Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has disclaimed a list of 120 schools whose results were purportedly withheld in the just-released 2025 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results over alleged involvement in examination malpractice.

In a short statement posted on its X handle, the examination body urged the public to ignore such a message and the purported list.

"Kindly ignore any message listing schools whose results were supposedly cancelled. Meanwhile, WAEC will never ask any centre to bring scripts of candidates to the office. Where would they get them from? Do not accept any message that is not on our handles and accredited media," the statement read.

On Monday, WAEC ...