Blank questions, power cuts and a suicide: Nigeria's exams fiasco

Blank questions, power cuts and a suicide: Nigeria's exams fiasco

Nearly 80% of the 1.9 million students who sat the exams did not get high enough marks to get into university.

UTME: Psychologists urge action after Lagos student suicide

Following the death of a 19-year-old girl in Lagos who reportedly took her life after receiving her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results on Monday, mental health professionals are calling for a more comprehensive approach to supporting students under examination pressure. Identified by neighbours as Timilehin, the late teenager was described as quiet, humble, and full of potential. Timilehin, who was reported to have hailed from A…

Pune Crime News: NEET Aspirant Scores 710 out of 720, Dies By Suicide After Posting WhatsApp Status - PUNE PULSE

Pune, May 14: In a deeply distressing incident, a 19-year-old MBBS student from AIIMS Bhopal, who had scored an impressive 710 out of 720 in the NEET examination, died by suicide in Pune in the early hours of May 12. The student, Utkarsh Mahadev Shingane, originally from Beed, reportedly took the extreme step due to academic

How 19-year-old Girl Killed Self After Seeing JAMB Score - Security News Alert

A veteran journalist, Seun Oloketuyi, has shared on his Facebook wall how a 19-year-old girl killed herself after receiving her JAMB Results. Oloketuyi wrote: “A 19-year-old, Opesusi Faith Timilehin, has taken her own life in Ikorodu, Lagos State, after scoring 190 in the 2025 UTME. “Faith Timilehin took her own life in Odogunyan, Ikorodu, […] The post How 19-year-old Girl Killed Self After Seeing JAMB Score first appeared on Security News Alert.

19-year-old girl commits suicide over ‘low’ UTME score, receives admission offer minutes after death

GistReel A heartbreaking tragedy occurred this week as 19-year-old Opesusi Faith Timilehin, a resident of Odogunyan in Ikorodu, Lagos State, took her own life after receiving a disappointing score of 190 in the recently-released Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. Faith, originally from Abeokuta, Ogun State, had applied to study Microbiology and was devastated by her result, which she felt was enough to secure admission. A…

Tragedy As 19-Year-Old UTME Candidate Dies By Suicide After Scoring 190 - Thepodiummedia

A 19-year-old Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, Opesusi Faith Timilehin, died by suicide on Monday after reportedly consuming a rodenticide known as ‘Push Out’ in reaction to her examination result. Timilehin, who hailed from Abeokuta, Ogun State, was living with her elder sibling in Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos State, at the time of the incident. She had scored 190 in the just-released 2025 UTME results conducted by the …