The National Examinations Council (NECO) has officially released the results of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
According to a statement by Azeez Sani, Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, a total of 179,201 candidates registered for the exam, which covered 12 subjects.
The examination, which began on 12th May 2025, concluded successfully on 23rd May 2025. The results were approved following the 2025 BECE Award Committee Meeting held at NECO’s headquarters in Minna.
Folake Olatunji David, Director of Basic Education at the Federal Ministry of Education and Chairperson of the Award Committee, praised the smooth conduct of the examination and the timely release of results.
The meeting was attended by secondary school principals from across the country and NECO management.
Also, the committee approved the 2025 BECE Resit Examination, scheduled for 23rd and 24th July 2025, with Mathematics and English Studies as the key subjects.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
