
The House, through it Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies, questioned the Head of WAEC Nigeria, Amos Dangut, during an investigative hearing at the National Assembly on Monday, June 2, over it they described as systemic failures that had undermined public confidence in the country’s examination system.
Opening the session, the committee chairman, Oforji Oboku, representing Yenagoa/Opokuma Federal Constituency, Bayelsa State, expressed dissatisfaction with WAEC’s performance, appreciating his fellow lawmakers for making the oversight meeting a priority, even though the National Assembly was not in session.
“On behalf of this committee, I offer an unreserved apology to Nigerian parents, guardians, and candidates who suffered the chaos of the last examination cycle. We are committed to ensuring this never happens again,” Oboku said.
Reflecting on a previous meeting with WAEC held on May 30, Oboku described as appalling the revelations that students in numerous centres were forced to take their exams under harsh conditions, including late-night sessions illuminated only by torch lights.
The ICIR reports that stakeholders, including parents, students and education experts, voiced serious concerns over logistical failures, security challenges, and poor administration of the examination..
The ICIR reported that the Katsina State Government called for the cancellation of the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) English Language Paper 2 conducted by WAEC on Wednesday, May 28.
The State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Zainab Musa-Musawa, delivered a petition containing the state government’s position on the exam.at the WAEC office in Katsina on May 31.
During the House of Representatives hearing, lawmakers criticised widespread reports of irregularities and operational failures that marred the examination.
“It is unacceptable that in 2025, students are sitting for exams at 11 pm under torchlight. This is not just a failure of logistics, it is a failure of leadership,” Oboku stated.
While stressing that the committee’s investigation was not a witch-hunt, the lawmaker maintained a firm stance on uncovering the root causes of the council’s inefficiencies.
“We must identify the underlying causes of these repeated failures, address them decisively, and hold those responsible to account,” he vowed.
Lawmakers also criticised Dangut’s assertion that WAEC would roll out computer-based testing centres nationwide by 2026 and called for a national education summit to assess the real state of secondary school infrastructure across the country.
“You talk of CBT readiness, yet many local governments lack a single CBT centre. That’s like saying you own a car and a driver, but there’s no road. It’s fantasy, not capacity,” Oboku added.
Defending the council, Dangut cited unforeseen logistical challenges and insecurity in parts of the country.
The ICIR reported how students were kept in examination halls in several states in the country by WAEC after the English Language they were to write leaked. Many of the students did not return home until midnight after they were forced to wait to write the examination at night.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged winner of the Ghari/Tsanyawa supplementary election in Kano state
The returning officer, Professor Muhammad Waziri of Bayero University, declared Garba Ya’u Gwarmai of the APC winner with 31,472 votes
Waziri defeated the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Yusuf Ali Maigado, who polled 27,931 votes
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured victory in the Ghari/Tsanyawa supplementary election held in Kano state.
Announcing the results on Sunday morning, August 17, the returning officer (RO), Professor Muhammad Waziri from Bayero University, declared APC candidate Garba Gwarmai the winner with a total of 31,472 votes.
He defeated the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Yusuf Maigado, who polled 27,931 votes, according to The Punch.
The supplementary poll was conducted after the initial election in the constituency was declared inconclusive. With a margin of 3,541 votes, Gwarmai’s victory marks a key win for the APC as the party continues to reinforce its influence across the state.
Meanwhile, the NNPP won the Bagwai/Shanono state assembly by-election in Kano state.
Daily Trust and Vanguard noted this update.
Announcing the result at 12:36 a.m. on Sunday, August 17, the RO for the election, Prof. Hassan Adamu Shitu, declared the NNPP candidate, Ali Hassan Kiyawa, winner with 16,198 votes, defeating the APC candidate, Ahmad Muhammad Kadamu, who polled 5,347 votes.
Former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has said that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is performing well but lacks an effective communication strategy to relay its achievements to Nigerians.
Aliyu made the statement on the Thursday edition of Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’, while reacting to the outcome of a recent public accountability session held in Kaduna.
Aliyu, reflecting on the discussions at the Kaduna Forum, said the government is facing public dissatisfaction not because it hasn’t delivered, but because it is failing to tell its own story effectively.
The ex-governor said it is proper for political leaders in the North to make demands from Tinubu’s administration since the bulk of the votes that took power came from the region.
“Let the people understand what is happening on the ground. If by what we say that 63/64 percent of the vote came from the north, it is only logical that the north will be expecting so much from the government.
“But from what we have seen so far is that the government is doing well but they do not know how to communicate very well,” he said.
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New Twist As El-Rufai Snubs ADC, Announces Another Party To Vote In Kaduna Bye-Election [ Video Trends]
Former Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai, appeared to have taken a reverse from the coalition’s adopted political platform, ADC
This is as the former governor took to social media and asked the people of Zaria, Chikun to vote for another party in the Saturday, August 16 (today), bye-elections in the constituencies in Kaduna
Recall that the former governor recently visited Sokoto to canvass support for the ADC, while criticising President Bola Tinubu and the APC government.
Click to watch El-Rufai’s video here
— Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai (@elrufai) August 14, 2025
Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna, has fueled speculations that he dumped the recently adopted coalition political platform, African Democratic Congress (ADC), as he called on the people of Chikun/Kajuru federal constituency and Zaria Kewaye and Basawa state constituency to vote for the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
However, in a dramatic turn, the former governor urged the people of Zaria and Chikun to vote for the SDP in the Saturday, August 16, by-election, a poll which was meant to test the opposition’s strength ahead of the 2027 general election.
Recall that El-Rufai defected to the SDP after dumping the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), but soon after joining the party, the SDP fell into a leadership crisis, and the former governor has been silent on his membership and allegations against him.
El-Rufai recently visited Sokoto on a mission to gather support for the ADC. He described his action as a patriotic one to rescue Nigeria from the grip of ‘nepotism’ and ‘incompetence’.
During his visit to Sokoto, the former governor attended two important events meant to sensitise the people and political stakeholders working to achieve the agenda of sacking President Tinubu and the APC in the next general election.
During his address at the event, the former governor lambasted the ruling party and called them ‘a failed, clannish, and visionless administration that has plunged Nigeria into deeper socio-economic misery’.
He declared that it was time for Nigerians to rise against the APC and accused the party of ‘broken promises and elite conspiracy’. He warned that any move to vote for the APC beyond 2027 would be a greater doom for the country.
However, in a sharp turn, the former governor, in a video posted on his social media page ahead of the by-election, urged the people in the constituencies where the poll will be held in Kaduna on Saturday, August 16, to vote for the SDP rather than the ADC he went to Sokoto to canvass for.
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