The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2025 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) External results, with 82,082 candidates, representing 86.26 per cent, achieving five credits and above, irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.

The Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, disclosed this during the official release of the results, held at the NECO headquarters in Minna on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.

Professor Wushishi explained that 96,979 candidates registered for the examination, while 95,160 sat for it.

According to the Registrar, “93,425 candidates sat for English Language, out of which 73,167 representing 78.42 per cent got credits and above”.

He further hinted that 9,016 candidates were booked for various forms of malpractice, as against 6,160 in 2024, which shows an increase of 31.7 per cent.

The NECO boss had also disclosed that five supervisors, two from FCT, one each from Kano, Adamawa and Ondo states, had been recommended for blacklisting for aiding and abetting examination malpractice.

Professor Wushishi said four centres, two from Niger, one each from Yobe and Kano states, found to have been involved in whole centre malpractice were recommended for de-recognition.

Wushishi noted that the SSCE examination was held from Wednesday, November 26, to Sunday, December 13, 2025, pointing out that the NECO is releasing the results 52 days after the examinations