Day: March 18, 2024
The 2024 Wilson and Yinka Badejo Foundation Nurturing Hearts Scholarship is available to young Nigerian undergraduate students. This year, a new scholarship category called “Nurturing Hearts” was established in honour of the co-founder, Rev. Mrs. Adeyinka Badejo. It is intended to
An official stated that in three years, the Federal Government’s collaboration with Lab Four, a U.S. Cybersecurity Institute, will create 50,000 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employment. This was said by Dr. Doris Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, on Monday in Abuja
Dr Hamid Bobboyi, Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has challenged Chairmen of State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) with implementing the Effective School Programmes (ESP). Bobboyi made the claim while addressing at the UBEC-SUBEBs conference in
Mrs Sefinat Usman Ododo, the First Lady of Kogi State, has praised Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, for her Renewed Hope Initiative, which aims to increase access to education for Nigerian children. Mrs. Ododo, the Coordinator of Renewed Hope Initiative in Kogi State, was
The World Bank Government Analytics Fellowship Program is a pioneering effort aimed to bridge the gap between the huge, yet underutilized, data resources owned by governments and the potential for greater public administration efficiency through data-informed decision-making. Leveraging
A teenage secondary school student from Kubwa, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was reportedly stabbed to death. According to reports acquired on Monday morning, the deceased, Salma Yunusa, was cruelly assassinated by her co-tenant in the Byazhin part of town, where she lived with her
Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union went on strike nationwide today in protest of the Federal Government’s alleged unfair treatment and inequality in salary payment. Last Monday, unions threatened to shut down hostels and
Prof. Olu Obafemi, a renowned poet, playwright, author, and Professor of English and Dramatic Literature, has been chosen as a guest speaker at the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s public lecture/heroes’ day at the University of Jos. Obafemi will speak at 10 a.m. on