How we work
Editorial
Principles.
Useful answers begin
with careful work.
How we check and share information about admissions, school fees, exams and school calendars.
Check
the source.
Explain
what we know.
Fix
mistakes.
School fees, deadlines and admission rules can shape your next step. Our job is to make this information easier to find, understand and use.
These are the rules we aim to follow when we check, write and update our articles.
Help students make clear choices.
CampusNinja is for students applying to schools in Nigeria and those already studying. We also write for parents and guardians. Our guides cover universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and nursing schools.
We answer everyday questions: What do you need? Who is the notice for? How much does it cost? When is the deadline? A clear, useful answer matters more than a long article.
Go back to the source.
We start with official school notices, school websites and announcements from exam bodies such as JAMB, WAEC and NECO. These help us check admission rules, fees and dates.
The original notice or statement from the school or exam body responsible.
Reports from trusted sources can help explain a change. We should name the source when we use its work.
Social media and student groups can point us to a change. We still need to check whether it is true.
Before using a notice or screenshot, we should check who shared it, its original date and the academic session (school year) it covers. A claim is not true just because many people share it.
Articles should name the sources of key facts, so you can see where the information came from.
Check who each notice is for.
Even a correct amount or mark can mislead if it is for a different course or school year. Our articles should explain these details:
School fees: who pays, and what is included?
State the school year, course and students the fee applies to, where the source gives these details. Show tuition and other charges separately when the source does. Do not call a fee list the full cost if some charges are missing.
If we cannot confirm the current fee, we should say so. We should not label an old fee as the confirmed fee for a new school year.
Cut-off marks: can you apply, or get admitted?
Explain the difference between the minimum mark needed to apply and the mark a course or department may use to choose students. Reaching the minimum mark does not guarantee admission.
Admission notices: which stage and school year?
Explain whether the notice is about applying, screening, an admission list or accepting an offer. Check the course, school year and deadline. Each notice covers a different step.
If sources disagree or we cannot confirm a detail, we should say so. We should clearly label an estimate or opinion instead of presenting it as an official fact.
Show the right dates. Explain changes.
We may need to update an article when a school changes its fees or deadline, or shares a new notice. The article should explain what changed and which school year or dates it covers.
Editing an article does not make an old notice new.
New official information is an update. Fixing a wrong fact is a correction. When we fix an important mistake, we should add a note with the date and what changed. Small spelling or layout fixes may not need a note.
We may not update every article as soon as something changes. If you find an old or wrong detail, our Error Correction Policy explains how to report it.
Make ads and paid content clear.
CampusNinja is not run by any school or exam body. Writing about a school does not mean we work for it, have a partnership with it or recommend it.
Payment should not change how we report facts about fees, deadlines or admission rules. If someone pays for an article, we should clearly label it. If we can earn money when you use a link, we should say so near the link.
We should credit other people when we use their work. We should also label student stories and personal experiences clearly. One student’s experience is not an official school rule.
Know who is responsible.
Ayuba Haruna, CampusNinja’s founder and editor, currently does all the research, writing, checks and updates. There is no separate team yet.
Haruna studied Biochemistry at Bayero University Kano. His own struggles with finding admission and school information helped shape CampusNinja.
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